B.C. Interior elders and chiefs declare state of emergency over fentanyl

With numbers from Interior Health showing 20 per cent of illicit drug overdoses occurring in people who identify as First Nations, Secwepmc elders and chiefs in B.C.'s Interior have declared a state of emergency over the fentanyl crisis.

The health authority's numbers include fatal and non fatal overdoses

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