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[–] rice@lemmy.org 64 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just remember you can slap a label / stamp on mail and drop it in a box without any identification at all. Anyone can mail anything to any state.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If they can send Fentalogs and Fentanyl through the mail, you can send Mifepristone.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This might be the cover the Orange Julius Caesar needs to argue in favor of taking down the post office for privatization.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Now I miss Orange Julias from the mall in the 80s.

[–] rice@lemmy.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yea I know some guys that were in the emerald triangle area (north cali / southern oregon) and mailed 1lb of cannabis every month for about 20 years lol (to new york)

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's crazy. I knew people who would send massive amounts of concentrates across the country, and I thought that was risky enough haha

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My buddy had a deal going where he knew a guy that had a an AirBnb in the Dallas area, so he'd send pounds of weed via USPS there from California and name the addressee of a guest from a month prior and just grab it off the porch.

[–] rice@lemmy.org 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

lol yea, I guess it isn't a coincidence, the guys I mentioned also used USPS they said specifically NEVER use fedex or UPS so I guess they must check the packages more

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

FedEx and UPS don't need a warrant or reason to search your package, USPS does

[–] rice@lemmy.org 2 points 10 months ago

good reason

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

As far as I know, USPS doesn't care at all unless another federal agency gets involved.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago

Yes-ish.

The problem is getting a hold of that medication. For The Pill: Some monthly pills are prescription and others aren't. Same with Plan B (emergency birth control to be taken within a day or two of the sexual encounter). Depending on the person's health and body, they may or may not be able to get away with the non-prescription variants

But for "real" abortion pills? Those are basically all controlled to one degree or another.

So yeah. Anyone sort of kind of can mail whatever (blah blah blah, surveillance state, blah blah blah). But getting a hold of the materials TO mail is very much a challenge.