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- Title
Local Impact From International Crises: Unregulated Drug Toxicity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in British Columbia, Canada.
- Authors
Tobias, Samuel; Buxton, Jane A.; Ti, Lianping
- Abstract
The authors discuss an article by Chandra and colleagues, published in the issue, which described the excess drug-related deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. at a local scale. Topics include main factors proposed by Chandra and colleagues, a significant risk factor for illicit drug-related mortality, and the evolution of unregulated drug supply in British Columbia.
- Subjects
CANADA; BRITISH Columbia; DRUG overdose; SERIAL publications; OPIOID analgesics; COVID-19 pandemic; SOCIAL isolation; FENTANYL
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2024, Vol 114, Issue 6, p587
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2024.307673