Overdose & Prevention
Drug overdose deaths can be prevented. Find support to link people to care before an overdose or to implement life-saving strategies and actions when an overdose occurred.
Overdose Prevention
Squamish Overdose Prevention Site
A safe, warm, supervised space to use substances.
37930 Third Avenue, Squamish
12:30 - 9:30pm 7 days/week
604-849-1991
Squamish Overdose Prevention Site
Safe monitoring of substance use by individuals trained in overdose response (equipped with naloxone, oxygen, and AED)
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Harm reduction Supplies and disposal
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Information on safer consumption practices
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Take-home naloxone kits/training
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Referrals to health and addictions services
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Condoms
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Confidential testing of substances to detect fentanyl
@ Under One Roof - 37871 Third Ave.
Call: 604-390-3000
Offering harm reduction supplies, outreach workers, support & referrals to services. * No doctor referral needed
To help save more lives and ensure people who use drugs alone have access to the supports they need.
Designed to prevent overdose death for anyone using drugs alone. Requires access to a smartphone and internet.
VCH Overdose Outreach Worker (Whistler/Pemberton)
ph: 604-313-5119
Addictions Access & Treatment
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Opioid Agonist Treatment
Squamish, Whistler & Pemberton (OAT) Clinics provide prescribed medicine in a supervised clinical setting to treat people who have a problematic pattern of opioid use. Services include clinical assessment, counselling, specialized treatment planning, aftercare, and follow-up.
* Access OAT through doctor referral OR VCH Intake.
1 (866) 658-1221
Squamish/Whistler/Pemberton,
Open 9am-9pm, 7 days/week
Overdose Outreach Worker (Whistler/Pemberton)
ph: 604-313-5119, Sara.jennings@vch.ca
Rapid Access Addictions Centre (RAAC) - St. Paul’s Hospital
Specialized addiction medicine, nursing and social work support. 7 days/week.
See what is offered - RAAC Brochure
BC Ministry of Mental Health & Addictions
Types of substance use, addiction and harm reduction resources. Visit the BCMMHA website to learn more.
Addiction handouts and resources to help educate people on drug addiction and available treatments.
First Nations Health Authority
Overdose Prevention & Harm Reduction
Resources to get informed, get help, support others, and treatment centers.
Take Home Naloxone Kits
and Training
Available for pick up, at:
Whistler Community Services Society
8000 Nesters Road
* Naloxone training offered
Whistler Health Care Centre
202-4380 Lorimer Road
Squamish Mental Health & Addictions
38075 2nd Avenue
Squamish Overdose Prevention Site
37930 Third Avenue
4:00-10:00 pm 7 days/week
Toward the Heart
Providing harm reduction resources and Naloxone Training (15-25 minute online lesson on how to administer naloxone).