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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