Riverside Shelter Overdose Prevention Site

Provides harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, and other social supports. 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. Overdose prevention site provides a place where people who use drugs can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose by nurses trained in administering naloxone; drug use is not permitted on the premises. Services are available for Riverside Shelter clients only. Operated in partnership with Fraser Health.