Behavioral health commission talks fentanyl testing strip vending machines, other ideas

Just a couple years ago, fentanyl test strips — a device that allows people to test whether a substance is laced with the deadly opiate — were technically illegal in Montana under outdated code that criminalized the prevention tool as drug paraphernalia. Now, they could soon be readily available in two dozen automatic dispensers around the state. The Behavioral Health System for Future Generations (BHSFG) Commission, tasked with determining how to spend roughly $300 million to overhaul Montana’s behavioral health and developmental disabilities systems, signed off on a proposal Monday...