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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2022-toxic-drug-deaths-bc-1.6731772

As B.C. marks another 2,272 toxic drug deaths, addictions doctor tells families: 'I am so sorry'

More than 2,200 people died in British Columbia from toxic drugs over the course of 2022, making it the second deadliest year on record.

'This has gone on far too long'

"It's an emergency and it demands an urgent response that's commensurate with the scale of damage that we're seeing and one that's reflective of the response that our citizens, our family members, our friends and our communities deserved from the beginning."

Decriminalization far from enough on its own, advocates say

The federal minister of mental health and addictions touted the three-year decriminalization pilot project as "bold actions and significant policy change" to help "bring an end to [the] crisis," while advocates lamented it was just another small step against an emergency that has long demanded major action.

Is drug addiction a symptom of living in western occupied land or is this a global problem?

This type of stuff will continue to happen under a capitalistic system, where man is only viewed as a material producer and consumer.

Ok but doesn't the fact that so many people are willing to take deadly drugs indicate a larger societal problem?