I brought back steroids from Mexico...LEGALLY!!!

[Rednesz]

US customs web site states you can bring 50 unit doses back for personal use. It also list what is illegal and juice is not on that list.

 

[SOLID]

US customs web site states you can bring 50 unit doses back for personal use. It also list what is illegal and juice is not on that list.

please post a link as I am interested.

 

[baza]

This is essentially correct. The "personal use" exemption does apply to controlled substances (90-day supply), but the meds must be FDA-approved for human use and you need a USA prescription to prove personal use. If Customs didn't ask for proof, then you got through, but as Dizzy wrote, the DEA can then pick you up on possession without a USA prescription. BTW, this "exemption" doesn't apply to the importation of shipments of controlled substances. For example, suppose I have an American prescription for BTG Oxandrin 10mg. I get it filled somehow in France (where BTG Oxandrin is a big seller). I return to the USA and declare it. I not only brought back a 90-day supply, but I have a USA prescription to prove legal possession. This is legal. Now, suppose I order the Oxandrin online from a French pharmacy and they ship the Oxandrin to me--same amount. This is ILLEGAL.

You could not have made this any clearer. You covered every concern in the thread. Karma for you.

 

[baza]

US customs web site states you can bring 50 unit doses back for personal use. It also list what is illegal and juice is not on that list.

Do you have a link for that? 50 units?
I know in Canada a 90 day supply determined by the directions on the bottle. Example, if the bottle says take 1 tab daily, you would be able to bring back 90 tabs.
As for AS I don't know exactly how they would be able to determine that.

 

[BLOODTIDE]

This is what I found at http://www.customs.gov/travel/travel.htm
The U.S. Customs Service enforces Federal laws and regulations, including those of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

A new bill was recently passed by Congress that amends a portion of the Controlled Substances Act (21USC956(a)). This amendment allows a United States resident to import up to 50 dosage units of a controlled medication without a valid prescription at an international land border. These medications must be declared upon arrival, be for your own personal use and in their original container. However, travelers should be aware that drug products which are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may not be acceptable for such importation. FDA warns that such drugs are often of unknown quality and discourages buying drugs sold in foreign countries. Please go to http://www.fda.gov/ora/import/purchasing_medications.htm for further information.

I hope this will help stop the fighting!

 

[baza]

Interesting. Good post.

 

[Baxter]

Let's not get carried away with putting this thread on lockdown. There is some good info here that's going to help out a bunch of traveling bros.

OK, back to the important questions we all want to know...
1) About prescriptions... what's the real deal here? I mean, it looks like it is legal to bring back some gear so long as you have a prescription. To my knowledge, only doctors can write prescriptions. So how do you get a prescription from the pharmacy? And how easy would it be to fake a US prescription by writing your own prescription by a fictitious doctor?

2) And anyone from Texas know how far Nuevo Laredo is from Austin? I'm salivating at the prospects of easy cheap gear.

 

[Rednesz]

Nuevo Laredo I believe is across the border from Laredo. But being a Texan myself i would suggest any border town. You might be closer to Brownsville or that area. Just check the map.

 

[baza]

Let's not get carried away with putting this thread on lockdown. There is some good info here that's going to help out a bunch of traveling bros.

OK, back to the important questions we all want to know...
1) About prescriptions... what's the real deal here? I mean, it looks like it is legal to bring back some gear so long as you have a prescription. To my knowledge, only doctors can write prescriptions. So how do you get a prescription from the pharmacy? And how easy would it be to fake a US prescription by writing your own prescription by a fictitious doctor?

2) And anyone from Texas know how far Nuevo Laredo is from Austin? I'm salivating at the prospects of easy cheap gear.

It seems you don't need a script now... and a script from Mexico wouldn't matter anyways, it would have to be a US written script.

 

[powerforward]

guys keep the info coming, but lets keep it civil. we all want the same thing.