certain things mailed to you

[Lizzie]

My friend is an American student and she wants adderall mailed to her here in Japan. I know some one who would be happy to do that for her for a reasonable fee. She doesn't have a prescription, so it'd be illegal. But would she get caught? Should I not hook this up? Or will it be fine? Has anyone had experience in this area? I heard that fedex packages are checked but not regular ones. Do dogs sniff regular envelopes as well as packages? Can dogs even pick up on adderall for that matter?

Adderall use by students is so common in America. I've been the link for dozens of hook-ups between my one friend and other students from my campus, and it's no big deal. Many of the people who buy the adderall could go to the doctor and diagnosed for a.d.d. with little problem anyway, but just don't feel like going through the trouble of doing it when buying it on the street is about the same price as buying from a pharmacy. In Japan, I'm finding that their views are much different. Do they even diagnose a.d.d. in this country?

[nottu]

[omae mona]

Lizzie, it does not matter if your friend has a prescription or not. Adderall is an amphetamine, so it is highly illegal in Japan and is not allowed in the country under any circumstances. See this recent thread for a similar discussion about Adderall.

I don't know what the chances are that customs finds the shipment. But if they do, they will not simply confiscate it. It is much more likely that your friend will be arrested, jailed for a while, and then deported, in my opinion. I personally wouldn't take the risk.

[Mulboyne]

She doesn't have a prescription, so it'd be illegal

It's illegal full-stop. Possession of Adderall is an arrestable offence in Japan. I'm sure illegal drugs get sent successfully through the mail but packages do also get intercepted. The more frequently you do it, the greater the chance of discovery but there's nothing which says customs couldn't turn up the first package straight away. Customs use sniffer dogs but they also use the old-fashioned poking about in people's mail method too. You ask "will it be fine?" but no-one can give you an answer to that. Just because it was fine for one person doesn't mean it will be fine for another. If you want to be 100% safe, then don't do it.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I just want to add that I've had packages sent by regular mail opened and checked by postal authorities in Japan. Luckily, I was never receiving anything but clothes.

[canman]

Does your friend have ADD? If so why doesn't she go to a Japanese doctor and see what they could give her. As mentioned adderall is illegal in Japan, so she would have to use something else. Or does she just want the stuff to help her study longer or party or what?
It sounds way to risky to get involved in something like that, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

don't even ask shit like this. under the table prescription meds are just as illegal in japan as it is anywhere else and you're retarded for even offering to send it to her.

go away.

[Greji]

don't even ask shit like this. under the table prescription meds are just as illegal in japan as it is anywhere else and you're retarded for even offering to send it to her.

go away.

If you want to take a chance and carry it over to her. You might make it. Then again you might not. But five to seven years for smuggling and possession will make it a real thrill. Try KIX and you may find a lot of friends who tried and died. Amphetes are death in Japan and you're talking hard, hard time.

[Gilligan]

Does your friend have ADD? If so why doesn't she go to a Japanese doctor and see what they could give her. As mentioned adderall is illegal in Japan, so she would have to use something else. Or does she just want the stuff to help her study longer or party or what?
It sounds way to risky to get involved in something like that, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.

I have absolutely nothing to add to the topic in question (however it seems like all the bases have already been covered at this point), but I thought I'd take this opportunity to tell canman that his new Peter Puck avatar rocks.

[canman]

Thanks man. I was watching HNC, and they were showing some of the old segments they used to run, and Peter Puck was one of them.
Back to the question at hand, I'm amazed the kind of things friends ask other people to do. "Hey could you smuggle drugs into a foreign country that really comes down hard on drug smugglers for me?" WTF! I agree with Cyka UchuuJin this is just a really stupid question to ask.

[omae mona]

Thanks man. I was watching HNC, and they were showing some of the old segments they used to run, and Peter Puck was one of them.
Back to the question at hand, I'm amazed the kind of things friends ask other people to do. "Hey could you smuggle drugs into a foreign country that really comes down hard on drug smugglers for me?" WTF! I agree with Cyka UchuuJin this is just a really stupid question to ask.

I have a hunch the OP did not realize how deeply illegal Adderall was in Japan. It is hard to believe that something routinely prescribed by doctors in the U.S. can land you in jail for 5 years in Japan (but it's true).

If it were simply a question of having versus not having a prescription, then one might expect worst case to be your drugs get confiscated. Maybe that's what the OP was thinking (just a guess).

[nottu]

[IkemenTommy]

[Mulboyne]

I have a hunch the OP did not realize how deeply illegal Adderall was in Japan.

A small number of westerners appear to operate in Japan on the basis that if something is illegal in Japan but legal in their own country, then the police will say "Oh, all right, then, that's perfectly understandable" and let them off.

[IkemenTommy]

This thread can now be closed but Lizzie can qualify for April's FG TOM of the month award.

