Fentanyl test strips could help fight overdose deaths in Pennsylvania, but while inexpensive, they're illegal in the state, Erie News Now reported.
The strips, which cost about $1 each, can detect whether fentanyl is present when they are dipped in a drug.
Fentanyl is the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in Pennsylvania.
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In Maryland this week, it was announced that 60,000 test kits were being given out. The state changed a paraphernalia law that originally included drug testing kits, according to Erie News Now.
Pennsylvania, like Maryland, would have to take steps to change laws in order to legalize the test strips, Erie News New reported.
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