From: "bob Austin" <thataway4@cox.net> You have to have prescriptions for any drug which you would need a prescription in your home country (not just narcotics), by law in the US. Every voyaging vessel has the right to have a full medical kit aboard. Keep an copy of the written prescription from the physician who wrote it. The only place (we have been to over 40 countries) where we were asked about hour medical kit was in Prince Rupert BC, Canada. No other inspections (and we had some very rigorous inspections for weapons and illegeal drugs) were concerned with the ship's medicine chest. <snipe> Bob, When I bought my boat, the first thing I did was talk to my Doctor about setting up a medical kit for long distance running. His comment was "buy one of those medical kits from a Pharmacy, that should be sufficient." When I asked about pain meds and such, he said I didn't need them, although the CG required that I get a First Aid Card. Having spent sometime in the military, we carried sealed med kits with us that contained all of the basic meds, including morphine. Once the seal was broken, it had to be inventoried daily and everything accounted for. This was great preparation as long as no one broke into the kit for drugs, which did happen from time to time. I would have preferred to have that kind of preparation since I was trained to handle basic emergencies, rather than the little bandaid kit I now have! But it seems the doctors are reluctant to set one up. Skipper Rich Day Dreams - 43' Carver