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Adult substance misuse service: Via Merton
The charity Via runs the adult drug and alcohol service for Merton residents aged 18+.
If you are worried about your own or someone else’s alcohol or drug use, this service offers a wide range of free, confidential treatment and recovery support.
You can visit the service in person or contact them online, by phone or email.
Via Merton – more information and contact details
Make a referral
Other support services
You can visit these websites to find additional support in Merton.
Emergencies
What to do in an emergency (talktofrank.com)
Take-home naloxone for opioid overdose
Naloxone is an emergency antidote to opiate overdose. It counteracts the effects of opioid drugs (such as heroin, methadone and fentanyl) and reverses the life-threatening effects of an overdose.
You can get a naloxone kit for future use at Via Merton.
Needle exchange
You can go to the following services in Merton to obtain sterile injecting equipment and return any used injecting equipment:
At these needle exchanges you can also:
- discuss referral into treatment
- access a range of harm reduction advice and support regarding safer drug use, overdose prevention, and safer injecting techniques.
Young people
The Catch22 Merton Young Person’s Risk and Resilience service is available to young people aged 11-24.
The service covers:
- one-to-one support for young people and their families
- drug and alcohol use
- sexual Health
- health and wellbeing
- harm minimisation and more
Find out more
Merton Young Person’s Risk and Resilience (Catch22 website)
Make a referral
Catch22 accept referrals directly from young people, from parents and carers and from other people who are concerned about a young person.