Posted by pat123 on February 8, 2001, at 17:30:19
In reply to Re: Ordering meds from overseas, a question, posted by AndrewB on February 1, 2001, at 10:06:42
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> Thanks for that information Dan. this following excerpt may also be of interest:
> --------------------yes, but......
I did some checking with a few contacts in the states. The short answer is that AndrewB and danf
are both right. Customs may or may not allow drugs to pass through but this has no bearing on your right to possession. It is, da facto, illigal
to posses controled and/or scheduled drugs without a perscription. So even if customs allows your package through it is illegal to posses these meds without a perscription. One of my state side contacts made the point that this issue spans 2 government agencies, customs and the DEA, so one should not expect to be "out of the woods" if your package makes it through.Another contact had some good points. 1) use a state side doc for scripts 2) or use a foreign
doc. He said Mexico is very loose about this and it is easy to get a doc to perscribe. 3) Be happy you are saving a lot by not paying the always high American price for meds, the amount saved will more the pay for an office visit so you can be legal; if you take several meds you will still save hundereds of $ 4) be esp. careful if getting drugs that can be abused, the penalties are higher and Customs is on the lookout for these.Pat
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