controlled substances - DEA-registered mailers
What is the carrier for controlled substances - DEA-registered mailers?
For controlled substances - DEA-registered mailers, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail - between DEA-registered parties; conditions is Controlled substances are acceptable in domestic mail only when both mailer and addressee are registered with DEA or are exempted from DEA registration such as military, civil defense, and law enforcement personnel performing official duties, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.
Controlled substances, and drugs that contain controlled substances, are acceptable in the domestic mail only under the following conditions:
— pe.usps.com, retrieved 2026-08-04
- Item category
- controlled substances - DEA-registered mailers
- Carrier
- USPS our reading
- Restriction type
- allowed our reading
- Scope
- domestic mail - between DEA-registered parties our reading
- Conditions
- Controlled substances are acceptable in domestic mail only when both mailer and addressee are registered with DEA or are exempted from DEA registration such as military, civil defense, and law enforcement personnel performing official duties
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Source
- pe.usps.comhttps://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_020.htm