B.C. mayor apologizes for repeating ‘urban myth’ about teen’s fatal overdose
LIONS BAY, B.C. — A politician in British Columbia is apologizing for spreading a false story about a teenage boy who supposedly died from a drug overdose.
Lions Bay Mayor Karl Buhr said in a council meeting last month that his 14-year-old son’s friend dropped dead after inhaling “vape juice” laced with the highly potent opioid fentanyl.
Buhr said in an interview on Tuesday that he’s since been informed much of the story was an urban myth.
“Unfortunately, I reported an incorrect rumour,” he said.