Yes. Thank you. I'll try to be brief. I understand you have others you want to address.
Alberta has an integrated illegal drug market with British Columbia. We suffer, obviously, from the mass distribution of all sorts of drugs, including fentanyl, etc., and illegally diverted hydromorphone. We have a similar starting position. Happily, Alberta has continued to stay below B.C. on per capita and total overdose rates—an important metric for us.
If we look at last year, we were 14% lower than B.C. on a per capita rate for overdoses and, of course, 25% lower in the first two months. If you look at just February in Alberta versus B.C., year over year, we're at 33% fewer overdoses than B.C.
We're cautiously optimistic that the recovery model and its culture are having a positive impact. We've seen, since April last year, a continuous decline in overdose rates. The pandemic was brutal on every jurisdiction when it comes to this. Alberta, we believe, is starting to see some of the fruits of this, with only two out of 11 of our recovery communities coming online.