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Proposed law aims to make fentanyl test strips easily accessible
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Can a vending machine save a life?
A parent who lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose thinks so, and she's trying to change state law to make fentanyl test strips more accessible.
When Allisone McClanahan was little, she used to give her allowance away to the homeless.
"She was the champion of the underdog," said her mother, Genevieve Schofield.
Schofield said Allisone struggled with fibromyalgia and chronic pain. In 2021, the 26-year-old died from an overdose after a friend gave her what she thought was oxycodone, but turned out to be fentanyl.
"She loved life and had she known that this is a possibility, that one pill could take her life, she would not have taken that pill, I know that," Schofield said.
Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/proposed-law-fentanyl-test-strips-washington-state/281-3c31a54b-a794-459a-9221-1ee7765a0ba8