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Albert St. OPS.
CMHA Mid-Island currently provides support and direct service for Nanaimo’s Overdose Prevention Site (OPS).
This site operates as a lifeguard station for drug consumption, providing a welcoming and culturally safe environment, harm reduction supplies, sterile environments for safer drug consumption, lifeguards to witness consumption, best practices education for drug consumption, and low-barrier employment opportunities for community members.
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Nanaimo
7 days a week
11 am to 9:00 pm
250 Albert St.
Access via Dunsmuir Street.
(250) 244-4042 ext. 402
Overdose Prevention Services are allowed under special Ministerial Order (Ministerial Order M488) under the Emergency Services Act. Supervised Consumption Services are approved by Health Canada for exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Support
Overdose prevention sites are locations where people can use illegal drugs under supervision by trained staff. As part of health care service, staff in these locations monitor people who are at risk of overdose and provide rapid intervention if necessary.
Supplies
Open to tenants, guests, and community members. Pick up harm reduction kits and supplies; get Naloxone kits and training to use them. Return your sharps for safe disposal.