In an effort to reduce and mitigate opioid overdose deaths, Southeast Alaska Independent Living is providing fentanyl test strips and naloxone to anyone who needs them.

“These test strips indicate whether fentanyl is present in a drug,” said SAIL’s Sara Chapell. “SAIL isn’t an expert in addiction or harm reduction but what we’ve heard is that the test trips are one effective way for someone who’s using drugs to understand what’s in them. That in…