Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority
- (246) 421-4141 Ext. 2208
The Substance Abuse Foundation Inc. (SAF) is a registered charity (#372) of Barbados, established in 1996 to fight the harmful impact of illicit drugs and alcohol on the shattered lives of citizens and their families in Barbados and the wider Caribbean. The SAF is an internationally accredited health institution. Verdun House and Marina House are the projects of The SAF. Verdun House is an all-male treatment facility which can accommodate up to 45 men at a time; Marina House (opened at the end of 2015) is our all-female counterpart that can accommodate up to 17 women. Both
treatment centres offer a 90-day abstinence-based, 12 Step-oriented residential treatment programme, a second stage programme where clients live on the property and begin the process of integration back into society. Our Continuing Care is a one-year extension where clients and their families continue to access services post residential treatment. This is the period when individuals are most vulnerable to relapse. Our Wellness Clinic services provide a range of services that include: EAP programmes, Workplace Interventions, Workplace/occupational stress sessions, Grief & Loss counselling sessions, Out-patient services, Crises interventions & Trauma services, Drug testing, Family interventions, Our youth and adolescents programme fall under our Teen Intervene & Confident Me curriculum