Harm Reduction and Needle Exchange - Gibsons

Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Also provides education around HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, bleach kits, and alcohol wipes; disposal of used needles; and health information to encourage safer injection practices. Provides safer drug use supplies such as crack pipe mouthpiece and screens, and injection supplies. Provides safer sex supplies, including condoms. Provides a mobile needle exchange service along the lower Sunshine Coast between Port Mellon and Egmont. Health unit hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday; mobile service hours are 11:30 am to 7:30 pm Monday to Friday.

Provides opioid users with free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to reverse the effects of overdoses from opioids like fentanyl, heroin, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone.