APLA Health

APLA Health has multiple locations throughout Los Angeles County that offer test strips, including Koreatown, two locations in Baldwin Hills, Mid-Wilshire, downtown L.A. and Long Beach. It also offers treatment that can help reduce or eliminate behaviors that sustain addiction and substance use. For more information call (323) 215-1725 or visit aplahealth.org/fentanyl.

TACO

The nonprofit Team Awareness Combating Overdose provides pickup and delivery options for 1-cent test strips on university campuses, including UC Berkeley, USC, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. TACO partners with delivery apps Duffl and Handle. Or you can pick up a test at a location listed on TACO's website.

End Overdose

The organization provides training and tools to treat people who overdose and prevent death through education, medical intervention and public awareness. It sells packages of five fentanyl testing strips online for $7.99. Each package comes with a QR sticker that when scanned leads to directions on how to use the test strips.

County health clinics

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health operates 14 health centers that provide free and low-cost services to those with no insurance or who do not have a regular healthcare provider. The department has a list of its health clinics and encourages people to visit their local clinic for free fentanyl test strips.

Engagement and Overdose Preventation Hubs

The hubs are Los Angeles County-contracted syringe service providers that offer harm reduction services, peer-led education and peer-led support services. There is an online schedule of locations that distribute fentanyl test strips.

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