ADDICTS BEWARE –
Jan. 29, 2026 – She said workers were finding about 20 people unconscious each night, “lying out in the cold in the street,” and suffering memory loss due to overdoses.
Goodison said the workers with years of experience described it as the worst situation they had ever seen. “It’s very disturbing to workers who’ve been doing this work on the front line for a long time, and they’re describing this as very unusual,” said Goodison.
The overdose victims are suspected to have succumbed to the veterinary sedative medetomidine, which the B.C. Centre for Disease Control says is a new substance in the unregulated drug supply, prompting it to send out a rare province wide drug alert on Monday.
