The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
WHITEHORSE --
Yukon's chief coroner has issued a warning to residents about a rise in opioid-related deaths.
Heather Jones says in a press release that officers have confirmed 4 deaths on account of illicit medication within the first seven days of this 12 months and so they're investigating three different deaths considered drug-related.
She says the extraordinarily excessive variety of drug-related deaths previously a number of months is a catastrophic reminder of the hazards of illicit drug use in Yukon.
Jones says poisonous avenue medication are a public well being and security concern within the territory, and along with the performing medical well being officer and the federal government, she is warning Yukon residents to be extraordinarily cautious.
Statistics launched late final 12 months confirmed the territory had the very best per capita opioid overdose dying charge in Canada at 48.4 per 100,000 individuals.
The Tagish First Nation in Carcross declared a state of emergency final week after it mentioned there have been three drug-related fatalities impacting its neighborhood within the first week of the brand new 12 months.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 19, 2022.
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