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Community Counselling / Support 14 Counselling / Therapy (IHA) 8 Crisis Response (IHA) 2 Harm Reduction / Supplies 2 HelpLines & Websites 10 Peer Support / Twelve Step Programs 6 Support / Navigation 7 Withdrawal / Treatment 11
Program NameCity
Adult Substance Use Services (IHA) - Trail Area Trail
Adult Substance Use Services - Boundary Grand Forks
Adult Substance Use Services - Castlegar Castlegar
Adult Substance Use Services - Kaslo Kaslo
Adult Substance Use Services - Nakusp (Arrow and Slocan Lakes) Nakusp
Adult Substance Use Services - Nelson Nelson
Adult Substance Use Services - Salmo Salmo
Al-Anon / Alateen Central Services for BC
24hAlcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service (ADIRS):1-800-663-1441
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) - West Kootenay Boundary Meetings
ANKORS: AIDS Network Outreach & Support Society Nelson
Axis House Community Based Withdrawal Management Program - Kootenay Boundary
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) Vancouver
BC Smoking Cessation Program
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Ottawa
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research Victoria
Castlegar Mental Health & Substance Use Clubhouse Castlegar
Community Connections Mental Health & Substance Use (MHSU) Clubhouse - Kaslo Kaslo
Friend of Friends Clubhouse - Trail Trail
Friendship Outreach Mental Health & Substance Use Clubhouse - Nelson
Gamblers Anonymous (GA) Castlegar
Granby Mental Health & Substance Use Clubhouse - Grand Forks Grand Forks
Harm Reduction Supplies in KB Region
Healing Our Spirits: Aboriginal Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Program - West Kootenay Boundary Castlegar
HereToHelp Vancouver
24hInterior Crisis Line: 1-888-353-2273(CARE)
KB Searchlight: Child/Youth Mental Health & Substance Use Services Website
Kootenay Boundary Adult Supported Recovery Program (KBSRP) - Nelson