Opioid Action Plan

Community partners in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) are working together to develop a community drug strategy to address and respond to problematic substance use in our community. As a first priority, the below Opioid Action Plan has been developed. This plan outlines priority areas for action in which community partners have chosen to work on together.

A four-pillar approach was used to identify work that is already happening to address the opioid epidemic and gaps to be addressed by collaborative action of community partners.  As such, the pillars of prevention, harm reduction, treatment and enforcement were used to map this work.  This approach allowed for a comprehensive consideration of the impact of substance use and the identification of opportunities for collaborative work.

Objectives

• By 2021, reduce opioid overdose mortality in KFL&A’s at-risk population.
• By 2021, reduce the harms associated with licit and illicit use of opioids.

2017 KFL&A opioid-related statistics

The following opioid-related statistics  are just a few of the indicators chosen to monitor the opioid situation in KFL&A.

For a more information on opioid surveillance, please contact Christine Riddick for the most recent Opioid Surveillance Report.

Priority areas for action

Five priority areas for action have been identified to guide the development of specific initiatives within the Opioid Action Plan: youth prevention, trauma-informed care, advocacy, naloxone access, and supervised consumption services. These priority areas take into consideration the on-going work of member organizations and identify areas where the collaborative work of community partners will have the greatest impact. These priority areas guide the development of initiatives in this opioid action plan and support achieving the above objectives.