Why Aren’t Overdose Prevention Kits in Every Portland Bar?

When bar crawling down SE Morrison, weaving through places like Dig a Pony and Creepy’s, you could land at Star Bar, a red-and-orange-hued watering hole complete with pinball machines and photos of famous 20th-century rockers on the walls. Here, you can order a drink and also pull a fentanyl test kit from a small clear bowl on the counter. Stuck to the cap, a QR code on a sticker directs visitors to a site with instructions on how to test. Along the side of the jar, text reads, “Test your drugs anonymously.” In other parts of the country like Oakland or Brooklyn, a jar of test strips on a

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