Know the Risks - Opioids/Fentanyl
If you are having a medical emergency, call 9-1-1. Montgomery County Health and Human Services can help you find services and resources provided by County programs and help provided by community-based organizations. Call the 24/7 Crisis Center at 240-777-4000. Call the ACCESS Team at 240-777-1770 if you need help finding a treatment program.
If you are having a medical emergency, call 911
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or chat ( https://988lifeline.org/chat/ )
24 Hour Crisis Center
Provides telephone and walk-in crisis services
1301 Piccard Drive, Rockville / 240-777-4000
Mental Health/Substance Abuse Screening & Referral
(also known as ACCESS Team) 240-777-1770
Child and Adolescent Assessment Services
240-777-4000
Harm Reduction Services
240-777-1836
Free syringe services, naloxone, fentanyl test strips and sexual health education and HIV Testing. See the flyer (PDF) for details.
FREE Naloxone (Narcan) Training
Training is free but registration is required. Training is currently done virtually. Register for an upcoming training and receive a free kit. For more information on requesting a speaker or a training for your group, email overdoseresponseprogram@montgomerycountymd.gov.
Opioids are a class of drugs naturally found in the opium poppy plant. Opioids include prescription painkillers and illegal drugs. Find out latest information on what opioids are, how to identify them and why they are a major public health crisis across the United States.
Learn more about Naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Find out about community training that can teach you how to administer Narcan. Learn about Maryland’s Good Samaritan law.
Safely disposing of medications is an important way of keeping unwanted prescription medications, including opioids, out of the hands of children and others where they can cause harm.
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Find out what Montgomery County is doing to address the opioid addiction in our community.
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By the numbers (August numbers reported in September 2023)
422
(January-August 2023)
(Source: MCFRS)
7
(Source: MCPD)
58
Naloxone, based on high confidence overdoses where Naloxone was administered (August 2023)
(Source: MCFRS)