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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,

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