'Looking for fentanyl: Should the government be able to open your letters?'

[momcqueen]

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/bill-c37-opening-mail-1.3970988

Looking for fentanyl: Should the government be able to open your letters? - Canada - CBC News

The Gateway Postal Facility, in Mississauga, Ont., is the front line in a growing, and sometimes controversial, fight against fentanyl and other illegal opioids.

Thousands of packages in bland yellow, white and brown roll off of conveyer belts at the sorting station every minute, with more stacked waiting to be delivered....

[momcqueen]

As far as eBay is concerned, the effect is a delay in items ordered from China which impacts Canadian buyers as well as Chinese sellers. 

[femmefan1946]

In the days of my youth, a friend regularly received marijuana from his supplier by mail.

This was in the 1970s.

[i.am.vivian]

"A friend".   Uh-huh.   ;-)  

[femmefan1946]

My boyfriend -- I don't even smoke tobacco.

Only it turned out that his supplier was another girlfriend.

Angst ensued.

[momcqueen]

Did it look like this?

http://mashable.com/2017/02/08/marijuana-disguised-as-limes/?utm_cid=hp-n-4#XDMk23RGiaqd

These may look like limes, but they're totally weed, man

Despite it becoming easier and easier for Americans to legally consume cannabis, thousands of pounds of of weed still comes across the border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas discovered 3,947 pounds of "alleged marijuana" inside a shipment of key limes. Even a quick glance at the "limes" would alert anyone who has ever seen a lime before that something was up. Although the seizure occurred on Jan. 30, the CBP just released information about the incident Tuesday.

According to the release, CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility found the marijuana while inspecting a tractor trailer truck. Using non-intrusive imagining and canines, the team was able to uncover 34,764 packages filled with 3,947 pounds of sticky icky. The release says the disguised packages were "commingling" with real key limes in the shipment.