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This International Overdose Awareness Day, we are honoured to share the reflections of individuals with lived and living experience who are contributing to safer, more supportive communities across Northern BC.

Their leadership, resilience, and commitment are helping share more compassionate responses to the toxic drug crisis.

Read their story here: stories.northernhealth.ca/stories/ten-ye…

There has been a recent increase in toxic drug poisonings from Quesnel, BC and area. Substances circulating in community are highly toxic, causing heavy and prolonged sedation, and require more naloxone to reverse. Overdoses are happening when the substances are smoked and/or injected.

Read the full advisory here: stories.northernhealth.ca/news/overdose-…

For information on other current drug alerts and advisories for the region, visit: northernhealth.ca/health-topics/…

Northern Health and @fnha are issuing a Drug Advisory for the Northern Health Region. Recent drug samples of white Hydromorphine pills, sold as “Dilaudid” have tested positive for the new synthetic opioid Cychlorphine which can be 10x stronger than Fentanyl. It may require additional doses of naloxone.

Cychlorphine may be present in other unregulated drugs in the Northern region.

For more information, see: stories.northernhealth.ca/news/drug-advi…

For information on other overdose prevention resources, see: northernhealth.ca/health-topics/…

Northern Health and @fnha are issuing a Toxic Drug Alert for the community of Terrace, for purple granules sold as “down” that tested positive for Cychlorphine, Medetomidine and Paraflurofentanyl (fentanyl analogue). This substance is highly toxic, causing overdoses, heavy and prolonged sedation, and requires more naloxone to reverse.

For more information, see: stories.northernhealth.ca/news/toxic-dru…

For information on other overdose prevention resources, see: northernhealth.ca/health-topics/…