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The common medicines that can cause trouble in Japan

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Because your weak, standard sinus headache medicine is considered a hardcore illegal narcotic the second you cross the border. Japan has incredibly strict anti-stimulant laws that outlaw many basic Western allergy and cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine or codeine. Ignorant tourists have been detained at customs and deported simply for bringing standard Vicks inhalers in their toiletry bags.

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