Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Site at Whistler Health Care Centre
- 4380 Lorimer Road Whistler, BC V8E 1A7
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- (604) 932-3202
- Intake line: (604) 698-6455
- Fax: (604) 932-6953
Need help immediately?
If there is an urgent safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to emergency at your nearest hospital.
Suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-784-2433
Call BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
BC Wide Indigenous Toll-Free Crisis and Support Line - KUU-US Crisis Support Line: 1-800-588-8717
After-hours urgent and emergency care
For urgent and emergency care between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., call our phone number to speak with an after-hours physician.
We provide harm reduction services with a particular focus on injection drug users to reduce the spread of HIV and other communicable diseases such as Hepatitis. We offer needle exchange services to promote the safe recovery and disposal of used needles. We provide education and facilitate access to testing and treatment for communicable diseases as well as referrals to counselling services. We also offer community education on harm reduction throughout the Sea-to-Sky corridor.
How to access
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Drop in
Visit us during regular hours for needle disposal and harm reduction supplies.
Hours of operation
- Monday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
Parking and transportation
Parking available on-site
Whistler Health Care Centre
Whistler Health Care Centre provides urgent and emergency health care services to people living and visiting Whistler and along the Sea-to-Sky Highway.
Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Sites
Harm reduction and needle distribution sites provide harm reduction supplies, including safer injection, safer smoking and safer sex supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services and other social supports.