St Paul's Hospital Overdose Prevention Site

Overdose prevention site provides a place for inpatients and outpatients of St Paul's Hospital who use drugs where they can be safely monitored and treated immediately if they overdose. 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 sex supplies, including condoms. Offers confidential drug testing and take-home fentanyl test strips to check drugs for contamination. 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. Opens from 10 am to 8 pm daily; last overdose prevention visit is 7:15 pm, but can pick up supplies until 8 pm. Funded by Providence Health Care.