Overdose epidemic: Ebay to pay $59 million over pill presses sold online

The e-commerce giant eBay will pay $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the the platform.

The machines can be used to manufacture counterfeit pills that look just like prescription pills but instead can be laced with substances like fentanyl, a synthetic opioid drug that is largely fuelling the deadliest overdose crisis in US history, according to the Justice Department. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.