19 June 2015 (07:11 UTC-07 Tango 01)/29 Kordad 1394/02 Ramadan 1436/04 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713

In Japan Oxycodone is illegal, declared as a highly addictive narcotic.  A female U.S. citizen, and a senior executive with Toyota, is now in jail because she had Oxycodone (aka Roxicodone, OxyContin, Oxecta, OxyIR, Endone, Oxynorm) sent into Japan from the U.S. state of Michigan.

But wait, it was not a case of not understanding Japanese law, because the package was marked “necklaces”!   It should also be noted that Japanese customs inspectors seemed to be on the look-out for the package, implying that this was not the first time the U.S. executive has done this.

The female executive worked for anti-gun Pepsi and job destroying General Motors prior to joining Toyota.  Toyota administrators have publicly apologized for the scandal.

Oxycodone is also illegal in Singapore.

In United Kingdom possession of Oxycodone without a prescription, is a crime.