Our Harm Reduction rooms provide a safe and welcoming environment for people to discuss safer drug use and safer sex practices and/or get referrals to programs and other supports at our centre and in the community.
Services/Supplies Offered
- Drug checking services (only at Parkdale)
- Naloxone training and Naloxone kit distribution
- Information and support for safer drug use and safer sex
- Just listening supports
- Referrals
- Harm Reductions kits (Injection, Crack/Stem, Crystal meth/Bowl, Chasing the dragon, HRT/Hormone/Steroid, piercing, snorting, Booty bumping/Hooping, GHB dosing)
- Individual harm reduction supplies (e.g. cookers, water, ties, vitamin C, and sharps containers
- Safer sex supplies (lube, condoms, dental dams)
- Individual harm reduction supplies in bulk available for community members with advance notice depending on availability.
- Indigenous medicines (sage, tobacco, cedar and sweetgrass)