Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Addictions extended care residences provide a supervised, therapeutic, safe, structured and home-like environment to assist individuals in maintaining a substance-free lifestyle.
PEI has three extended care residences. Each facility is listed as...
The Addictions Intensive Day Program (IDP) supports participants in obtaining, understanding, and processing pertinent information about their addiction, including learning about skills and tools of the recovery process and developing a personal recovery...
Need Help Now?
Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line
1-833-553-6983
Calls are answered by trained mental health professionals (a registered nurse or a social worker) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Addiction Services provide a range of programs...
Whether your gambling involves lottery tickets, casino games, horse racing or sports betting, slot machines, or video lottery terminals (VLTs), a gambling addiction can cause serious harm to you and your loved ones.
Two signs of a gambling addiction are...
Where can Islanders ask questions and get support?
Call the PEI Gambling Support line toll-free at 1-855-255-4255 for FREE, confidential and dedicated telephone service. The phone line is available to all Islanders 24 hours a day, seven days a week....
What is harm reduction?
Harm reduction is any evidence-informed intervention that helps reduce the risk of harms associated with a behaviour without requiring abstinence from that behaviour.
Examples include naloxone kits (substance use), condoms (...
Health PEI offers addiction and substance use services for adults, youth, and those wanting to support family members.
Need help now?
Call the Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line at 1-833-553-6983. Calls are answered by trained mental health...
Mental Health and Addictions walk-in clinics are now offered through Open Access Counselling at Community Mental Health and Addictions locations across the province.
Get mental health and addiction support when you need it.
At Open Access Counselling ...
The Needle Exchange Program is available in communities across the province to prevent the spread of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV – diseases that can be transmitted by sharing equipment to inject drugs. Naloxone kits are also available at all sites...
If you need help with your opioid addiction, call 1-888-299-8399 toll free for the Opioid Replacement Therapy Program. Your family physician, addiction counsellor, or other health professional may also call on your behalf.
What is methadone and...
Opioids are drugs that include prescribed pain relievers but also illegal drugs. Patients can benefit from opioids that are prescribed and used properly. When opioids are misused, they can lead to overdose and can be deadly.
Highly toxic opioids like...
The Provincial Addictions Treatment Facility will provide you with safe, supportive and medically supervised withdrawal management from alcohol and drugs, addiction education, and encouragement to further treatment.
There are 28 inpatient withdrawal...
What is the PEI Smoking Cessation Program?
The PEI Smoking Cessation Program helps PEI residents who wish to stop smoking, vaping or using other tobacco products by covering 100% of the cost of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products (i.e., nicotine...
If you are an Islander seeking treatment for opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder, you may be eligible for coverage of approved medication costs through the Substance Use Harm Reduction Drug Program effective June 1, 2022.
Am I eligible?
You...
Naloxone Basics
What is naloxone?
In PEI, opioid-related overdoses are on the rise.
Naloxone is a fast-acting medication used to temporarily reverse an opioid overdose until medical help arrives.
Naloxone can restore breathing within 2 to 5 minutes....
The Transition Unit is a 21-day program that helps Islanders in the early stages of addictions recovery continue their recovery in the community in a safe and supported way.
Participants focus on their life and recovery goals and are connected to...
Call 1-888-299-8399 to request admission.
What is withdrawal management?
When you want to stop using alcohol or drugs, withdrawal management provides a safe, supportive and medically supervised environment to help you withdraw/detox as either an...
Youth and Family Addiction Services are provided across Prince Edward Island by youth addiction and family addiction counsellors. If you are a young person whose use of alcohol or drugs is causing you or your family concern, Youth and Family Addiction...