How to travel to Europe with medication and supplements?

[Little_apple]

Hello, I am hoping to go with my family to Europe but I worry I won’t be able to because am dependent on sleep aids. I take 20 mg of melatonin and have recently started to need CBD with 1 gram of THC to sleep. Without these, the likelihood of never falling asleep at all is great.

We have promised our children a family trip to Europe for years. Had I known this was my fate, I obviously would have gone immediately!

Please, I would be very grateful for any advice on how to make this work.

Thank you

[LAJ12345]

can you talk to your GP and ask them to write a prescription for them? Or doctor’s letter saying that he is authorising their use?

[JeanieBeanie]

Cbd is legal in some countries but I have packed them in my hold case in the past. I would have thought no problem with melatonin.

[Hikoi in reply to JeanieBeanie]

Sniffer dogs would ŵorry me.

[Littlesky]

I’ve just traveled to Australia where THC is illegal but I was waived through customs and didn’t even have to show my doctor’s lett

[Littlesky in reply to Littlesky]

letter. As long as you declare, nobody cared.

[jrg54321]

Skip Russia.

[JCRO]

The prescription idea is potentially a good start.

I don't think Melatonin is a problem although you can't buy it in the UK any more.

But a letter/RX won't help you in countries where the use of medial thc/cbd is just plain illegal.

This website might be inaccurate or incomplete but might serve as a good starting point:

cannigma.com/where-cannabis...

Given what could happen to you though, if found guilty of breaking a local law, I would check and check again using lots of UP-TO-DATE sources to see what's legal in the countries you're planning to visit. You can't rely on anonymous posters on HU!

As somebody pointed out in this thread Russia is a big no-no for cbd as has been in the news of late (9 years in a penal colony for possession of cbd). Other European countries have yet to legalise too and some have even backtracked. It is a complicated situation and changing all of the time. Good luck and safe travels.

[Sydney75]

Wow! I did not think CBD would be an issue without the THC. We want to travel to Italy I checked prescription CBD with THC less than 6% is legal. Take low dose with prescription (2.5%) and bring extra.

[chartist]

Perhaps you can try other legal remedies such as GABA and Cinnamon.

Gaba :

sleepfoundation.org/sleep-a...

Cinnamon :

ama.ba/index.php/ama/articl...

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[jeeves19]

Little Apple 🍎. Have I read this right? You take one gram? That’s 1000 mg. If correct do you take it all before bed or do you spread it out across 24 hours out of interest? Thanks. I’ve started using it myself for sleep and am In the experimental stage currently.

[Little_apple in reply to jeeves19]

I use a liquid CBD that is a dropper. I was using a gummy that was CBD,CBN,THC with 1 gram of THC. I would just eat 1 gummy about an hour before bed. I am trying to get off the THC so I can travel abroad.

I thought THC was illegal in England? Maybe it’s not hard to get once in the country? Can CBD be purchased in England or is a prescription needed?

[JeanieBeanie in reply to Little_apple]

You can get it in UK from a very good company called Simply CBD oil. Not sure about the THC but they do gummies. Good quick delivery too. You can also buy Sominex over the counter at a pharmacy. These work really well but my husband only needed a quarter of a tablet. ( You will love Whitby and York too. We are from Yorkshire).

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[ElliotGreen in reply to Little_apple]

I'm also a little skeptical that you are actually taking 1 g of THC per night. I use cannabis oil as an important sleep aid. I dissolve 1 g of cannabis oil in 50 g of coconut oil and that lasts me about 4 to 6 weeks. Only a portion of that 1 g of cannabis oil is THC. At most I'm getting about 30 mg of THC per night–probably less (perhaps 20 mg).