Fentanyl fuelled the rise in drug overdoses in Estonia, and by 2012, they had a fatal drug overdose rate of 128 per million — leading to headlines proclaiming the country the leader in European drug fatalities. has seen its overdose rate skyrocket, Estonia has managed to cut its fatal overdose rate in half. TreatmentKurbatova says that British Columbia has one big advantage over Estonia: people already have a high-degree of understanding over the concept of harm reduction. But Kurbatova's advice to British Columbia is to use all the resources and solutions currently available — before the situation worsens. The Fentanyl Fix is a week long series exploring potential solutions to B.C.

Source: CBC News January 29, 2017 21:00 UTC