NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/drugs/21421

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin "Zonker" Isaacson)
Subject: Re: FedEx and UPS
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] would have us believe:
[] I know it's a really bad idea to send drugs through the US mail, but how
[] about Federal Express and United Postal Service?  I was thinking that if you
[] send it overnight via FedEx, first it probably doesn't spend enough time in
[] their posession that it would be economical for them to check it and second,
[] being a private company, why would they have drug dogs at all (unless they
[] were required to by law).  But I thought I'd ask here because it's better
[] to be safe than sorry.  Any comments would be appreciated.
[]
[]

I can't speak for FedEx, but as a UPS employee (sorter) I can tell you
that the amount of checking that occurs, at least for regular ground
shipments, is absolute zero.  Your package goes from the UPS shipper,
to a UPS hub, onto a truck to another hub, onto the cute little brown
van from there, and to the addressee's house.  We process
approximately 150,000 pieces of mail each night on my shift alone and
trust me, the only thing that anybody notices is the address.  Unless your
package has OBVIOUS signs of something illegal (like reeking of skunk bud or
seeds falling out the cracks) it should encounter no problems.  Important
safety tip, though:  Make SURE that it is well packed with NO chance
of opening even a little bit during shipment.  We are required to
ensure that every package reaches its destination sealed up nice and
tight and if a package comes through that is torn open even a little
bit it is sent to the damage clerk who then repackages it (with the
obvious implications).  Note that this process is only for ground
shipments, I can't speak for the air operations.


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