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Efforts to combat local pill press operations producing fentanyl and methamphetamine

5:32:31

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75 sec

Bridget Brennan describes efforts to combat local pill press operations that are producing and distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. She emphasizes the need for local strategies to address these issues.

A specific case involving pill presses capable of producing 4,000 to 6,000 pills per hour was mentioned
The need to control both supply and distribution of drugs is highlighted
Brennan suggests exploring local strategies, including civil suits, to address the lack of regulation of social media platforms

Bridget Brennan

5:32:31

We're looking very closely at pill press operations and as a matter of fact we'll be talking about one publicly tomorrow that was running out of actually a location in the Chairs District.

5:32:47

And it involved a couple of pill presses that could pump out 4,000 to 6,000 pills in an hour.

5:32:54

And they were pumping out fentanyl pills and methamphetamine pills.

5:32:59

So you can't just control the supply coming in, you have to be able to control the distribution.

5:33:06

And our federal government has fallen short on that.

5:33:09

The social media platforms are not regulated in a meaningful way.

5:33:13

We're gonna have to come up with some local strategies perhaps with civil suits or some other strategies besides taking out the pill presses.

5:33:22

I think that's always a good idea.

5:33:25

But we're going to have to come out with other strategies that we can do in order to limit this as well as continuing our education and outreach efforts, and continuing to support in my office all the efforts of the DA's offices.

5:33:43

They're all working very hard in this area.

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