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B.C.’s fentanyl market estimated to be up to $300 million (Dr. M-J Milloy, BCCSU)

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Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia gets better grip on deadly impact of fentanyl

British Columbia’s illicit fentanyl market is conservatively estimated at upwards of $300 million, according to a unique study by local criminologists and drug experts.

Dr. Martin Bouchard, a Simon Fraser University criminologist, and Dr. Michael-John Milloy, a research scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, presented their findings to the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia Monday.

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