Is 2-FDCK legal in Hungary?

Also known as: 2-fluoroketamine

Legal status

Controlled. 2-FDCK is a named entry of the új pszichoaktív anyagok jegyzéke carried in the 3. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM rendelet az ellenőrzött anyagokról, at row 31 of the numbered table at point 6.1. Column A of that row reads «2-fluorodeschloroketamine; 2-Fl-2’-Oxo-PCM; fluoroketamine; 2-FDCK; 2F-DK; 2-FDK; 2-FK». Column A prints the official name followed by a run of aliases, and the full text of it is «2-fluorodeschloroketamine; 2-Fl-2’-Oxo-PCM; fluoroketamine; 2-FDCK; 2F-DK; 2-FDK; 2-FK», so the acronym asked for is printed in the row itself. Column B reads «2-(2-fluorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexanone». The deschloro parent is a separate row at 20 and the N-ethyl fluorinated form a third at 315. Points 6.2 and 6.3 of that melléklet extend the entry to «az ebben a jegyzékben felsorolt anyagok sztereoizomerjei, ha kémiai szerkezetük alapján azok léteznek,» and to «az ebben a jegyzékben felsorolt anyagok sói, beleértve a 6.2. pontban említett sztereoizomerek sóit, ha ilyen sók léteznek.» Point 7 adds that for listing purposes columns A and B of the table govern and columns C and D are search aids, «A jegyzékbe sorolás szempontjából a 6.1. pontban foglalt táblázat A és B oszlopában található adatok irányadóak, a C és D oszlop adatai a vegyületek számítógépes kereshetőségét biztosítják.». The 3. melléklet applies by its own opening words only where the compound is not already on the other two, «ha azok az 1. és 2. melléklet szerinti jegyzékeken nem szerepelnek». Hungary carries the list outside the Act: the Criminal Code names no substance and the delegated rendelet carries the jegyzékek, which is the outward reference model and the second of the three. Section 459(1a) of the Criminal Code, 2012. évi C. törvény, inserted by section 26 of 2025. évi XIX. törvény, reads «E törvény alkalmazásában kábítószer a 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM rendelet 1. mellékletében a kábítószerek 1. vagy 2. jegyzékén szereplő anyag, 2. mellékletében a pszichotróp anyagok 1. vagy 2. jegyzékén szereplő anyag, valamint 3. mellékletében meghatározott anyag.», so the K1 and K2 jegyzékek of the 1. melléklet, the P1 and P2 jegyzékek of the 2. melléklet and the whole of the 3. melléklet are inside the Criminal Code definition and the P3 and P4 jegyzékek are not. The P3 and P4 jegyzékek remain controlled schedules of the rendelet, and an entry there alone does not place a substance in the ordinary section 176 trafficking lane. This is read from the consolidated text of the rendelet as in force on 29 June 2026, as those lists stand after the amendment made by 1/2026. (VI. 19.) EÜM rendelet, which is the last amendment reflected in the text that was read.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Hungary has no death penalty. It does have life imprisonment for a drug offence, and that is the ceiling here. In Hungary 2-FDCK sits at row 31 of the table at point 6.1 of the 3. melléklet of 78/2022, and where a row sits is what decides whether the ordinary section 176 lane applies. Criminal Code section 176(1) makes offering, handing over, putting into circulation or trading in a drug a bűntett punishable by two to eight years, «Aki kábítószert kínál, átad, forgalomba hoz, vagy azzal kereskedik, bűntett miatt két évtől nyolc évig terjedő szabadságvesztéssel büntetendő.». Section 176(3) raises that to five years to twenty years or life imprisonment where the offence is committed in respect of a significant quantity, «A büntetés öt évtől húsz évig terjedő vagy életfogytig tartó szabadságvesztés, ha a bűncselekményt jelentős mennyiségű kábítószerre követik el.». The live Hungary cell recorded the life ceiling under section 176(3) and this pass re-derived the same provision from the Act and adds the five to twenty year band printed beside it. Section 178(6) makes consuming a drug, and acquiring, holding or ordering for import a small quantity for consumption, a vétség punishable by up to two years, «Aki kábítószert fogyaszt, illetve csekély mennyiségű kábítószert fogyasztás céljából megszerez, tart vagy az ország területére történő behozatal céljából megrendel, ha súlyosabb bűncselekmény nem valósul meg, vétség miatt két évig terjedő szabadságvesztéssel büntetendő.». Section 180(1) is a conditional non punishment route and not a numerical decriminalisation rule: it requires the offender to admit the offence, «a bűncselekmény elkövetését beismeri,», to prove by document before the first instance decision at least six months of continuous treatment for dependence, other care for drug use or a preventive and informative service, «az elsőfokú ügydöntő határozat meghozataláig okirattal igazolja, hogy legalább hat hónapig folyamatos, kábítószer-függőséget gyógyító kezelésben, kábítószer-használatot kezelő más ellátásban részesült, vagy megelőző-felvilágosító szolgáltatáson vett részt, és», and to disclose the circumstances and enable the seller to be identified before the indictment, «a vádemelésig az elkövetés körülményeit feltárja, illetve lehetővé teszi a kábítószert értékesítő személy kilétének a megállapítását.». The live Hungary cell recorded those three conditions and this pass re-derived them from the Act. Section 180(2) closes that route where within the preceding two years the proceedings were suspended on that ground or the offender was held liable for drug trafficking or drug possession, and section 180(2a) closes it where the offender has already taken it twice, «Az (1) bekezdés nem alkalmazható akkor sem, ha az elkövető az (1) bekezdés b) pontja szerinti lehetőséget már két alkalommal igénybe vette.». Section 461 supplies the quantity definitions that grade the offence, so a quantity figure in Hungary selects the band rather than creating a lawful allowance. The quantity rule for this row is printed. Section 461(5)(f) sets the csekély mennyiség, the small quantity, at «6. pontja szerinti anyagok esetében a 2 gramm», which is 2 gramm of pure active ingredient for the substances at point 6 of the 3. melléklet. Section 461(6) puts the significant quantity at more than twenty times the upper limit of that small quantity and section 461(7) puts the particularly significant quantity at more than two hundred times it. Section 461(8) adds that for a compound occurring in salt form the pure active ingredient content means the content expressed as base, «E törvény alkalmazásában só formában előforduló vegyületek esetén tiszta hatóanyag-tartalom alatt a bázis formában megadott hatóanyag-tartalmat kell érteni.». The live Hungary cell printed the same rule for this row, in its own words: 2 g pure active ingredient for Annex 3 point 6 substances; Btk. §461(5)(f). This pass re-derived it from the text of the Act rather than carrying the figure forward. No fine figure attaches to any of those provisions in the text read: the Criminal Code states them as custodial bands and the rendelet states no penalty of its own. Those are Criminal Code provisions rather than rendelet provisions, and they describe the offences that this row's placement brings into play.

