Prevention Assessment Referral Drop In Centre (PARC) - Harm Reduction Services

Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. Needle exchange services include distribution of clean needles, sterile water, 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, cookers, and injection supplies. Provides safer sex supplies, including condoms. Harm reduction supplies are available from 8 am to 8 pm daily. 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; training can be provided. Overdose prevention site provides a place where people who use drugs can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose. Outreach worker operates a mobile outreach van distributing harm reduction supplies and providing information regarding safer use; can also do mobile naloxone training if scheduled.