A bill targeting people using pill presses to make counterfeit pills that contain controlled substances had an executive session yesterday in the Washington Senate. Presses like those targeted in the bill are often used to produce fentanyl-laced drugs that can be deadly. Above, thousands of fentanyl pills were confiscated in Moses Lake during a drug bust conducted by the Moses Lake Police Department.
March 22, 2023
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Bill targets use of pill presses to make counterfeit drugs
OLYMPIA – A bill targeting people using pill presses to make fake pills that contain controlled substances had an executive session this week in the Washington Senate after passing in the House last week. “The industrious monsters making and pedaling these fake pills are playing Russian Roulette with all lives,” said Rep. Dan Griffey (R-Allyn), a co-sponsor of the bill...