Neighbourhood Needle Recovery Program
Addictions / Substance Use and Public Health
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
This program recovers needles quickly and safely from Vancouver neighbourhoods through a number of different initiatives, including the needle pick-up hotline.
Vancouver Coastal Health's goal is to recover all inappropriately discarded needles as soon as possible or within 24 hours of a call to the hotline.
Services offered:
Drug Checking
Supervised consumption and overdose prevention sites
Harm reduction supplies and needle distribution sites
Vancouver needle distribution recovery van
Overdose outreach team
Vancouver Junction
Services offered:
Click here for the Neighbourhood Needle Recovery Program brochure to learn more about the program and how you can safely deal with a discarded needle.
604-657-6561 (Pick-up hotline)
Website: https://www.vch.ca/public-health/harm...
Cost: No cost
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
Just the closest matches listed. Click to see more!- Smoking Cessation Clinic - Vancouver General Hospital
- Community Health Centres - Evergreen Community Health Centre - Addiction Services
- Harm Reduction and Needle Exchange
Availability
Service area: Vancouver
Service Types Provided
Addictions / Substance Use
Public Health
Ways to Access
- Provided at multiple locations
- Provided by phone
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.