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.

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 order is ready.

Find community and support through recovery with the help of a local support group (aka Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous).

LifeRing Secular Recovery

Intercounty Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous – San Francisco and Marin

Find Recovery - AA Meetings in San Francisco

San Francisco Area of Narcotics Anonymous

Find Recovery – NA Meetings in San Francisco

Learn how to prevent an overdose

Request overdose prevention training and resources from SFDPH

Solicitar entrenamientos y recursos para la prevención de sobredosis al SFDPH

Watch this SFDPH-developed overdose prevention video training series:

• Learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose.
• Get a step-by-step demonstration on how to use nasal naloxone for known or suspected opioid overdose.
• Refresher course on opioid overdose recognition and response
• Get a step-by-step demonstration on how to use intramuscular naloxone for opioid overdose.
• Learn how to use a fentanyl test strip to test drugs for the presence of fentanyl.
• Learn about the range of substance use disorder treatment options in our system.
• Learn how to help reduce stigma against people who use drugs.
• Aprender cómo usar las tiras de Detección de Fentanilo

Learn best practices for communicating about substance use disorders

• Download a guide on using person-centered language
• Descargue una guía sobre el lenguaje "persona primero" y comunicación sobre trastornos por consumo de sustancias