These summaries provide ongoing and emerging information on BCCDC's analytical findings.

• Analyzing prescription drug patterns of use among people who overdose (August 29, 2018)
  
• Estimated impact of B.C.’s take-home naloxone program on preventing illegal drug-related deaths (April 18, 2018)
  
• Analyzing patterns of health care utilization among people who overdose from illegal drugs in British Columbia (March 7, 2018)
  
• Analyzing prescription drug histories among people who overdose (February 21, 2018)
  

• Smolina, Kate, et al. "Patterns and history of prescription drug use among opioid-related drug overdose cases in British Columbia, Canada, 2015-2016." Drug and Alcohol Dependence (2018).
• Otterstatter, M. C., et al. "Patterns of health care utilization among people who overdosed from illegal drugs: a descriptive analysis using the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort." Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada: research, policy and practice 38.9 (2018): 328-333.
  
• Irvine, Michael A., et al. "Distribution of take-home opioid antagonist kits during a synthetic opioid epidemic in British Columbia, Canada: a modelling study." The Lancet Public Health 3.5 (2018): e218-e225.
  
• MacDougall, Laura, et al. "Development and Characteristics of the Provincial Overdose Cohort in British Columbia, Canada." International Journal of Population Data Science 3.4 (2018).
  
• Buxton, Jane et al. "A 52-year-old man with fentanyl-induced muscle rigidity." Canadian Medical Association. Journal 190.17 (2018): E539-E541.
  

These infographics present overviews of our knowledge and data findings quickly and clearly.

• By The Numbers: Opioid Overdose Emergency_in_B.C. (August 2018)
  
• Take Home Naloxone_Program_in_B.C. (August 2018)
  
• Opioid Overdose Fact Sheet (February 2018)
  

Overdose deaths: These maps provide a geographical representation of illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C. (accidental and undetermined).

• Distribution by Health Service Delivery Area (HSDA)
• Distribution by Local Health Area (LHA)