Can I take Dexamphetamine to New Zealand?
Official guidance indicates New Zealand restricts how much Dexamphetamine you can bring and the paperwork required. Check the limits before you travel.
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The rules for Dexamphetamine (dexamfetamine)
New Zealand Customs requires controlled drugs to be declared on your arrival card, carried in original labelled containers, and accompanied by a copy of your prescription or a doctor's letter stating the drug name and strength. The quantity must not exceed one month's (30 days') supply. Medicines containing controlled drugs cannot be sent by post or courier: they must travel with you.
Maximum supply: 30 days (Controlled-drug quantity must not exceed one month's (30-day) supply)
What to do
- valid prescription
- other documents per Appendix I
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 Dexamphetamine and New Zealand 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.
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Dexamphetamine 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 New Zealand page or the embassy before you travel.