[Old North State]

Believe it or not, they had one of those ‘amnesty’ boxes at the Army induction center in Oakland CA back in the late 60’s. I was living in San Francisco at the time and when I got drafted I had to report there to get sworn in. Hard to believe anybody would show up with dope as they head off to basic, but the damn thing was nearly full.

[Drew68]

Believe it or not, they had one of those ‘amnesty’ boxes at the Army induction center in Oakland CA back in the late 60’s.

I'm in the Navy and we still have amnesty boxes on the pier when we pull into foreign ports. They're available for when you sober up on the liberty bus back to the ship and realize you bought something out in town that you probably shouldn't have.

[ansel12]

In the Army the amnesty box was for all kinds of stuff, drugs, knives, illegal combs, booze, guns, whatever.

Army customs would also use amnesty boxes for troops returning from Europe before they were searched.