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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

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Nonprofit doula service and information centre to open in Kingston

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments birthing, Chelsea Loutsenko, Doula Support Foundations, doulas, expectant parents, Kingston, Laura Pascoe, low-income families, mental health, not-for-profit, opioid use, postpartum, pregnancy, substance use, support

The Doula Support Foundation will be opening in Kingston this fall to provide pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum services

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Opioid-related deaths up 48 per cent and other key findings from 2018 Vital Signs

October 31, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments addiction, community, Community Foundation for Kingston and Area, education, indigenous population, Kingston, Kingstonist, mental health, naloxone, opioid addiction, opioid crisis, opioid use, physical health, poverty, sense of belonging, Vital Signs

Every year, the Community Foundation for Kingston and area publishes ‘Vital Signs,’ a report card on the health and well-being