VA Portland Healthcare System - Substance Abuse Treatment Program

They provide outpatient, telemedicine and detox, which is the whole of what this address in Vancouver is set up for.

They provide detox for 2 substances: opioids and alcohol. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Vancouver has 8 other centers.

They offer a program for veterans, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Vancouver has 8 other centers to ask.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Vancouver.

Older adults, plus young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask how the groups are arranged in Vancouver, because a wide age range often still means one room.

Some programs have a prescriber on site and some rely on yours, which is worth knowing in advance. Anything needing a blood test or a monthly injection has to be scheduled around the program, which is easier arranged before admission. Keep your own prescriber in the loop rather than letting the handover happen by itself.

Confidentiality here is unusually strong by law, and that is a different thing from nobody noticing. Who sees a record inside a program is also limited, usually to the team treating you. Ask for a copy of any release you sign, and read what it covers.

There is often something available sooner at a different level of care than the one you called about. Calling several places on the same day is the normal approach rather than an impatient one. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.