Lethbridge has seen a drastic turnaround in just the last two years in terms of the number of people dying due to drug consumption.

LNN reported on Monday that, in the first seven months of 2025, there were six fatal overdoses, marking the lowest year-to-date total in the last decade.

That represents an 80 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2024 and a drop of 93 per cent compared to the year prior.

2023 was the city’s peak as 118 people succumbed to overdoses.

On a per capita basis, that is a rate of 110.4 deaths per 100,000 residents, by far the highest in Alberta at that time.

That has fallen to a rate of just 9.8 for January to July this year, which is virtually tied with Medicine Hat for the lowest.

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