Getting Help

General resources

• Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (wallet cards) - Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
• Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (poster) - Health Canada
• Understanding Addiction - Support Group Videos - Addiction and Mental Health Services KFLA - Supports now available online
• Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction - Provides resources and information about different substances, including alcohol, cannabis, methamphetamine and opioids.
• Wellness Together Canada - Offers information about mental health, mental wellness programs, individual mental health counselling and immediate crisis support.
• Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines – learn about how you can reduce your risk of experiencing harms.
• Cannabis and Cancer (français) (PDF) - Ontario Health, Cancer Care Ontario
• Knowing Your Limits with Cannabis (PDF) - Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
• Things to know about cannabis -français - CAMH
• Seven things you need to know about edible cannabis (français) (PDF)
• A guide to cannabis for older adults (PDF) - Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
• Safer Crystal Meth Smoking – guide on how to use safer use equipment and harm reduction tips when smoking crystal methamphetamine.
• Safer Crack Smoking – guide on how to use safer use equipment and harm reduction tips when smoking crack
• Safer Injecting Resource – guide on how to use safer use equipment and harm reduction tips when injecting opioids or crack. 

Pregnancy resources

• Healthy Pregnancy Pages: Alcohol and Pregnancy - Public Health Agency of Canada
• Healthy Pregnancy Pages FASD - Public Health Agency of Canada
• Weeding out the myths from the facts to help make informed choices about cannabis use in pregnancy (Video)
• Pregnancyinfo.ca. - Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
• Risks of Cannabis on Fertility, Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Parenting - Best Start Resource Center
•  8 Things You Need to Know About Cannabis, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding - SOGC
• Women and Cannabis Use - Centre of Excellence for  Women’s Health 
• Thrive – Kingston Community Health Centres
• Cannabis - Not Just a Herb (Video) - SOGC
• Cannabis - Times Have Changed (Video) - SOGC
• Licit and Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy: Maternal, Neonatal and Early Childhood Consequences (PDF) - Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
• Pregnancy Information - SOGC
• Medication and Drugs Before and After Pregnancy - SOGC

 Counselling and addiction services

• Addiction & Mental Health Services - Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington - Offers information and services related to mental health and addiction, such as individual counselling, support groups and access to other addiction supports. Kingston area: 613-544-1356, Greater Napanee: 613-354-7521
• Street Health Centre - Kingston Community Health Centres  -  A 365 day per year harm reduction centre that offers a range of programs, including a needle exchange program, harm reduction supplies, primary care, addiction services and counselling on topics such as drug use, addiction, mental health and more. Street Health provides Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) services and Opioid Substitution Therapy (methadone and suboxone) clinics. 613-549-1440
• Change Healthcare Inc. - Offers opioid substitution therapy clinics (methadone and suboxone), harm reduction supplies and Hepatitis C treatment. 1-877-937-2282 or 613-549-6060
• Limestone Area of Narcotics Anonymous - Offers free group meetings for anyone who wants to stop using any kind of drugs or alcohol. 613-900-6285

Counselling for youth  

• Youth Diversion Program and KAIROS Counselling - Offers outreach, counselling, and education about substance use for youth 9 to 24 years old. Youth help line: 613-305-1379. Information line: 613-548-4535 (messages returned within 24 hours)
• Maltby Centre - Offers mental health walk-in clinic, counselling programs and crisis support to children and youth, free of charge. 613-546-8535  

Harm reduction supplies  

• Street Health Centre
• Trellis
• Integrated Care Drop-in Hub (661 Montreal Street, Kingston)
• KFL&A Public Health
• Nappanee Community Health Centre.

Overdose prevention 

• The Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) site (661 Montreal Street, Kingston) - Provides harm reduction supplies, naloxone, and a supportive environment for the consumption of substances under the supervision of someone trained to respond to an overdose. 
• Ontario Overdose Prevention Line - Provides a virtual supportive environment to consume substances while on the line with an operator who can call for emergency help if you become unresponsive. 1-888-853-8542, 
• National Overdose Response Service (NORS) - Availabe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in Ontario. 1-888-688-NORS (6677)

Detoxification and treatment

• Detoxification Centre - Offers a confidential, voluntary, short-term, non medical, 22 bed co-ed residential services for people 16 years of age or older who are intoxicated, in withdrawal related to substance use, waiting for intake into a treatment program, or in danger of relapse. 613-549-6461
• The Salvation Army Kingston Harbour Light - Abstinence-based residential treatment program services for men from Ontario. Length of stay can range from 8 to 16 weeks, depending on need. The program includes counselling, skill development, medication referrals, discharge planning and more. 613-646-2333
• ConnexOntario - Provides free information about different health services that can support people with alcohol and drugs use, mental illness, and gambling near Kingston 613-544-1213