Toronto police are alerting residents about two suspected overdose deaths that appear to have been caused by opioids in the city's west end this week.

In a news release Friday, investigators said they are concerned there may be more people who have encountered these drugs.

Police said they responded to a call for an overdose in the Eglinton Avenue W. and Dufferin Street area on Monday. Upon arrival, police found a person who had died of a suspected overdose, according to the news release.

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Officers were then called to the area a second time on Tuesday, where they found a second person dead from a suspected overdose.

Police are asking anyone who suffers from serious illness after consuming a narcotic to reach a hospital emergenc

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