Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Require Serial Numbers on Pill Presses
Reps. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., and Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., along with two other Republicans and one Democrat, recently introduced a bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to require that all manufacturers, distributors, importers and merchants involved with pill presses only import, carry, or sell machines with serial numbers affixed to them.
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The bill would require regulations to carry out the change within 180 days of passage.
Pill presses have been used to make counterfeit painkillers or anti-anxiety pills that contain fentanyl; CBP has said pill presses are being imported through de minimis.