Indigenous Women Are Overdosing Eight Times More than Non-Indigenous Women in BC

Indigenous people in British Columbia are overdosing and dying at rates well above the general population, according to new data released by the First Nations Health Authority in partnership with BC's coroner and provincial health authorities.

First Nations make up 3.4 percent of BC's population, but are accounting for 14 percent of overdoses and 10 percent of OD deaths. In other words, they're five times more likely to overdose, and three times more likely to die from it.

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/wjnve9/indigenous-women-are-overdosing-eight-times-more-than-non-indigenous-women-in-bc