How does customs classify a "small amount"?

Obviously a gram of cocaine or weed for example are a personal amount and not worth a CD, but due to its potency a gram of LSD or even the 2C series is a large number of doses.

Do they distinguish between this or even know the difference?

Sorry if this is a dumb question I am just curious


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[5 Points] None:

they most definitely know the difference.

pretty much think of it like the baton those track runners pass of to each other in the olympics. I don't think federal authorities (ICE, DEA, FBI, DHS) get involved unless it's a pretty hefty amount, or they believe there to be a hefty amount waiting for them at the end of the rainbow. as to attaching a number to that amount, I've got no idea (>100g maybe?). I remember reading a report some time back about customs intercepting a pack with like , 50 or so pressed pills of MDMA. the report said something to the effect of 'not enough for us to give a shit, but here's the pack, do what you'd like'. it then went to state police. they can mull over it a bit, and decide if they wanna do anything. if no, they can pass it down to local PD.

the farther down the chain you go, the likelihood of someone doing something increases, though the intensity of the response [potentially] decreases. what I mean by that is, they're not gonna assemble a joint task force of ICE and DEA to do a knock and talk, if they get involved your doors gonna get kicked off the hinges and your puppy's gonna get lit the fuck up. whereas if it makes it all the way down to local LE, you might just get a knock and talk. but they might also kick your door off the hinges and shoot your dog, totally at their discretion.

actually have kind of a relevant story. so I have this friend who lives in a non-MMJ state. another guy (who I don't know) was apparently mailing him lbs of weed every so often. using UPS or Fedex. dense motherfuckers. shit went sour, a lb got intercepted. recipients house got raided by the DEA. I don't believe he had a dog for them to shoot. anyway, I think they found a couple ounces, maybe a lb, some bongs. that kinda shit. nothing to indicate he's some hardcore motherfucker though. they took him down to the station after searching his house, booked him, the whole shebang. apparently the DEA had already been profiling the sender. presented the recipient with pictures of previous packages, full name of the sender, etc. asked if that was the guy sending, recipient confirmed it was. DEA agent said they were expecting to find closer to 30lbs in the house. pretty much told my friend that to pursue this any further would only serve to make them look bad to their superiors, and that he was free to go. friend even asked the DEA agent for a ride home, and the guy actually drove him home. guess hewas a pretty cool dude too, least when he's not bent on putting you in a cage.

so pretty much, bogus DEA intelligence saved his ass. had local police been the ones kicking the door in, I'm certain it wouldn't have ended the way it did.


[2 Points] procowtipper:

If they find you with a gram of LSD, rest assured that they know you have a very large number of doses.


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] None:

I'm also curious about this. I was interested in purchasing crystal L as opposed to blotter because I feel in the unlikely event that the pack is intercepted, 50mg of powder(instead of 500 blotters) would look like such a small amount of drugs that they would not even bothering pursuing it.