Can I take Adderall to United States of America?
Official guidance indicates United States of America restricts how much Adderall you can bring and the paperwork required. Check the limits before you travel.
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A limit of our data: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) and Dexamphetamine are different medicines. Adderall is a mix of dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; dexamfetamine is dextroamphetamine on its own, and international drug schedules list them as separate substances. We hold one combined amphetamine rule per country, so this page cannot tell you whether United States of America treats them differently. Give the authority the exact product and generic name on your prescription when you check. The answer here is the same as for Dexamphetamine in United States of America.
The rules for Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts)
The US INCB traveller submission (DEA, 2014) requires a valid prescription and presentation of the original prescription at Customs, with medication in its original dispensed container. It states US residents may import no more than 50 dosage units combined of all controlled substances obtained abroad for personal medical use. This cap applies to Adderall/Dexedrine as a Schedule II psychotropic even though it is not named individually.
What to do
- valid prescription
- presentation of original prescription at customs
- medication in its original container as originally dispensed
Confirm this yourself: This is based on official guidance we could not confirm against a current national source. Check with U.S. Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or United States of America's embassy before you travel.
Travelling to more than one country?
Check your whole itinerary at once: every stop, every layover, and what to do by when. We'll carry Adderall and United States of America over, so you only add the rest.
Add my other stopsThe check is free. The trip pack that turns it into paperwork is A$19, once. It does not renew.
Other medications in United States of America
Adderall in other countries
This page summarises publicly available government information (restricted: limits on quantity and paperwork) and is not legal or medical advice. Rules change and enforcement varies, so confirm with the official links on the United States of America page or the embassy before you travel.