Local Impact From International Crises: Unregulated Drug Toxicity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in British Columbia, Canada.

The authors discuss an article by Chandra and colleagues, published in the issue, which described the excess drug-related deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. at a local scale. Topics include main factors proposed by Chandra and colleagues, a significant risk factor for illicit drug-related mortality, and the evolution of unregulated drug supply in British Columbia.