Cultivating hope: Meet the community leaders trying to curb toxic drug deaths in Hope, B.C.
Hope, a travel-through for much of the province, has the highest per capita deaths from drug poisonings of any municipality in B.C. despite tireless efforts by people in the gateway town to keep people from dying.
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![Dr. Aseem Grover is pictured with a piece of artwork a former patient gifted to him at the Fraser Canyon Clinic in downtown Hope, British Columbia on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. A South Asian man stands in a doorway holding a small wooden carving of a moose.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7103429.1706902353!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/hope-overdose-dr-aseem-grover-patient-art.jpg)
Hope, a travel-through for much of the province, has the highest per capita deaths from drug poisonings of any municipality in B.C. despite tireless efforts by people in the gateway town to keep people from dying.