Substance use
People use substances for different reasons, but for some people, it can affect their health and lead to dependence.
Services
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Access Central - Detox Referral Line
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Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
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Overdose Outreach Teams
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Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Sites
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Addiction Medicine
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Anne Vogel Clinic
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Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)
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Concurrent Disorders Services
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Detox Services
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Drug Checking
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Family Support & Involvement Program
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Intensive Case Management Teams
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Lighthouse Virtual Substance Use Care Clinic
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Mental health and substance use supported housing
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Mental Health and Substance Use Outpatient Services
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Primary Care Clinics
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Safe Babies Program
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Sheway Pregnancy Outreach Program
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Sisters Together Active in Recovery (STAR)
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SMART Recovery
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Substance Use Counselling
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Substance Use Public Education
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Substance-Use Treatment And Response Team (START)
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Vancouver Addiction Matrix Program (VAMP)
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Vancouver Junction
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Youth Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
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Youth Concurrent Disorders Services
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Youth Clinics
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Youth Day Treatment Program
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Youth Home Stabilization Program
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Youth Intensive Case Management Teams (YICMT)
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Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Initiative
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Supporting and Connecting Youth Leadership & Resiliency Program
Find mental health and/or substance use support near you
Learn how to access mental health and substance use services in your Vancouver Coastal Health community, whether you live in Bella Bella, Richmond, Vancouver, or in any other community we serve.
Our teams are available to help you, your family member or friend to find help with mental health and substance use.
Services in the VCH region
We offer a range of services to support people who use substances. Our staff provide culturally safe, trauma-informed and harm-reduction-based care.
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Harm reduction
Keeping individuals and communities safe and healthy by preventing infections, …
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Addiction Medicine
Addiction medicine includes clinical assessments, consultations, treatment plan…
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Child and youth mental health and substance use
Mental health and substance use information, assessment, consultation and treat…
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Detox Services
Adult withdrawal management services, also known as detox, provide nursing care…
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Intensive Case Management Teams
Intensive Case Management Teams (known as ICM or ICMT) provide a support role f…
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Primary Care Clinics
Primary care clinics provide primary health care to people who do not have a pr…
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Substance Use Counselling
Outpatient individual and group counselling for people with substance use and/o…
