Toronto health officials sound alarm after 6 die from suspected opioid drug overdoses

Toronto public health is alerting residents about a recent spike in opioid-related deaths. In a 4-day period last week, the number of people who died of a drug overdose was triple the average this year. This coming as two powerful synthetic opioids are found in the city’s unregulated drug supply. Kayla McLean reports.

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