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The Partnership for Safe Medicines has updated their handout which explains what a pill press is and how fake pills are made.
This easy to understand handout can be used to educate people about the risks of counterfeit pills.
The Partnership for Safe Medicines has updated their document which describes pill presses and how they enable counterfeit pills.
Read the article on the Partnership for Safe Medicines website.
On July 1, Google announced that it was updating its dangerous products and services policy to restrict the promotion of pill presses, encapsulating machines and components they use, such as dies, molds and stamps used to create or imprint pills. The change will affect the Google Ads and Google Shopping platforms starting in September 2025, with six weeks until full implementation.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that states and tribes proposing importation programs can use “a static baseline approach for the cost-savings analysis” instead of trying to account for changes in unpredictable markets.
Pill presses are poorly-regulated machines that are an essential tool for drug counterfeiters. Watch DEA’s Pill Press Push and find out why we’re thrilled with the DEA’s new pill press website. Learn more in this video, and keep up with drug safety news at safemedicines.org