time from seizure to receiving LL

[Sfoconnell10]

Where I am you normally receive within 10 days of date of seizure

[hooper]

Finally got my LL today. It was dated 3/30 from a 3-4 of Jan seizure date. I don't know if they stick them in a pile and wait but it's official. Now to see if the 2nd seizure letter comes. They were seized 1 day apart or at least that's when they hit. It's been a solid 90 days.

[LilRaquel]

I have some insider stuff on how this works. In order to take the letter, they have to test the substance in it. For most sched 1 drugs & some prescription drugs they have an on the spot reagent kit to test. For those unfamiliar with testing, reagent kits are best described as dip sick style. The color changes if it positive for whatever the kit is. On site at ISC, they can regent test the popular schedule 1 drugs. They are also able to test for benzos, opiates, and barbiturates. I heard this story from a postal inspector about a year ago, so I don't know if anything has changed as far as other substances like Trams.

Now, if they can't do an on the spot reagent kit or it comes up inconclusive they have to send it to a lab for test called GCMS and it uses a Mass Spectrometer. Hard to explain, Wikipedia does it better than me. sending the substance to the lab will delay your LL for obvious reasons.

Hope that made enough sense

[hooper]

LilRaquel,
Thanks for the informative post. All I had was a run of the mill schedule III that costs 4x as much here legally through a doctor. I would do business in the states the legal way if it were not so cost prohibitive. If I had to guess that is as much of a reason that these so called crimes are not prosecuted. The real crime is what 30-40 year old drugs that have long been generics cost in the US. I would be surprised if they actually tested the drugs though. There are just too many coming through.