Opioids: How to Get Help

Call or text 9-1-1 if the situation is immediately life-threatening. Our Fire and Rescue personnel carry medication that can prevent death. 

Emergencies / Overdose / Detox

Call or text 9-1-1 if the situation is immediately life-threatening. Our Fire and Rescue personnel carry medication that can prevent death from an opioid overdose. 

Call the Fairfax Detoxification Center at 703-502-7000, available 24/7, every day of the year, including weekends and holidays. Our staff will talk with you about your options.


If you or someone you know is pregnant, or has recently delivered a baby, and are using alcohol or drugs, call us today at 703-383-8500. Using alcohol or drugs while pregnant will harm the baby.


Treatment Options

Treatment works, there are many paths to help, and people recover every day. Like other chronic diseases, addiction can be managed successfully. It can take several attempts at treatment to find the right approach. Treatment helps people disrupt addiction's powerful effects on the brain and behavior and regain control of their lives.

Due to COVID-19, CSB has transitioned mainly to telehealth services via Zoom for Healthcare, by phone or video. Call CSB Entry & Referral Services at the Merrifield Center, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to schedule a screening. [Learn what happens during an assessment.]

You may explore treatment options below.
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Call 703-559-3199 for CSB’s Peer Outreach Response Team (PORT).

Our Certified Peer Recovery Specialists have lived experience with mental health and substance use disorders and help people who are at high risk of opioid overdose start on the path toward recovery.

PORT meets you where you are and no additional treatment is required to receive support from our Peer Specialists. Find out more about PORT services.

Not sure if you need help? Take a quick, confidential online screening.

Call the Fairfax Detoxification Center at 703-502-7000; available 24/7, every day of the year, including weekends and holidays. Our staff will talk with you about your options.

Or call CSB Entry & Referral Services at 703-383-8500.

Call the Fairfax Detoxification Center at 703-502-7000; available 24/7, every day of the year, including weekends and holidays.

Medical detoxification services are available for those who require it.

Length of stay at Fairfax Detox depends upon the individual’s condition and ability to stabilize, but is usually around 7-10 days.

New CSB clients can contact CSB Entry & Referral Services at 703-383-8500 to request an assessment for the Addiction Medicine Clinic (AMC) and Office-Based Opioid Treatment .

Current CSB Fairfax Detoxification Center clients can ask for a “step-down” appointment to go directly to AMC after completing detox.

Services through AMC are long term and usually begin about two weeks after assessment.

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