Find help for a substance use disorder
We’re scaling up services in SF to better reach people with substance use disorders and reduce overdose deaths.
Overdose prevention, care, and treatment in SF
About Fentanyl
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, continues to drive overdose deaths in San Francisco and in cities across the nation.
About Naloxone
Naloxone (also known as Narcan) is a life-saving medication used to reverse an opioid overdose.
Learn about our substance use disorder services
Get help finding the service that best meets your needs
Get help finding the service that best meets your needs
Connect with a member of our team to receive an assessment, connection, referral, or general support navigating mental health and substance use care, including benefits enrollment.
Call the Behavioral Health Access Line 24/7 at 888-246-3333
Or
Visit the Behavioral Health Access Center
1st floor at 1380 Howard Street
M-F 8am-7pm
Sat-Sun 9am-4pm
Learn more about our mental health and substance use services.
Pick up naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and more
Pick up naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and more
Get access to naloxone (overdose reversing medication), fentanyl test strips, syringe access and disposal.
To get a free nasal naloxone kit and training and/or up to 10 fentanyl test strips, visit:
Behavioral Health Services Pharmacy
1st floor at 1380 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103
M-F 9am-6:30pm
Sat-Sun 9am–12pm and 1pm-4:30pm
Naloxone and fentanyl test strips for groups
Request naloxone for your community organization, business, or group to distribute in the community. Email overdoseprevention@sfdph.org or visit the BHS Pharmacy.
For community organizations, business, and groups seeking bulk quantities of fentanyl test strips, please make a request by filling out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/KKDhqX1ACM
Please note that an attestation of training (materials are provided on the request form) will be required. The request will take 1-2 weeks to fulfill and instructions for pickup will be provided once the other is ready.
Download the syringe access and disposal schedule
Syringe Access Collaborative Overview (more details on services)
Syringe Access & Disposal Schedule
Rest and recover from a mental health or substance use challenge
Rest and recover from a mental health or substance use challenge
SoMa Rise
Treatment facility for people experiencing drug intoxication that provides overdose monitoring, showers, snacks, referrals, and transportation to services such as treatment and housing.
1076 Howard Street
24/7
Dore Urgent Care
Urgent care for people experiencing mental health and substance use challenges that offers bathrooms, showers, snacks, clothing, storage, and referrals to service such as treatment.
52 Dore Street
24/7
415-553-3100
Hummingbird Valencia
Daytime facility for people with mental health and substance use challenges who are experiencing homelessness and who need a place to rest. Offers bathrooms, showers, snacks, clothing, storage, rest area, and referral to services such as treatment.
1156 Valencia Street
M 10am-6pm
Tues-Sun 11am-6pm
415-329-2005
Safely withdraw or abstain from substances
Safely withdraw or abstain from substances
We offer a range of residential treatment services that help people withdrawal, stop using substances, or transition to secure housing, such as:
Withdrawal Management (aka detox)
Overnight treatment facilities to withdrawal from substances in a supervised setting.
Residential Treatment Programs
Stay in a treatment facility.
Residential Step-down Programs
Temporary living for people experiencing homelessness who have completed a residential treatment program.
Start medication to treat an opioid addiction
Start medication to treat an opioid addiction
Drop in at an outpatient clinic to receive medications for addiction treatment as well as counseling for opioid use disorder.
Intake and dosing hours may vary from hours of operation and are subject to change. It’s helpful to call in advance to confirm.
BAART Market
Location: 1111 Market St, 1st Floor
Hours: M-F 6am-8pm
Contact: 415-863-3883
BAART Turk
Location: 433 Turk St
Hours: M-F 7am-2:30pm
Contact: 415-928-7800
Bayview Hunter’s Point Foundation
Location: 1625 Carroll St
Hours: M-F 6:15am-11am
Contact: 415-822-8200
Fort Help Methadone Program: Bryant
Hours: M-F 6am-1:45pm
Location: 915 Bryant St
Contact: 415-777-9953
Fort Help Methadone Program: Mission
Hours: M-F 6am-1:45pm
Location: 1101 Capp St
Contact: 415-821-1427
Maria X Martinez Health Resource Center
Location: 555 Stevenson St
Hours: M-Sat 8:30am-5pm
Contact: 628-217-5800
Office-Based Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC)
Location: 1380 Howard St, 2nd Floor
Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
8:30am-11:30am and 1pm-6pm
Wed 8:30am-11:30am and 1pm-3pm
Contact: 415-552-6242
Opiate Treatment Outpatient Program (OTOP)
Location: 1001 Potrero Ave, Bldg 93 Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Hours: M-F 6:45am-11am and 12:30pm-2pm Sat/Sun/Holidays
7:30am-11am and 12:30pm-2pm
Contact: 628-206-8412
Westside Methadone Program
Hours: M-F 6:30am-1:45pm
Location: 1301 Pierce St
Contact: 415-563-8200
Find support for recovery and sobriety
Find support for recovery and sobriety
Find community and support through recovery with the help of a local support group (aka Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous).
Intercounty Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous – San Francisco and Marin
Find Recovery - AA Meetings in San Francisco
Get training resources
Get training resources
Watch this overdose prevention video training series to learn how respond to an overdose.
- Get a step-by-step demonstration on how to use nasal naloxone for known or suspected opioid overdose.
- Learn how to use a fentanyl test strip to test drugs for the presence of fentanyl.
- Get a step-by-step demonstration on how to use intramuscular naloxone for opioid overdose.
- Learn about the range of substance use disorder treatment options in our system.
- Learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose.
- Help reduce stigma against people who use drugs.