Toronto police warn of suspicious drug linked to two overdose deaths in Deer Park Area, Nov 2021

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July 1 2023 rbbm.

One dead after string of suspected overdoses caused by ‘suspicious drug’

One person is dead and “at least five” have suffered adverse effects caused by what police suspect to be a string of overdoses in downtown Toronto.

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Aisling Murphy
''One person is dead and “at least five” have suffered adverse effects caused by what police suspect to be a string of overdoses in downtown Toronto.

Toronto police responded to “numerous” overdose calls in the Strachan Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West area on Friday and Saturday, they said in a media release.

Police say that at least five people consumed unknown quantities of an unknown narcotic suspected to be an opioid. Every victim suffered adverse effects, and one died.

No description of the drug is available.

Investigators are concerned more of this drug may be sold or given to others. Toronto police reiterated in the release the importance of using extreme caution when taking drugs and never to use drugs alone.

If anyone suffers serious illness after consuming a narcotic, they should attend a hospital emergency room, call 9-1-1, or go to a walk-in clinic immediately for treatment.

Anyone with information about this drug or these suspected overdoses is asked to contact Toronto police.''

 

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Not Toronto but FWIW...

"In a toxic drug alert issued Thursday, the health authority said testing found the drug in vape juice containing cannabis and suspected synthetic cannabinoids sold in unmarked, unbranded, refillable cartridges."

Naloxone will not work on someone with these symptoms, unless an opioid is also involved, it said.

Vape juice containing benzodiazepines prompts Chilliwack drug alert - BC | Globalnews.ca

Benzodiazepines are a class of drug that slow brain activity and create a drowsy or calming effect, and include the brand-name products Valium, Xanax and Ativan.

globalnews.ca

 

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July 4 2023

Fentanyl death, weekend overdoses prompt warning from York Regional Police

York Regional Police have issued a warning following a fentanyl death and five overdoses over the long weekend.

torontosun.com

''Police say the victims were at the same party in the Beverley Glen Blvd.-Dufferin St. area and had taken cocaine believed to be laced with fentanyl.

On Saturday, a man was found unconscious in a bus shelter in Vaughan and later died in hospital. Police say he possessed cocaine at the time.
One of the cases involved cocaine which was believed to be laced with fentanyl.''
'Street drugs can contain other drugs that could be life-threatening and the user may not know what they are actually ingesting until it’s too late,” police said in a news release'

 

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February 7, 2024
''Officials in Belleville, Ont. say they want the province to step up after 17 suspected drug overdoses in the city’s downtown core over the last 24 hours.
“This is a very unfortunate event. It’s not the first occurrence and it won’t be the last,” Mayor Neil Ellis said in Feb. 7 news release.
“Like many municipalities across the province and country, we have a very serious drug, addictions and mental health crisis in our city. We need support from the provincial government on how we move forward with this crisis.”

''Chief Carl Bowker of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services told CP24.com that they also responded to 13 suspected opioid-related calls on Tuesday afternoon, but within a two-and-a-half hour timespan.

He said that the majority of these calls were for “unconscious patients,” noting that nine were transported to hospital on a “high priority.”

 

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February 7, 2024
''Officials in Belleville, Ont. say they want the province to step up after 17 suspected drug overdoses in the city’s downtown core over the last 24 hours.
“This is a very unfortunate event. It’s not the first occurrence and it won’t be the last,” Mayor Neil Ellis said in Feb. 7 news release.
“Like many municipalities across the province and country, we have a very serious drug, addictions and mental health crisis in our city. We need support from the provincial government on how we move forward with this crisis.”

''Chief Carl Bowker of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services told CP24.com that they also responded to 13 suspected opioid-related calls on Tuesday afternoon, but within a two-and-a-half hour timespan.

He said that the majority of these calls were for “unconscious patients,” noting that nine were transported to hospital on a “high priority.”

“This is a very unfortunate event. It’s not the first occurrence and it won’t be the last,” Mayor Neil Ellis said in Feb. 7 news release.

“Like many municipalities across the province and country, we have a very serious drug, addictions and mental health crisis in our city. We need support from the provincial government on how we move forward with this crisis.”

This is frightening.

 

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February 15, 2024
''Late Thursday afternoon, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) told CP24.com that Health Canada's Drug Analysis Service and Cannabis Laboratories found that the most recent drug sample collected by police around the time of last week’s spike in drug poisonings in the community included the “presence of an opioid, a benzodiazepine and xylazine.”
The most concerning substance in that mix is xylazine, which is also known as “tranq” or “tranq dope” and can cause those who consume it to have difficulty moving, shallow or stopping breathing, low blood pressure, and slower heart rate, especially when consumed with opioids or benzodiazepine's.''

 

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February 15, 2024
''Late Thursday afternoon, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) told CP24.com that Health Canada's Drug Analysis Service and Cannabis Laboratories found that the most recent drug sample collected by police around the time of last week’s spike in drug poisonings in the community included the “presence of an opioid, a benzodiazepine and xylazine.”
The most concerning substance in that mix is xylazine, which is also known as “tranq” or “tranq dope” and can cause those who consume it to have difficulty moving, shallow or stopping breathing, low blood pressure, and slower heart rate, especially when consumed with opioids or benzodiazepine's.''

fwiw benzodiazepines also depress the respiratory system. I've been anticipating more reports of "tranq dope" here as it seems fairly obvious. MOO as a bystander. All I can say is if people choose to use hard drugs they need to test them before taking them. JMO.