Been following this thread and it's pretty interesting.
I seriously doubt that any DEA agent would waste his time on "catching" abusers who buy from a US online pharmacy. Some of you said what I was thinking. Why not go after the pharmacies or the docs? POL comes to mind. How many people had prescriptions over there at some point? Did any of you get a call or a letter from the DEA? I would imagine if they were interested in getting the end users so to speak, they would be questioning the people who had scripts for controlled substances at POL. I had two open scripts over there when they were shut down. One was for pain and the other one was a anti-nausea med. No big deal. Also, there was a pharmacy called Providence awhile back that also was shut down by the DEA. Anyone get a call from the feds about having scripts over there? Not that I ever heard about.
The DEA is interested in getting the pushers and the dealers, not chronic pain patients, even the ones who maybe use a little too much hydro at times. The DEA is not even going after the addicts who are forging scripts down at your local CVS. That's local law enforcement.
Hey who knows...maybe some bored DEA agent will have a little fun and pay some poor person a visit for ordering through a US OP. But I've heard very few stories like that. Look at all the people who use OPs. Say the DEA was going after even 1% of the people who double dip. You'd hear all about it on these boards.
If you are a pain patient, have med records and do not double dip, I'd say you have zero chance of getting in any legal trouble.
Heck, if the places like buymeds, tropical and ERX are still in business and the DEA is looking the other way, they certainly are not going to go after John Doe, construction worker with a herniated disk, even if John Doe was using 2 different OPs.
Just my opinion folks.
Also, I think that at some point the OPs I mentioned above ARE going to be shut down. I am not exactly sure why they are allowed to operate. To be honest I prefer a records required OP with a phone consult; one that operates completely within the law. But that's just me.