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In 1997 I was stopped by 2 city police in Tijuana. I was carrying lots of Ritalin, Asenlix, Esbelcaps, veterinary anesthetics and anabolics. (I had Mexican scripts for the Ritalin, Asenlix and Esbelcaps).

I was looking a bit scruffy (like a TJ street person), so the officers adressed me in Spanish initially...I explained in Spanish that I was not fluent.

In perfectly annuniciated English, they explained to me that in spite of my prescriptions that i was illegally in possession of those drugs. I argued weakly that I had scripts for everything that wasn't purchased openly over the the counter.

They searched the lunch bag in which I was carrying my meds. (They also searched my cigarette pack for coke, weed, crank and meth...sniffed my Coca Cola for alcohol).

It was explained to me that "many things that appear to be legal in Tijuana are not"...and "you really do not want to see the inside of a Mexican jail". The officers expressed concerns that I might be at risk for abusing medications.

The officers warned me that if they were ever again to see me buying pharmaceuticals, they would arrest me on sight and informed me that that they would have their supervisor call my doctor and notify him that he was never to do business with me again.

I was allowed to keep my meds and leave without incident.

Needless to say, I don't think I would have been wise to try to bribe the officers. (That would have been an admission of guilt...and grounds for more charges!).

They followed through on their promise have my doctor warned...next visit he informed me that the municipal policia lieutenant had called him in and warned him he was no longer to do business with me.

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