A for-sale sign on the front lawn of a home listed for sale where a pill press operation was recently discovered in Lawrence. Identifying information was obscured to protect the privacy of people not involved with the drug operation. Sebastian Restrepo
Editor’s note: The use of pill presses to quickly create dangerous counterfeit pills that kill thousands of Americans annually has skyrocketed in recent years. MassLive conducted a months-long investigation into what they are, how they caught on and what’s being done about them. This is the second story in an ongoing series.
On quiet Salem Street in Lawrence, a forest green Cape-style home went on the market this summer, advertised as “updates galore”: granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and copper accents on the roof.
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