I'm re-posting this link because it appears to have disappeared or been deleted.

There has already been extensive debate, because the site makes some statements that appear initially to be conflicting:

It says that you can bring class 2 through 5 controlled substances back into the United States through customs if you have less than 50 units and you declare them for personal use. It further says the drugs must be approved in the U.S. (anabolic steroids are class 3, which is covered by this ruling)

It later says that you can't bring back illegal street drugs including heroin, anabolic steroids, and leatrile.

I interpret this statement to mean that you can't bring back dianabol, rohypnol, and other drugs not current available in the U.S.

I do find this ruling surprising, since it appears that you can bring back morphine and other class 2 drugs for personal use. I think most of us would agree that morphine is very addictive and potentially very dangerous.

Anyway, it would be great if there was a lawyer on this board that could read the federal ruling related to customs and importation of controlled substances for personal use and put it into regular english for all of us.

Warning: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits the importation, by mail or in person, of fraudulent prescription and nonprescription drugs and medical devices. These include unorthodox "cures" for such medical conditions as cancer, AIDS, arthritis, or multiple sclerosis. Although such drugs or devices may be legal elsewhere, if the FDA has not approved them for use in the United States, they may not legally enter the country and will be confiscated if found, even if they were obtained under a foreign physician�s prescription.

new federal ruling allows U.S. residents reentering the United States at international land borders to bring back, without a prescription, up to 50 dosage units of medications on the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) controlled substances list, Schedules 2 through 5. You may bring in more than 50 units if you have a prescription written by a U.S.-licensed physician whom DEA has authorized to prescribe these medications.

Please note that this rule applies only to medications that can be legally prescribed in the United States. You still can't bring back drugs or medications not permitted in the United States, such as anabolic steroids, laetrile, or heroin.

If you are returning by a land border and you are bringing back medications that qualify under this rule, you must declare them. Also, they must be for your own personal use, and they must be in their original container. Finally, you should be aware that drug products not approved by the FDA may not be allowed under this rule. Such unapproved drugs are often of unknown quality, may have been manufactured under inferior conditions, and may not be as safe or effective as their U.S. counterparts, even when they have the same name. Take the generic drug diazepam, for example. It is manufactured in the United States, Canada, and Mexico as Valium. But it�s also sold in Canada under the names Neo-Calme and Rival, and in Mexico as Pacitran and Relazepam. Are all these brands equally effective or safe? Not necessarily.

When I read it it appears to me that:

You can now bring in items in certain schedule classes for personbal use (hance the lmiitation on the number of units)

it must be something which is approved for use here in the US in some manner

.... but its some really strange wording, almost as if you can BRING it in, but yet then possessing it is still illegal. They let you past the border, ... that's ok .... only to arrest you for having it once you are here?

"Please note that this rule applies only to medications that can be legally prescribed in the United States. You still can't bring back drugs or medications not permitted in the United States, such as anabolic steroids, laetrile, or heroin."

Let's try and reason this out. They are probably referring to anabolic steroids that are NOT able to be legally prescribed in the U.S., which includes Dianabol and a few others. Testosterone, Deca, Winstrol, Anadrol, Anavar are a class 3 controlled substance that is approved for use in the US.
Therefore, it appears to me that according to the ruling you can legally bring personal use quantities (up to 50 units) of drugs on the class 2 through 5 controlled substances list, which obviously includes anabolic steroids that are class 3.

Please let me know if you can see anything wrong in my personal interpretation.

Thanks!

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Originally posted by Tall Dude:
CN1 - Here is the exact wording from the website:

"Please note that this rule applies only to medications that can be legally prescribed in the United States. You still can't bring back drugs or medications not permitted in the United States, such as anabolic steroids, laetrile, or heroin."

Let's try and reason this out. They are probably referring to anabolic steroids that are NOT able to be legally prescribed in the U.S., which includes Dianabol and a few others. Testosterone, Deca, Winstrol, Anadrol, Anavar are a class 3 controlled substance that is approved for use in the US.
Therefore, it appears to me that according to the ruling you can legally bring personal use quantities (up to 50 units) of drugs on the class 2 through 5 controlled substances list, which obviously includes anabolic steroids that are class 3.

Please let me know if you can see anything wrong in my personal interpretation.

Thanks!

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I think your reasoning makes sense to me.

There has been a NEW federal ruling that effects customs law.
You can now bring back personal use quantities of controlled substances.
This was never the case before.
This is something brand new, so previous experience with bringing back valium is not really relevant.

We still need help from a lawyer to understand this!
Can you hear us? HELP!!!

In the past, you could bring back prescription drugs from a foreign country into the Unites States for personal use, even without a prescription, except for controlled substances.
From what the customs website appears to now say, you can now bring back personal use quantities (without a US doc's prescription) of ALL controlled substances that can legally be prescribed in the US.
This appears to include products as addictive as morphine, which is scheduled as class 2 (highest legal classification). Anabolic steroid are only class 3, which means they have a lower danger of addition.

Before responsding to this thread, please take a moment to look at the US Customs site.
The link is provided at the top.

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Originally posted by Tall Dude:

Please note that this rule applies only to medications that can be legally prescribed in the United States. You still can't bring back drugs or medications not permitted in the United States, such as anabolic steroids, laetrile, or heroin.

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Can't bring back juice!!!!

I know this is a long series of posts, so it is understandable that you missed where we already discussed this point.
Some anabolic steroid ARE able to be legally prescribed in the United States and some are not.
You are taking this statement out of context.
Please re-read all of the posts above and you should see what I'm talking about.