Harm Reduction and Needle Exchange - Sechelt
Provided by: Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) - Coastal
Service Description
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. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 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.
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.
Service Location
- Physical address:Sechelt Health Unit, Sechelt, V0N 3A0 BCMailing address:Same as physical address