I note you leave out the next sentence in your post, which was quoted above.
I’ll type this out slower this time.
Codeine is a narcotic.
And it can be brought in.
Are we clear now? Do you realize you stated codeine, if classified as a narcotic, could not be brought into the US? Do you realize codeine is classified as a narcotic? Do you realize codeine can be brought into the US?
FWIW, the CBP page doesn’t say narcotics can’t be imported (my original post to this effect flew right over your head). It says narcotics like marijuana, heroin, cocaine and LSD cannot be brought in. A difference with a distinction.
I believe we’ve established that codeine is a narcotic unlike marijuana, heroin, cocaine or LSD.
Earlier in the thread, you plainly stated it was illegal to bring “those products” into the US. This is patently incorrect, as well.
FWIW I’ve had a far rougher time with CBSA than US CBP (not on bringing anything in, mind, more the “why are you coming in, where are you going/where were you” stuff.)
I haven’t, but if it’s expensive it’s not worth it. I just happened to have a friend going to Canada and thought “oh hey!” because it would be handy to have a supply.
I’m not a recreational narcotics user. I don’t even get a buzz from it. I occasionally (less than once a month, more like once every two) smoke a tiny bit of legal herbal incense and watch a movie, and I drink maybe once a week. That’s it. In my wild early 20s before I had a kid I used to do LSD too, and tried a couple of other things that I ended up not caring for much. I realize starting two drug related threads close together looks bad but it was a coincidence.
When I talk about leftovers I mean that I will suffer the tooth pain or surgery pain or whatever at the end of it in order to save the last few pills*, because I know something will come up where I will need them, but not need them to the extent that a doctor would give them to me. Things like tooth pain that comes and goes that doesn’t need an actual procedure (I have a lot of that–look again at my mouth x-ray) or my knee will blow out for a day or something like that. Also when I was sick in 2009 and realized that narcotics will get rid of my bronchitis, I now like to have some on store for my annual bout of that.
It would be so nice to just have a bottle of codeine that would take care of the problems when they came up and not have to go through that. It’s not like I’m going to be going “woohoo! Codiene! time to get high!”
*I have about 5 or so Percocet in my medicine cabinet right now from the tailbone surgery I had this spring. They’re just sitting there waiting for when I need one. I’m not taking them for fun. if I was they wouldn’t still be there.
Opal, those of us who’ve known you for a while also know you aren’t a recreational drug user, so don’t even give that a second thought anymore, okay?
I take 2 Tylenol #3’s for pain. They are prescribed “as needed”, but because I have arthritis both in my neck and a nerve problem in my groin, I need them quite often. They want to do back surgery on me, and I’m researching the procedure now to see if it would be worthwhile. I’d like for someone to refer to me as such, because I’d straighten his ass out in the so-called “New York Minute.”
Quasi
PS: I haven’t seen an answer for the cough medicine which has a bit of codeine with it that you just have to sign your name for at the pharmacy. Does anyone know if that’s still available that way? Good luck with the dental surgery!
And since you appear to continue to insist on being dense, I’ll break it down for you.
Page says “narcotics like marijuana, heroin, cocaine and LSD cannot be imported.” You somehow assume that anything classified a narcotic cannot be brought in. Incorrect. This is pointed out to you. You continue to insist it can’t be brought in. You’re asked for a cite. You refer back to the original document that you’re still not comprehending or interpreting correctly.
In short, you’re spreading false information in GQ.
No it doesn’t. It doesn’t say that marijuana and LSD are narcotics.
Nope, I pointed out that that CPB said that drugs classified as narcotics can’t be brought across without a prescription, although some non-narcotic drugs can be brought across without a prescription if they were legally obtained and in small amounts. I said that I didn’t know what side of the fence low level codeine products would fall into.
Which part of that is incorrect? Please provide citation.
I insisted on no such thing. You just aren’t tracking what I have said.
By the way, how about a cite that you CAN bring codeine across the border without a prescription. You’ve asserted that repeatedly, but haven’t cited it.
No, first you said it was illegal for OP to bring “those products” into the US. This is just the beginning of your leaving diarrhea in GQ.
It isn’t illegal to bring the products into the US. Do you comprehend this? Is there anything unclear about the statement “It isn’t illegal to bring the products into the US?”
You then went on to say that a prescription was required to bring them in.
One does not require a prescription to bring codeine into the US. Your own cite confirms this. Is there any part of “One does not require a prescription to bring codeine into the US” that’s unclear? Any fucking part of it?
You then quoted the CBP website, and said if codeine was a narcotic, it would not be exempted.
Codeine is in fact classified as a “narcotic” and yet that has no fucking bearing on the fact that it is perfectly legal to bring codeine into the US from Canada, without a prescription.
