OVERDOSE PREVENTION
Resource Guide CRISIS AND SUPPORT LINES
24-HOUR VANCOUVER ISLAND CRISIS LINE – The Vancouver Island Crisis Line
provides a supportive listening ear for people in emotional distress and connection to emergency mental health services when needed. The phone number is the same for all areas of Vancouver Island. • Call from anywhere on Vancouver Island: 1-888-494-3888 • Crisis Chat services (6 to 10pm nightly) at vicrisis.ca • Crisis Text number (6 to 10pm nightly) 1-250-800-3806 BC211 – Providing free information and
referral regarding community, government and social services in BC. Info: bc211.ca
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS SUPPORT LINES:
• Cowichan Valley: 250-597-3282 • Nanaimo: 250-753-7513 • Port Alberni & West Coast: 250-723-1177 BC MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION INFO LINE – 1-800-661-2121, 9am to 4pm,
Monday to Friday. Sponsored by Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division. BC DRUG & POISON INFORMATION CENTRE HOTLINE – 1-800-567-8911. HEALTHLINK BC – Check the HealthLink
BC website or dial 8-1-1 for programs in your area. PROBLEM GAMBLING HELP LINE –
1-888-795-6111 8-1-1 – A free-of-charge provincial health
• Dial 2-1-1 on Vancouver Island/Gulf Islands to talk with an Information & Referral Specialist. This service is free, confidential, multilingual and available 24/7.
information and advice phone line available in B.C., operated by HealthLink BC, part of the Ministry of Health.
• TTY – Access for the deaf/hard of hearing community in BC is available by dialing 604-875-0885.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESPONSE (COR)
• Text the name of your city to 2-1-1 to chat with an Information & Referral Specialist. This service is free, confidential, and available daily between of 8am and 11pm. KUU-US CRISIS LINE – The KUU-US Crisis
Line is a resource for suicide prevention for Aboriginal people on Vancouver Island and in the province of B.C. Help is available 24 hours a day. If you’re facing a crisis, call any time. • Adult Crisis Line: 250-723-4050 • Youth Crisis Line: 250-723-2040 • Vancouver Island and through the Province of BC: 1-800-588-8717 BC ALCOHOL AND DRUG REFERRAL SERVICE – 1-800-663-1441 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 24-HOUR SUPPORT LINES – Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo,
Oceanside, Port Alberni, West Cost, Southern Gulf Islands: 1-866-265-7333
CRISIS SUPPORT Daily Mobile Crisis Response service available 7 days per week. To access call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line 1-888-494-3888
OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION LOCATIONS DUNCAN OPS – Providing harm-reduction
supplies and education, referrals to health services, addictions services and other social supports and needle exchange services. Open 1 to 7pm daily at 221 Trunk Rd., Duncan, 250-597-7779. NANAIMO OPS – Providing education, prevention, outreach, harm reduction, naloxone kits, counselling, substance use treatment, supports and access to mental health services, at 437 Wesley St., 250-591-3999. PORT ALBERNI OPS – Services include
education, prevention, outreach, harm reduction, naloxone kits, counselling, substance use treatment and supports, and
access to mental health services. Open daily 8am to 4pm at 3699 3rd Ave, (off Bute St) Port Alberni, 778-419-0016.
HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND RELATED SERVICES ISLAND HEALTH – Providing health care services through a network of hospitals, clinics, centres, health units and residential care locations for more than 800,000 people on Vancouver Island, the islands in the Salish Sea and the Johnstone Strait, and the mainland communities north of Powell River and south of Rivers Inlet, including mental health, substance use, addiction and overdoseprevention services. islandhealth.ca FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY – FNHA is a province-wide health authority
whose vision is to transform the health and well-being of BC’s First Nations and Aboriginal people by dramatically changing healthcare for the better through services largely focused on health promotion and disease prevention. fnha.ca, 1-866-913-0033 AVI HEALTH CENTRE – NANAIMO – Offering low-barrier, free treatment and support to people struggling with opiate addiction, in addition to HIV Primary Care clinic, STI testing and treatment, and harm reduction education, treatment and support, at AVI Health Centre, 102-55 Victoria Rd, Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, 250-754-9111, avi.org/our-services/ nanaimo CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION – Dedicated to the promotion and
improvement of mental health and quality of life in the community, through effective services, advocacy, awareness and education, resource generation and partnerships, 126 Haliburton St, 250-244-4042, mid-island. cmha.bc.ca HERE TO HELP – A project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information, a group of seven leading mental health and addictions non-profit agencies that have been working together since 2003 to help people live well and better prevent and manage mental health and substance use problems. Info: heretohelp.bc.ca
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