A new fentanyl detection device is being distributed to residents in Chicago neighborhoods that have seen high rates of opioid-related overdoses. Outreach workers with the West Side Heroin and Opioid Task Force hit the streets on Tuesday to show members of the public how the device works.
Workers were set up at the corner of North Pulaski Road and West Lake Street, educating people on how to use the device, which is called “DEFENT ONE.”
“We can know how to use these products and tools ourselves, but if we don’t get them into the community to the hands of the ones who really need it, then we’re really not doing much with it,” said outreach worker Synque Adams…