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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Consumption &amp; Treatment Services (CTS)</h2>
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Looking for a safe space to use?  Afraid to use alone?  Need new supplies?

Come to the CTS in downtown Kitchener.  Hours of operation are 9 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week

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<strong><a href="https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-and-wellness/consumption-and-treatment-services.aspx#CTS-resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS)</a></strong> site is located at 150 Duke Street West in Kitchener. The site is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays.

The site is operated by Sanguen Health Centre in partnership with Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services.

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<strong>What is available at the CTS?</strong>

Services that are available include:
<ul>
 	<li>Supervised consumption (You will not be able to smoke your drugs but you can inject, snort, or swallow them)</li>
 	<li>A supportive and calm environment</li>
 	<li>A judgment-free space with supportive staff, including a registered nurse, a social service worker and a peer worker</li>
 	<li>If you start to overdose, staff can give you oxygen, you may not need naloxone</li>
 	<li>Supports and referrals</li>
 	<li>Safer substance use education</li>
 	<li>Harm reduction supplies, sharps containers, returns accepted</li>
 	<li>You can pick up a naloxone kit</li>
 	<li>Wound care</li>
</ul>
<strong>Why do we have a CTS in our community?</strong>
<ul>
 	<li>CTS saves lives by reducing the number of fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses</li>
 	<li>Reduces the spread of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C</li>
 	<li>Connects people with community supports</li>
 	<li>Creates a safer community by reducing drug use in public spaces and providing options for proper needle disposal</li>
</ul>
<a title="Open new window to view Consumption and Treatment Services - A Harm Reduction Program" href="https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-and-wellness/resources/Documents/CTS_HarmReductionProgram.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Consumption and Treatment Services - A Harm Reduction Program (pdf link)</a>

<strong>Looking for more information about Consumption and Treatment Services?</strong>

Visit: <a href="http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/CTS">www.regionofwaterloo.ca/CTS</a>

Email: <a href="mailto:CTS@regionofwaterloo.ca">CTS@regionofwaterloo.ca</a>

Phone:  519-575-4400 Ext 5613 or TTY:  519-575-4608

Phone (CTS):  519-514-1467

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