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To our knowledge
there has never been an instance where anyone attempting to
import medicine for personal use in a 90 day supply has ever had
any legal problems. A visit to the US Customs website under
Traveler Information will confirm this. Customs reserves the
right to refuse any shipment entry, but this does not mean that
such attempted importation is a crime unless the drug in
question is illegal to possess, i.e. Marijuana, LSD, Ecstasy
etc.
When medications are obtained through the mail, Customs only has
two options with regards to import of prescription meds coming
from a legitimate pharmacist or physician, to refuse them entry
or to pass them through. Since no less than 250,000 pieces of
foreign mail, including flat envelopes resembling correspondence,
regular mail, documents, small packages, etc. arrive at every
USA port of entry each day for clearance, it is physically
impossible for them to reject or even scrutinize any more than
10%. So 90% of the time meds pass un-inspected, but legally. If
a package is randomly looked at, if a customs clerk deems it
inadmissible for import, the worst scenario is that the package
is 'held' or what is usually called 'seized'. This seizure can
be contested if the meds shipped are in a 90 day supply or less
for personal medical use.
There are no legal repercussions for this type of import. It is
not unlawful, and a 'seizure' is less ominous than a parking
ticket. You have to 'pay' a parking ticket. A 'seizure' simply
means 'Shipment refused entry'.
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