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COVID-19 ‘absolutely’ a contributing factor to overdose rise in KFL&A

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), COVID-19, crystal methamphetamine, drug supply chain, fentanyl, free naloxone kits, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), naloxone, opioid dependency, opioid overdose, opioids, overdose deaths, overdoses, pandemic, Public Health, Rhonda Lovell, Street Health, virus

Public Health Nurse Rhonda Lovell said COVID-19 is “absolutely” a contributing factor to the rise of overdoses in the Kingston,

KFL&A Public Health warns of increase in opioid overdoses

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments 911 calls, benzodiazepine, drug overdose, emergency room visits, fentanyl, flualprazolam, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), kingston street health centre, mixing drugs, Nalaxone, opioid crisis, opioid overdose, opioid use, opioids, overdoses, street drugs

Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has issued a warning following an increase in opioid overdoses in Kingston

Police seize drugs, weapons in investigation into two overdose deaths

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments controlled substance, downtown, James Roettger, Kingston, Kingston Police, knives, MacDonnell Street, Natalie Botting, no arrests, ongoing investigation, opioid overdose, overdose deaths, search warrant, seizure of drugs and weapons

Kingston Police executed a search warrant this week in connection to an investigation into two overdose deaths that occurred in

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OPP: Opioid overdoses and deaths increasing

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments 35 per cent increase, addictions, good samaritan law, Kingston, Ontario, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), opioid deaths, opioid overdose, opioids, Opioids and Overdoses: Impact and Strategies, statistics

An alarming increase of opioid overdoses and deaths across Ontario was highlighted in the Opioids and Overdoses: Impact and