Toyota director was under arrest for the suspicious of smuggling drugs from the US.

Julie Hamp (55) who is managing director officer of Toyota Motor Corporation was arrested for the suspicion of smuggling drug tablets from United States to Japan.

In this April, she was selected as the first woman director of Toyota in charge of public relations, so to speak, "face of Toyota". This happening impacted to Toyota keeping strong performance.

She graduated from Ferris state university in 1982. After graduation, She worked at General Motors, PepsiCo, Toyota Motor North America before being promoted to managing director of headquarter of Toyota.

Tablets including "oxycodone" for medical use drug which she suspected of smuggling are widely and generally used as effective painkiller among medical institution but these are smuggled around downtowns in the United States, which becomes one of serious social problems.

According to anti-drug section of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, oxycodone runs the risk of having high frequency dependency so this drug is basically subject to drug control regulations in many countries, whose details may be different depending on the law of each countries.

In Japan, this oxycodone is managed strictly as one of powerful drugs by medical institutions so it is quite difficult to get this drugs without doctor's prescription. For a medical use, it is possible to import this drug as one of your possessions from overseas but in such a case, you also need to apply the permission to bring this in from the authority by submitting your medical certificate with an official application.

The anti-drug section said violation of drug control law by smuggling oxycodone is quite rare case in Japan.

On the other hand, in the United State, Oxycodone is also needed to have prescription from doctor to come by. However there are much more opportunites in the US to be prescribed to the patients than in Japan so I have an image that oxycodone is widespread as general painkiller in the US. Of course Increasing drug addict with Oxycodone is not negligible problems.

This drug is generally and widely used as painkiller for dental treatment or chronic pain. It was reported that famous performer Michael Jackson who died suddenly in 2009 took this drug to ease his pain.

Absorbing this drug smashed into pieces can experience the feeling like heroin, drug abusers increase more and more. A doctor in the United States alarmed more than 1600 Americans use this drug one or more times per year for the other purpose than medical use of painkiller for the last couple of years.