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.
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.
Opioid-related deaths: 25
21.1 per 100,00 people
8.9 per 100,000 people
Opioid-related hospitalizations: 44
21.3 per 100,000 people
15.1 per 100,000 people
Opioid-related emergency department visits: 188
91.0 per 100,000 people
54.6 per 100,000 people
People dispensed opioids for pain: 24,100
117.2 per 100,000 people
110.2 per 100,000 people
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.
Reduce stigma attached to substance use in educational settings.
For more information on the Opioid Action Plan, please contact Christine Riddick.