The National Overdose Response Services (NORS) is an overdose prevention hotline for Canadians, providing compassionate, confidential, and nonjudgmental support for people, whenever and wherever they use drugs. If using drugs alone, call or text (Canada only) 1-888-688-6677 (NORS).
Learn how you can help friends and family who use substances stay safe when using drugs by watching this video created by the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD): How to Spot Someone so They Never Use Alone.
Applications for a Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) site at 11 Innisfil St, Barrie were submitted to Health Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Health on October 7, 2021, by the Canadian Mental Health Association Simcoe County Branch (CMHA SCB). The application was approved at the federal level through the granting of an exemption to section 56.1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act on September 9, 2022, and renewed in September of 2023.
CMHA SCB has not received a response from the Ontario Ministry of Health, following several requests. Therefore, they have made the very difficult decision to withdraw the current application for a CTS site at 11 Innisfil St., Barrie.
CMHA SCB and SMDHU appreciate the extensive efforts and commitment to achieve these services in Barrie from a wide range of local health and community services organizations, community members, and members of the business community. Over the past six years, these efforts have helped demonstrate the local need for such a service and the role that CTS sites can play in helping to save lives and contributing to safer communities.
Many communities throughout the country operate supervised consumption sites (known in Ontario as Consumption and Treatment Services), learn more about these sites across Canada by visiting the Health Canada Infobase-supervised consumption sites.
Learn more about the steps to providing this health service below.
CTS Application Status
Two separate applications were submitted, one to Health Canada (federal) and one to the Ministry of Health (MOH, provincial) on October 7, 2021, by CMHA Simcoe County Branch (CMHA SCB) as the applicant. The following information will provide you with the status of the two applications to date.
For more information on opioids or supervised consumption sites call Health Connection 705-721-7520 or toll-free 1-877-721-7520.