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Harm reduction

Lower the risk and lessen the harm

Harm reduction meets people where they are, without judgment. Free supplies, safer options, and someone in your corner — whether or not you ever plan to stop using.

An open hand holding a small house, a mug, a black naloxone kit marked with a white cross, and a glass pipe with a clear tubing mouthpiece

Six principles

Meet people where they are

The approach behind everything on this page, in Blood Ties' own words.

01
Pragmatism
Drug use is part of our world. We work to reduce its harms rather than pretend it away.
02
Human rights
People who use drugs keep every right everyone else has — to health, dignity and respect.
03
Focus on harms
The first measure of success is less harm, not less use.
04
Maximize intervention options
There is no one right way. A range of options reaches a range of people.
05
Priority of immediate goals
Start where the person is, with what matters to them today.
06
Involvement of people who use drugs
Programs are built with, not for, the people who use them.

What we offer

Each service has its own page with hours, numbers and what to expect.

Two hands meeting across a service window sill, one passing a bagNeedle & pipe programFree supplies at the Cook Street windowAn FTIR spectrometer beside a laptop showing a spectrum, with test strips and a vialDrug checkingKnow what you have before you use itAn opened naloxone kit with two nasal spray devicesHarm reduction kits & trainingFree kits, free training, anywhere in the YukonTwo people sitting either side of a front desk, mid-conversation and relaxedSupervised consumption siteA safer place to use your drugsThe outreach van at night with its side door open and interior litOutreach vanHelping you where you areA round table from above with hands holding mugs, plates of toast and a bowl of porridgeBreakfast clubTuesdays, togetherA yellow sharps container with its lid openUsed needle disposal & pickupFound a needle? Here is what to do

Who to talk to

Jenn Smith
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Outreach Van Team Lead and Interim Drug Checking Coordinator
867-335-3841outreachvan@bloodties.ca