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Addiction Medicine

Related topics: Mental health and substance use Substance use Substance use treatment and recovery Vancouver mental health and substance use services

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: 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

Addiction medicine includes clinical assessments, consultations, treatment planning and aftercare for people struggling with substances such as alcohol and opioids.

What to expect

Employs various interventions to address medical, psychological, social, and emotional concerns.

Addiction medicine services use a harm-reduction evidence-based model and diverse interventions such as opiate agonist therapy (Methadone, Suboxone and Morphine), anti-craving medication for alcohol dependence and Narcan (Naloxone) training to reverse opiate overdose.

Find this service near you

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  • Addiction Medicine at Raven Song Mental Health Substance Use Team

    1.59 km
    2450 Ontario StreetVancouver
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  • Addiction Medicine at Pender Community Health Centre

    2.91 km
    59 West Pender StreetVancouver
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  • Addiction Medicine at Downtown Eastside Connections Clinic

    3.65 km
    429 Alexander StreetVancouver
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  • Addiction Medicine at Downtown Community Health Centre

    3.71 km
    569 Powell StreetVancouver
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  • Addiction Medicine at South Mental Health and Substance Use Team

    5.99 km
    1200 West 73rd Avenue, Suite 220Vancouver
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