Of course, it is vastly more expensive to go to the States. They have programs for women who are pregnant or who have young children. They use a harm reduction approach. The idea is to reduce as many risks as possible. For example, if she is a heroin user, they see if she would accept methadone.
Breakaway is in the west end.
Their programs are for women under 20 and also follow a harm reduction approach. They will meet users on their turf, like the Eaton Centre. The North York General will take any teen in their teen drop-in clinic. They focus on abstinence, which has a low success rate amongst this population. Janet says, teen using is a given .