B.C. is cracking down on pill presses in a bid to ease the opioid overdose crisis gripping the province.
The provincial government has introduced legislation restricting the ownership, possession and use of equipment that can be used to make illicit drugs.
Under the new rules, only authorized individuals or corporations would be allowed to own pill presses, gel cap machines and pharmaceutical mixers, a news release said. Additionally, anyone wanting to sell the equipment would be required to register and agree to a criminal record check.
A pill press is a machine that pushes powder into a single, round pill or a tablet.
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says
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