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

Police seize drugs, weapons in investigation into two overdose deaths

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 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, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) public health region this year. For the past three years, Lovell has worked on the opioid overdose portfolio at KFL&A. “We are at an intersection

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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 Kingston earlier this month. The warrant was in relation to two opioid overdose deaths that occurred on the same date in Kingston: Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Police confirmed that a