[Iraira]

Hey, I have a question. My friend is a crack, heroin, and horse tranquilizer addict, and he's wondering how many vials of crack he can shove up his ass and avoid getting busted at Narita. Any of you have any experience in this area? In fact, he's thinking of making meth in the bathtub once he gets a place in Tokyo, and he's wondering if the standard Toto brand ofuro is good for mixing up meth or should he just shove a good old Made in the US of China bathtub up his ass along with the crack when he comes over here?
If customs notices the toilet sticking out of his ass, do you think they'll do a full on rectal exam, where they might find the crack?

[Gilligan]

Hey, I have a question. My friend is a crack, heroin, and horse tranquilizer addict, and he's wondering how many vials of crack he can shove up his ass and avoid getting busted at Narita.

2 3/5, but it could vary depending on the size of the vial (2 3/5 is the allowable number of Mattapan vials, according to what an immigration official told my friend's acquaintance, who recently got stopped temporarily at customs in Nagoya).

[omae mona]

If customs notices the toilet sticking out of his ass, do you think they'll do a full on rectal exam, where they might find the crack?

Don't they have to find the crack BEFORE they start the rectal exam?

[Cyka UchuuJin]

I have a hunch the OP did not realize how deeply illegal Adderall was in Japan. It is hard to believe that something routinely prescribed by doctors in the U.S. can land you in jail for 5 years in Japan (but it's true).

If it were simply a question of having versus not having a prescription, then one might expect worst case to be your drugs get confiscated. Maybe that's what the OP was thinking (just a guess).

it's routinely prescribed for kids with ADD in america. what this person wants it for is for the same thing that all the university kids in the states are using it for...substance abuse. and the number of blackmarket/illegal doses going round there are much more than 'routine'.

the OP is an idiot. case closed.

now...about that heroin that iraira has shoved up his bum...

[Coligny]

A small number of westerners appear to operate in Japan on the basis that if something is illegal in Japan but legal in their own country, then the police will say "Oh, all right, then, that's perfectly understandable" and let them off.

That's all about having a medical prescription or not I think... Usually they are supposed to let you in with declared quantity needed for the duration of your stay as stated by the medical prescription. And in these case if it's refused I don't think it can be considered as drug smuggling but more as a refusal of permission to import without anything more than a confiscation as a result.

[FG Lurker]

That's all about having a medical prescription or not I think... Usually they are supposed to let you in with declared quantity needed for the duration of your stay as stated by the medical prescription. And in these case if it's refused I don't think it can be considered as drug smuggling but more as a refusal of permission to import without anything more than a confiscation as a result.

I suggest you get a prescription for some medical marijuana in the US and then try to bring it into Japan.

[omae mona]

[Cyka UchuuJin]

I suggest you get a prescription for some medical marijuana in the US and then try to bring it into Japan.

FG Lurker FTW!

[Iraira]

[Samurai_Jerk]

You suffering from ED? "The root of man"...nice to know that China markets something under my futon Olympics nickname.

You like to root men?

[omae mona]

You like to root men?

No, guys, it's the Treasure of the Root of Man. I want treasure!

[Coligny]

I suggest you get a prescription for some medical marijuana in the US and then try to bring it into Japan.

1st I don't think america is the best example to speak about medical MJ.
2nd I'm not american.
3 You'd get your stuff confiscated at the custom check.
4 Technically that would fall under refusal for import and not smuggling if everything was declared upfront.
5 These kind of 17y/o smartass comment are getting boring. You might want to try digg for a better reception of your wit.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'm thinkin about bringing a hand gun back next time I go to the States. I heard from a friend that as long as I bring my carrying permit and proof of purchase it'll probably be OK. BTW, I heard the worst that could happen is like they'll make me mail it back to my dad's house at my own expense which would cost me like sixty bucks. OMG that would suck, but it's no biggie. Anyway, what do you guys think?

[james]

1st I don't think america is the best example to speak about medical MJ.
2nd I'm not american.
3 You'd get your stuff confiscated at the custom check.
4 Technically that would fall under refusal for import and not smuggling if everything was declared upfront.
5 These kind of 17y/o smartass comment are getting boring. You might want to try digg for a better reception of your wit.

methinks someone's sarcasm meter is in need of a tune-up..

[FG Lurker]

3 You'd get your stuff confiscated at the custom check.
4 Technically that would fall under refusal for import and not smuggling if everything was declared upfront.

I wholeheartedly encourage you to try this if you are so sure you won't get your sorry ass thrown in jail. While you're at it, in Vancouver you can get medical-grade heroin prescribed so why not bring some of that along too? I'm sure immigration will be very understanding.

5 These kind of 17y/o smartass comment are getting boring. You might want to try digg for a better reception of your wit.

It's okay Coligny, I thought I knew everything when I was 17 too.