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Vancouver :- It’s believed to be a record for heroin overdoses at Vancouver’s safe injection site.
Toxic heroin caused 31 overdoses in two days.
Gavin Wilson, a spokesman for Vancouver Coastal Health, says 15 people overdosed at Insite on Monday, and another 16 overdosed on Sunday.
He says 13 people overdosed at the facility on one day several years ago.
Wilson says contaminated heroin this year has caused 10 to 12 overdoses a week at Insite.
Users inject their own drugs under the watchful eyes of a nurse who can intervene when someone is in trouble.
The health authority is trying to inform users about the bad heroin on the streets through community workers and posters at Insite.
Vancouver police issued a warning to drug users on Sunday.
