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MassLive joined a DEA controlled drug buy. Here’s what happened

Law enforcement purchased one pound of methamphetamine during a controlled buy in a Massachusetts town this summer. Hadley Barndollar

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 third story in an ongoing series.

The exchange of a couple thousand dollars for one pound of methamphetamine wrapped in a plastic grocery bag was over in about 15 seconds.

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