If prescribed or medical

There may be a lawful medical route for 2-FDCK in Hungary and this row does not settle it. What is settled is the placement: the row this cell relies on is inside the definition section 459(1a) carries into the Criminal Code, so any supply runs inside the control regime rather than around it. The prescribing, dispensing and import conditions sit in the Hungarian medicines and pharmacy regime, which this row did not audit. The Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition is the body that states them, and the reporting and licensing forms in the mellékletek to 66/2012. (IV. 2.) Korm. rendelet are headed with its Hungarian abbreviation, NNGYK. The row this cell relies on is row 31 of the table at point 6.1 of the 3. melléklet. Do not read this row as a statement that 2-FDCK cannot be a prescribed medicine, because that is a different question and this row does not reach it. Treat the route as unread rather than as absent. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Documentation

Carry the prescription and the original dispensing packaging for 2-FDCK, and get the Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition or the relevant embassy to confirm the position in writing before you travel rather than at the border. That is the carriage answer, and it is short because no traveller permit scheme, declaration form or carriage allowance for this substance appears anywhere in what was read for this row, and an absence in what was read is not proof that no scheme exists. The row relied on for this cell is row 31 of the table at point 6.1 of the 3. melléklet. Provenance follows. The controlling text is 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM rendelet az ellenőrzött anyagokról, read at https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2022-78-20-0A on 21 September 2026 in the consolidated text as in force on 29 June 2026. Its section 1 puts the kábítószer jegyzékek in the 1. melléklet, the pszichotróp anyag jegyzékek in the 2. melléklet, «A 2. melléklet tartalmazza a pszichotróp anyagnak minősülő anyagok jegyzékeit.», and the új pszichoaktív anyag jegyzék in the 3. melléklet. The Criminal Code was read at https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2012-100-00-00 on 21 September 2026 in the consolidated text as in force on 26 August 2026, and that rendering stops at section 339, so sections 459(1a) and 461 were read instead in the Act that enacted them, 2025. évi XIX. törvény sections 26 and 27, at https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2025-19-00-00.0. The Criminal Code page carries a footnote recording that section 461 is the text established by section 27 of that Act, so the two readings agree. On the instrument itself: the schedules are not in 66/2012. (IV. 2.) Korm. rendelet. That decree survives as the activities, licensing and definitions instrument, its 1. melléklet was repealed by section 11 h) of 607/2022. (XII. 28.) Korm. rendelet, and 78/2022 has carried the jegyzékek since 1 January 2023.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Hungary’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.