ARC Addiction Recovery and Treatment Services
Opiate Agonist Therapy Treatment: Suboxone(Buprenorphine), Sublocade(Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine), Methadone and Kadian(SROM).
ARC Addictions & Recovery Clinic is an Addiction Medical Clinic which provides outpatient Opiate Agonist Therapy (OAT) programs to support people struggling with Opiate Addiction. ARC Clinic is a low barrier clinic facilitating same or next day intake by self referral or health practitioner referral. As part of our low barrier commitment, there are no private clinic fees.
As an Addiction Clinic our team is here to offer addiction treatment services, withdrawal management referrals, and social supportive assistance based on need including residential treatment applications, Income Assistance applications, and housing applications.
Our physicians use BC Centre of Substance Use approved programs for OAT: Suboxone(Buprenorphine), Sublocade(Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine), Methadone, Kadian(SROM), and Prescribed Alternatives. Doctors work with patients to develop treatment plans.
Meet the Physicians
Dr. John Hunter
Graduated UBC School of Medicine 1992
After several years practicing in the Downtown East Side in Addiction Medicine, moved to Nanaimo and has practiced in the community for close to a decade providing low-barrier addiction care across the addiction spectrum, with a focus on recovery.
Dr. Hunter has practiced medicine compassionately for 35 years and has focused on Opiate Addiction treatment for the last 15 years. He helped many people in downtown Vancouver’s east side before moving to Nanaimo almost a decade ago.
Dr. Hunter’s experience and success have shaped his focus on detoxification and in-patient treatment options. Taking a holistic approach to your treatment. Dr. Hunter addresses both physical and emotional barriers to recovery. As an example, he’ll screen you for other disorders that could contribute to addiction. He also believes strongly in removing barriers for people.
New clients are welcome to drop in for treatment and recovery support.
A Little About Dr. Jessica (Jess) Wilder
Graduated UBC School of Medicine 2019, moved to Nanaimo(Snuneymuxw) completing family medicine recidency, and follwed with an Addictions Medicine Fellowship in 2021 starting a career in Addictions Medicine.
Dr. Jess Wilder is an Addiction Medicine physician committed to compassionate, evidence-based care for people who use substances. She works with patients across the spectrum of substance use, from safer use and harm reduction to treatment of complex substance use disorders, always grounding her approach in respect, collaboration, and patient autonomy. She wears many hats in our community in the fields of addictions care, street outreach, hospitalist and family medicine. In addition to her clinical work, she is a co-founder of Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, where she advocates in the community and at all levels of government for evidence-based, compassionate drug policies. Dr. Wilder strives to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where patients feel seen, heard, and supported in defining their own health goals.
New clients are always welcome for drop in treatment and recovery support.
Talking about addiction is the first step to recovery… contact us today.
Email is for general inquiries only
200-55 Victoria Rd Nanaimo B.C.
Phone: 250-591-1000