24 Hour Substance Use Help

Getting Substance Use Help Island Health

We provide care in the context of a wider network of community services and supports. Here are a few other sources of help and information.


24-Hour Vancouver Island Crisis Line:

1-888-494-3888

The Vancouver Island Crisis Line provides a supportive listening ear for people in emotional distress and connection to emergency mental health services when needed. The phone number is the same for all areas of Vancouver Island.

Crisis Chat services (6 p.m. -10 p.m. nightly) www.vicrisis.ca 

Crisis Text number (6 p.m. -10 p.m. nightly) 250-800-3806

Find community resources: Vancouver Island Crisis Line Community Resource Database


KUU-US Crisis Line

The KUU-US Crisis Line is a resource for suicide prevention for Indigenous people on Vancouver Island and in the province of British Columbia. Help is available 24 hours a day. If you are facing a crisis, call any time.

Adult Crisis Line:   250-723-4050
Youth Crisis Line:  250-723-2040
Vancouver Island and through the Province of BC:  1-800-588-8717


Other Help and Information Lines


Family Physicians

Family physicians provide care for many mental health and addiction issues and refer to specialized services when needed.

Find a Physician in your community.


Other Online Resources

Recommended websites provide education and information on a variety of mental health and substance use issues.

Safe disposal of needles - rack card 
Safe Needles Disposal
Compassion as a guiding action

Locations

News & Events

New Care and Connection Kiosk

New Care and Connection Kiosks provide discreet life-saving harm reduction supplies 24/7

Island Health is introducing three Care and Connection Kiosks at hospitals in Campbell River, Nanaimo and Victoria offering community members an innovative way to access free, life-saving, harm reduction supplies and information about mental health and substance use services, supports and treatment.

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Expressions of Interest call for Island Health  Resilience and Safety Grants

Expressions of Interest call for Island Health Resilience and Safety Grants

For the second year, Island Health is allocating up to $1 million for resilience and safety grants aimed at helping improve mental health, mitigate the harms associated with illicit substance use and build youth resilience. 

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Digital memory wall honours those lost due to toxic drug poisoning this International Overdose Awareness Day

This International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) August 31, Island Health is hosting a digital memory wall to honour those lost to a toxic drug poisoning. IOAD is the world's largest annual campaign to end overdose, and this online memorial encourages everyone to remember, without stigma, those who have died, and acknowledge the grief of family, friends and caregivers left behind. 

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