VANCOUVER ISLAND – Fentanyl test strips are now available at Island Health’s supervised consumption and overdose prevention sites, allowing people to test drugs before they are consumed. Sites in Victoria, the city with the third-highest number of overdose deaths in B.C. this year, are the first locations on Vancouver Island to receive the strips.
Get free, confidential counselling and support for substance use. Services are available to youth ages 13 to 19, their families and other people who support them. Delivered through the Discovery Youth and Substance Use program.
Providing non-judgmental health care and social supports for pregnant and parenting women who have a history of substance use, mental health issues, violence and trauma.
Delirium is a medical emergency that can be prevented and, in most cases, reversed. It is a sudden change in mental state which disturbs thinking and attention, and results in changed behaviour.