Because of the war, these items could not be imported legally, since they came from the enemy's country.

"That one was hard to get," he says of the plant, whose leaves can no longer be legally imported.

Foreign cars can be legally imported, but their cost in dollars is prohibitive.

Animals are legally imported into the United States for many reasons.

Consequently, they cannot be legally imported or owned except under very limited circumstances.

Controlled species can only be imported legally from certain countries:

"I cannot imagine one would store anything legally imported in the cellar of a brothel."

Some items, such as tissue samples or animals, are virtually impossible to import legally.

Between 1986 and 1988 two million parrots were legally imported into the US alone.

There are now therefore a number of thujone-containing absinthes that can be legally imported.