Resources
Drug Checking FAQs & Technologies
Harm Reduction Resources
- Harm Reduction Site Finder
- Toward the Heart map to locate harm reduction services and supply providers across BC
- Lifeguard Connect
- Free app to reduce risk when using alone, also featuring training videos and other resources
- Naloxone Training
- Learn how to respond to an overdose with a Take Home Naloxone kit
- Toxic Drug & Health Alerts
- Sign up to receive anonymous toxic drug and health alerts by text to learn about risks in the local drug supply for your region
- National Overdose Response Service
- Confidential, virtual safe consumption site available for all Canadians, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
- Safer Sex & Drug Use Tips
- Toward the Heart page with tips on how to stay safer when using drugs
- HelpStartsHere
- Website to help people in BC find and connect with publicly-funded or not-for-profit mental health and substance use supports
- HealthLinkBC - Harm Reduction
- HealthLink BC provides reliable non-emergency health information and advice, including about substance use
Provincial Drug Checking Resources
- Substance Drug Checking
- Substance-UVic drug checking site, including weekly reports, technology & substance FAQs, and other resources
- BCCSU Drug Checking
- BC Centre for Substance Use drug checking site, including provincial reports, DrugSense dashboard, training, and other resources
First Nations Health Authority Resources
Interior Health Resources
Northern Health Resources
Vancouver Coastal Health Resources
- Please note, our drug checking technologies have limitations. To learn more about the limitations of our technology,
click here
- Drug checking results, unless submitted through Substance UVic, will be deleted 60 days after date of publication
- Drug checking results are only relevant to the person for whom the drug check was performed
