Walk by Casey House on Huntley St. and you’ll see two new harm reduction dispensing machines on the east side of the building. SASSY (safely access services and supplies for you) provides free equipment and help people access local resources; this includes sexual health supplies, clean needles, pipes, naloxone, and other supplies for safer drug use. The Healthbox vending machines also have a comprehensive catalogue of community services our clients and community members need, such as housing assistance, meal assistance, and social services.
The machines are available 24 hours a day and will be a tidier, weather-resistant way to distribute the same Toronto Public Health safer inhalation and safer injection supplies we have been offering to clients and community members since 2014. In the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Casey House distributed 124,716 harm reduction kits to clients and community members.
As always, we encourage existing clients interested in using SASSY to do so in conjunction with the services provided by Casey House’s interdisciplinary health team. Our knowledgeable clinicians, harm reduction workers, and peers can assist in providing health education, safety tips, monitor for adverse symptoms, and refer clients to other community supports if needed. Our outpatient supervised consumption services are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. where clients may use substances in a safe, sterile, and indoor environment.
This redevelopment of our pre-existing harm reduction supply distribution service will continue to support community members accessing sterile equipment and health resources in a reliable, discrete, and accessible manner. Casey House will continue to work the City of Toronto, health care providers, and the community to ensure the success of SASSY.
July 15, 2024
Introducing SASSY harm reduction vending machines
Walk by Casey House on Huntley St. and you’ll see two new harm reduction dispensing machines on the east side of the building. SASSY (safely access services and supplies for you) provides free equipment and help people access local resources; this includes sexual health supplies, clean needles, pipes, naloxone, and other supplies for safer drug use. The Healthbox vending machines also have a comprehensive catalogue of community services our clients and community members need, such as housing assistance, meal assistance, and social services.
The machines are available 24 hours a day and will be a tidier, weather-resistant way to distribute the same Toronto Public Health safer inhalation and safer injection supplies we have been offering to clients and community members since 2014. In the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Casey House distributed 124,716 harm reduction kits to clients and community members.
As always, we encourage existing clients interested in using SASSY to do so in conjunction with the services provided by Casey House’s interdisciplinary health team. Our knowledgeable clinicians, harm reduction workers, and peers can assist in providing health education, safety tips, monitor for adverse symptoms, and refer clients to other community supports if needed. Our outpatient supervised consumption services are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. where clients may use substances in a safe, sterile, and indoor environment.
This redevelopment of our pre-existing harm reduction supply distribution service will continue to support community members accessing sterile equipment and health resources in a reliable, discrete, and accessible manner. Casey House will continue to work the City of Toronto, health care providers, and the community to ensure the success of SASSY.
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