[Animats]

> So this is basically a result of the DEA forcing eBay to enforce a ban on pill presses for them?

Yes. See [1].

Owning a pill press is not currently illegal under Federal law, although some states restrict ownership. Selling one, though, requires registration with the DEA and reporting to whom it was sold. It's kind of like being a gun dealer.

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ebay-pay-59-million-settle-co...

[vandyswa]

I got the DEA call/email--I let our family lawyer deal with it, and it came to nothing. The crazy thing is that these pill presses, from a 3D printing perspective, are an absolutely trivial object. I'm glad that the drug war is going so well that there only remains the persection of certain shapes of plastic. (irony)