Substance Use

Welcome to the Deltassist Substance Use Services group page! This is a 6-week educational program for people who are using substances and for adults who are affected by the substance use of a loved one. The group is run in-person at Deltassist as well as on-line. Call the Substance Use Services intake line at 604-594-3455 […]

Welcome to the Deltassist Substance Use Services blog. This blog was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help increase awareness around drug and alcohol use and mental health. Most of the information remains relevant even after the pandemic. In today’s post we are covering stress and substance use. Chronic and developmental stress (that is, stress

Welcome to the Deltassist Substance Use Services blog. This blog was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help increase awareness around drug and alcohol use and mental health. Most of the information remains relevant even after the pandemic. Sept. 8, 2020   Today’s Substance Use post is going to introduce a way of thinking about

Sept. 2, 2020   Throughout the summer we have discussed stigma in a number of our Substance Use Services blog posts. We examined some of the underlying myths that fuel stigma against people who use drugs, explored three forms of stigma (social, structural, and self-stigma), and we offered a few suggestions for how individuals can

Welcome to the Deltassist Substance Use Services blog. This blog was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help increase awareness around drug and alcohol use and mental health. Most of the information remains relevant even after the pandemic. Aug 21, 2020 In previous Substance Use Services’ posts, we looked at resources for Delta adults and

Aug 14, 2020 This week in the Substance Use Services\’ blog, we are taking a closer look at harm reduction. We will discuss what harm reduction is, describe some examples of harm reduction around substance use in British Columbia, and then break down two myths about harm reduction. Harm reduction refers to strategies and measures

August 1, 2020 This week’s post is an overview of the overdose crisis. After describing what the crisis is, we discuss three factors that contributed to the current public health emergency: Barriers to health services The increase in opioid prescriptions leading up to the crisis The illegal sales of fentanyl This 8 min TED-Ed video

Welcome to the Deltassist Substance Use Services blog. This blog was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help increase awareness around drug and alcohol use and mental health. Most of the information remains relevant even after the pandemic. July 24, 2020 This week in the Substance Use Blog Series, we are discussing what triggers are,

July 15, 2020 This week’s post reviews the resources available to Delta youth who have questions about substances, are considering reducing the amount of substances they use, or quitting substances all together. This post was promised way back in our very first substance use series blog post (that post on resources for adult residents of

July 10, 2020 As we in British Columbia continue with the third stage of reopening, many people are still unable to return to life the way it was before the Covid-19 pandemic. At Deltassist, we want to acknowledge that stress related to the continued effects of Covid-19, including grief and concern with the escalating overdose