The number of deaths due to toxic drugs fell to below 150 people per month for May and June in British Columbia, according to B.C.'s coroner, a downward trend from the same months last year. 

The B.C. Coroners Service says in its latest report that the province recorded 145 deaths in May compared with 181 for the same month last year.

There were 147 overdose deaths in June, down from 185 the year before. 

The coroner says 69 per cent of the drug-toxicity deaths in 2025 are adult men between the ages…