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Drug and Alcohol Services SA (DASSA)
Address
161 Greenhill Rd, Parkside, SA 5063 Australia
Telephone
1300 13 1340
8274 3333
8274 3333
Fax
8274 3399
Email
Website
Parent Body
SA Health
Hours
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
Services
- Telephone information and counselling
- Alcohol & Drug Information Service (ADIS)1300 13 1340
- Drug & Alcohol Services SA - Community Services (metropolitan and country)
- Rehabilitation and treatment services in Joslin, Norwood and at The Woolshed
- Clean Needle Program Program sites provide sterile needles and syringes, sharp disposal containers and information (phone ADIS)
- Needle Clean Up Hotline, tel. 1300 131 340 - statewide service for reporting incidences of needles and syringes found in public places; advice on how to dispose of needles and syringes safely and how to deal with a needlestick injury
- Library, tel. 8274 3361 - public access to resources on alcohol and other drug topics, teaching resources and information leaflets
- Pharmacotherapies Research Unit - offers methadone and buprenorphine maintenance programs and outpatient counselling for opioid-dependent clients. Outpatient counselling services are also available for stimulant and other drug problems. Pharmacotherapies services are also provided by appointment at the following community locations:
- - Eastern Service (Warinilla) – 92 Osmond Tce, Norwood 5067, tel. 8130 7500
- - Northern Service - 22 Langford Dr, Elizabeth 5112, tel. 8287 5742
- - Southern Service - 82 Beach Rd, Christies Beach 5165, tel. 8326 6644
- - Western Service - Bldg 3, Parks Community Centre, Cowan St, Angle Park 5010, tel. 8243 5715
- Community Pharmacy Program, tel. 8130 7500 - recruits community pharmacies to participate in both the Maintenance Pharmacotherapies Program and the Clean Needle Program
- General Practitioner Program, tel. 1300 131 340 - provides link between DASSA and general practitioners, to increase knowledge and skills of GPs in alcohol and other drug related areas
- Driver Assessment Clinic, tel. 1300 171 220 - assesses all second and subsequent offenders who have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs or exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol within a three year period
- Drug & Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service (DACAS), tel. 8363 8633 - specialist drug and alcohol medical officer provides 24 hour telephone advice to GPs and other health professionals who are managing drug and/or alcohol affected patients
- Drug & Alcohol Resource Unit, tel. 8222 5473 - advises and assists staff of the hospital to manage patients who have problems related to their use of alcohol and drugs, and provides an outpatient rehabilitation service for patients
- Obstetric Unit, tel. 8130 7500, 1300 13 1340 - provides consultation, liaison, client advocacy, education, clinical assessment and treatment for substance-using women prior to and during pregnancy, and in the postnatal period
- Research into alcohol and other drug related issues
- Withdrawal Services – assessment and medical detoxification in a supportive environment for people withdrawing from alcohol and other drugs. tel. 1300 13 1340
