Syringe Access
SYRINGE ACCESS AND NARCAN
The Spahr Center has moved to Corte Madera. Syringe Access services are not available at our new offices.
We will be offering syringe access and NARCAN at these locations:
MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS 5:30 – 7:30
Marin Health & Wellness Campus
3240/3260 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael
**Look for the mobile showers**
TUESDAYS 5:30 – 7:30
Marin City Park and Ride (Manzanita)
near the Buckeye Roadhouse
THURSDAYS 5:30 – 7:30
4th Street Underpass, San Rafael
between Irwin and Heatherton
1682 Novato Blvd, Suite 105
Getting Off Right – a safety manual for injection drug users
Marin County is a California Syringe Access Law Program participant under California Senate Bill (SB) 41. This means you can buy syringes from a pharmacy without a prescription. Remember this if you need syringes when The Spahr Center is closed! Always use clean needles!!
Pharmacies are allowed to sell syringes to adults without a prescription. Pharmacies are not required to register to do this, nor to check IDs, nor to add names to a logbook.
If you are 18 years of age and older, you can purchase and possess syringes for personal use when acquired from an authorized source. You may also possess an unlimited number of discarded syringes if they are in a Sharps container.
Pharmacists, physicians and syringe exchange programs (SEPs) are authorized sources of nonprescription syringes for disease prevention purposes. The Spahr Center operates an authorized SEP. SB 41 also requires pharmacies and SEPs that offer non-prescription syringe sales to provide options for safe syringe disposal.
Places to dispose of used syringes and/or pharmaceutical waste
121 Tunstead, San Anselmo
415-454-1451
Marin Medical Pharmacy – Sharps AND Pharmaceutical Waste
750 Las Gallinas, San Rafael
415-479-1930
Marin Community Clinic Pharmacy- Sharps ONLY
3110 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael
415-448-1500
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy – Sharps ONLY
230 E. Blithdale, Mill Valley
415-388-6354
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy – Sharps ONLY
7514 Redwood Blvd, Novato
415-892-3722
Safeway Pharmacy – Sharps ONLY (10 syringe limit)
5720 Nave Drive, Novato
415-881-9260
Safeway Pharmacy – Sharps ONLY (Limited supply of sizes)
950 Las Galinas, San Rafael
415-472-8221
Walgreens – Sharps ONLY (20 syringe limit)
227 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley
415-380-8402
Walgreens – Sharps ONLY (20 syringe limit)
820 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo
415-482-0191
Walgreens – Sharps ONLY
830 Third Street, San Rafael
415-455-9919
97 San Marin Drive, Novato – Sharps ONLY
415-899-7563
Kaiser Permanente
1033 Third Street, San Rafael – Sharps ONLY
415-482-6904
Kaiser Permanente
99 Montecello Road, San Rafael – Sharps ONLY
415-444-2980
Additional places to dispose of sharps and pharmaceutical waste:
Marin Recycling Center – Sharps ONLY
Open Tuesday through Saturday – 8:00am – 3:30pm
565 Jacoby Street, San Rafael
415-485-6806
Mill Valley Police Department – Pharmaceutical Waste ONLY
One Hamilton Drive, Mill Valley
415-389-4100
Novato Community Hospital Laboratory – Sharps ONLY
180 Rowland, Novato
415-209-1420
Novato Police Department – Pharmaceutical Waste ONLY
909 Machin Avenue, Novato
415-897-4361
Sheriff’s Office / Coroner’s Office – Pharmaceutical Waste ONLY
3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 241, San Rafael
415-473-6043