Toronto police have issued a public safety alert after an increase in drug overdoses in parts of the city. Toronto police investigators believe their deaths are a result of drug overdoses. “The majority of the overdoses are linked to fentanyl, but officers await toxicology reports on several others,” police said in the release. Toronto’s street drug supply is being increasingly contaminated with a new category of “ultra-potent” opioids as overdose deaths soar. Among the new breed of powerful synthetic opioids that began appearing in Toronto’s street drug supply is etonitazepyne, thought to be 10 to 20 times as strong as fentanyl.

Source: thestar July 30, 2021 16:16 UTC