{"id":505634,"date":"2026-01-10T07:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505634\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:27:09","slug":"3-suspected-opioid-overdose-deaths-reported-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505634\/","title":{"rendered":"3 suspected opioid overdose deaths reported in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto Public Health (TPH) <a href=\"https:\/\/track.upaknee.com\/share\/443\/63996551035e6cff85ee97f46dad2b0623f1f694ea285081?fbclid=IwY2xjawPOlJJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4YnJvZWZqbHFIbVZKeXZsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqVSgsU2UX3Y25NxwRYOsxb9gLcD5qPhkvmv6WF1ndEENr4yeNvmuItYy3LI_aem_BleKnZTq_Vgl5PSYiWofiA\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/track.upaknee.com\/share\/443\/63996551035e6cff85ee97f46dad2b0623f1f694ea285081?fbclid=IwY2xjawPOlJJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4YnJvZWZqbHFIbVZKeXZsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqVSgsU2UX3Y25NxwRYOsxb9gLcD5qPhkvmv6WF1ndEENr4yeNvmuItYy3LI_aem_BleKnZTq_Vgl5PSYiWofiA\">has issued a drug alert<\/a> following three suspected opioid overdose deaths earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TPH says the reported fatalities are higher than the average number of opioid overdose-related deaths, which has been zero or one since 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The public health agency disclosed that the deaths occurred on Jan. 7 at private residences outside of the downtown core. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">TPH does not have any information about the specific drugs connected to the overdose deaths. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/drugchecking.community\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s Drug Checking Service<\/a> detected on Dec. 16 a new benzodiazepine-related drug called ethylflualprazolam. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the service, using high-potency opioids with benzodiazepine-related drugs increases the risk of dangerous suppression of vitals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Public Health (TPH) has issued a drug alert following three suspected opioid overdose deaths earlier this week.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4717,2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-505634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115869623600031112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}