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.
Opioids and Addiction
Opioid use disorder, or opioid addiction, is a medical condition that can be deadly and affect people of any race, gender, income level, or socio-economic background. Opioid addiction includes physical and psychological dependence. The powerful effects of addiction can make it very hard to stop, even if someone wants to. Overdoses can be deadly, but there are steps you can take to keep safe.
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.
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.
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.
Additional Resources
What are opioids? Opioids include: heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, fentanyl, morphine and prescription pain relievers.
Take a REVIVE! opioid overdose reversal class, available virtually, and learn what to do and what not do in an overdose situation, how to administer naloxone overdose reversal medication, and what to do after an overdose. There are many ways you can help keep our community safe.
CSB offers a range of services for substance use disorder: peer support, outpatient, intensive outpatient, Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT), Medication-Assisted Treatment, residential detoxification and long-term residential services.
For more information:
- Addiction Medicine Clinic (AMC) and Office-Based Opioid Treatment
- Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services (ARTS) provider map (Virginia Dept. of Medicaid Assistance Services)
- Signs of opioid use
- Get a medication lock box
- More about the opioid epidemic