Pill press machines that can make deadly fentanyl-laced tablets look like legitimate prescription medications were outlawed in Virginia on Thursday, when Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed a bill aimed at cracking down on the illegal trafficking of counterfeit drugs.
Virginia is the latest of a handful of states — including Florida, Hawaii, Texas, Utah and Washington — to ban the possession or sale of pill presses. Drug enforcement officials have identified the machines as key tools for drug cartels that have flooded the American market with pills dyed and stamped to resemble oxycodone, Xanax, Adderall or other drugs.
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