2024-07-08 from cbc.ca
New Brunswick Public Health says 2023 was a record-breaking year for opioid overdoses involving fentanyl, with 2022 posting the second-highest total.
In its latest opioid-related harm surveillance report, Public Health says just over half of the 72 apparent opioid toxicity deaths were fentanyl-related.
That figure was lower in 2022, at 40 per cent, according to the report.
Public Health also says more "novel substances" have been detected in those who died.
That largely reflects what harm reduction experts across New Brunswick have told CBC News about the increasingly dangerous drug supply.
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