If you're putting your prescription medication in a seven-day pill box to ensure you don't forget to take your pills (or to make it easier to travel with a single container instead of bringing your whole medicine chest), you're breaking the law in many states. And remember to declare that original container to Customs when you cross the border.
Overcriminalization annals
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



