Emergency

Substance use

People use substances for different reasons, but for some people, it can affect their health and lead to dependence.

Need help immediately?

If there is a life-threatening safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to the Emergency Department at your nearest hospital.

Suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-784-2433

BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

Indigenous Crisis and Support Line - KUU-US Crisis Support Line: 1-800-588-8717

Harm reduction: Toward the Heart 

Find support near you

Our teams are available to help you, your family member or friend to find help with mental health and substance use in your Vancouver Coastal Health community, whether you live in Bella Bella, Richmond, Vancouver, or in any other community we serve.

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Services

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) provides mental health and substance use services across the region, including in the Sunshine Coast and Central Coast (eg, Bella Bella, Bella Coola), Richmond and Vancouver. Find services and resources provided for people of all ages in your community below.

  • Central Coast mental health and substance use services

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  • North Shore mental health and substance use services

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  • Richmond mental health and substance use services

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  • Sea-to-Sky mental health and substance use services

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  • Vancouver mental health and substance use services

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Services

  • Access Central - Detox Referral Line

  • Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)

  • Overdose Outreach Teams

  • Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Sites

  • Addiction Medicine

  • Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)

  • Detox Services

  • Drug Checking

  • Family Support and Involvement Program

  • Intensive Case Management Teams

  • Lighthouse Virtual Substance Use Care Clinic

  • Mental health and substance use supported housing

  • Mental Health and Substance Use Outpatient Services

  • Primary Care Clinics

  • Safe Babies Program

  • Sheway Pregnancy Outreach Program

  • Sisters Together Active in Recovery (STAR)

  • SMART Recovery

  • Substance Use Counselling

  • Substance Use Public Education

  • Substance-Use Treatment And Response Team (START)

  • Vancouver Addiction Matrix Program (VAMP)

  • The Junction

  • Youth Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)

  • Youth Concurrent Disorders Services

  • Youth Day Treatment Program

  • Youth Home Stabilization Program

  • Youth Intensive Case Management Teams (YICMT)

  • Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Initiative

  • Supporting and Connecting Youth Leadership & Resiliency Program

  • The Foundation Program

  • Sunshine Coast Youth Program (SCYP)

  • Downtown Eastside Youth Outreach Team (YOT)

  • Youth Assertive Outreach Mental Health Team

  • Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY)

  • Young Bears Lodge

  • How to access mental health and substance use services

  • Tertiary Mental Health and Substance Use Services

  • Vancouver Needle Distribution and Recovery Van

Substance use resources

Overdose response, Naloxone and training

Substance use resources for children, youth and families

Substance use and harm reduction resources for health professionals and service providers

Decriminalization of controlled substances for personal use

Used needles and condoms

Making spaces safer for people who use drugs

Take-home fentanyl test strips prove useful as low-barrier drug checking approach

Guidelines for opioid addiction & treatment

Overdose surveillance

Information about opioids

Benzodiazepines (Benzos)