30-01-2026 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca

‘Disturbing’ scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply

VANCOUVER — Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health.
She said workers were finding about 20 people unconscious each night, "lying out in the cold in the street," and suffering memory loss due to overdoses.Goodison said the workers with years of experience described it as the worst situation they had ever seen.
"It's very disturbing to workers who've been doing this work on the fro
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