# Importing Controlled Substances From Canada and Other Foreign Countries
> **Notice** · Notice. · Published 2004-06-29 · 69 FR 38920
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-14716
- **Category:** other
- **Type:** Notice
- **Action:** Notice.
- **Citation:** 69 FR 38920
- **Publication date:** 2004-06-29
## Abstract

On April 27, 2001, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 21181) to provide guidance to prescribers, pharmacists, law enforcement authorities, regulatory authorities, and the public concerning the application of current laws and regulations as they relate to the use of the Internet for dispensing, purchasing, or importing controlled substances. Since publication of that notice, DEA has noted increasing numbers of both Internet Web sites and "brick and mortar businesses" claiming to be able to assist individual consumers in purchasing prescription medications, including controlled substances, from Canada and other foreign countries. This document reiterates current Federal law and DEA regulations pertaining to the importation of controlled substances from foreign countries. Persons who have controlled substances sent from other countries into the United States violate Federal law unless those persons are registered with DEA as importers of controlled substances and have received from DEA an import permit.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/06/29/04-14716/importing-controlled-substances-from-canada-and-other-foreign-countries)
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