AutoBlog- Julie Hamp (pictured above), Toyota Motor Corporation’s recently promoted global chief communications officer and top female executive, has found herself behind bars after allegedly running afoul of Japan’s strict prescription drug laws. Tokyo police claim that Oxycodone was sent to her from the US and discovered by Japanese customs. Hamp was arrested at her hotel on June 18.While it might look bad at first blush, the case currently appears to center on Hamp’s misunderstanding of Japan’s rules. According to Japanese police, she didn’t think that there was anything wrong with importing the medication. NHK reported the package sent to her allegedly contained 57 pills, according to Automotive News.
Even with a prescription, it’s illegal to bring many drugs into Japan from the US. Some over-the-counter medications here, like allergy medications, are prohibited there, as well.
57 pills? Why not 60? I think someone somewhere is skimming…
Of course they would be suspicious with a name like Hemp.
Hamp? Oh. Never mind.
perhaps she self identifies as a Dr. Who are we to judge
Do ya think her coworkers call her The Hampster behind her back?
That’s why we call “Foreign” countries foreign.
Assume nothing. Ask!
She kinda looks Trans-Japanese to me…
; )
Well, at the least the Japanese enforces their laws unlike the US. End of her exec job.
For a senior executive in charge of communications she sure failed this test. As just about everybody knows Oxy is a highly addictive drug that has become a scourge in most countries that permit it’s sale. If she needs it she should have known what the local laws say about it’s import, possession and use. I hope it doesn’t affect her career but if I were Toyota I’d be wondering about her judgement.
Now I understand who hired the ugly broad “Jan” on the Toyota TV commercials.
Another ugly broad at Toyota.
Good thing she didn’t try that shit in Singapore.