How a machine sped up illegal drug production in Mass.

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A pill press and catch chamber seized during a Drug Enforcement Administration operation in Massachusetts are located at the federal agency’s New England headquarters in Boston. Sebastian Restrepo

Editor’s note: The use of pill presses to quickly create dangerous counterfeit pills that kill thousands of Americans each year has skyrocketed in recent years. MassLive conducted a months-long investigation into what they were, how they were caught, and what was done about them. This is the first story in an ongoing series.

PJ Susan “Peach” Goldenberg took a pill on a leafy suburban street in late May and never woke up.

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