Legality
4-AcO-DMT legal status by country
Also known as: psilacetin
Countries where the legal status of 4-AcO-DMT has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for 4-AcO-DMT in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is the acetate ester of a named Class A entry. No entry names it, and it is reached by a rule...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 116 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaProhibited. 4-AcO-DMT (psilacetin) is the acetate ester of psilocine. The Criminal Code Regulations 2019 name...
- AustriaControlled in Austria as a Suchtgift, a narcotic in the strict statutory sense. 4-AcO-DMT is not named at...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. 4-AcO-DMT is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to...
- Bangladesh4-AcO-DMT is not named. Psilocine and Psilotsin are named in Class 'ka' at serial 6, and Psilocine and...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- Belarus4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- Belgium4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Belgium, but not by being named. It is reached by the generic tryptamine...
- Belize4-AcO-DMT is a Class A controlled drug in Belize, reached through the ester clause rather than by name....
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 21 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the list...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class A drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. 4-AcO-DMT is the acetic...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaNot listed. 4-AcO-DMT is not a named entry of Списък I, Списък II or Списък III of the Наредба за реда за...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ColombiaNot listed. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026 carries no entry for 4-AcO-DMT, psilacetina or...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. 4-AcO-DMT is not named in the...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- Czechia4-AcO-DMT is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation through the section 1 derivative clause rather than under...
- Dominica4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Dominica by derivation, being reached by the Third Schedule to the Drugs...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Psilocin is listed as «Psilocina» at number 20 of acápite III of Categoría I under code 7438 and...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر...
- Estonia4-AcO-DMT is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class A controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. 4-AcO-DMT is the acetic acid ester of psilocin, and Part 1...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands through the section 1 derivative clause rather than under its own name....
- FinlandControlled, though not as a narcotic. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus kuluttajamarkkinoilta kielletyistä...
- France4-AcO-DMT is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- Germany4-AcO-DMT is placed in NpSG Anlage 1 Nr. 5.1 in Germany, and a compound satisfying that derivation is...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019), as an ester of psilocin. Seventh...
- GreeceNot listed in the Greek narcotics tables. 4-AcO-DMT is printed at no entry of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, Β, Γ or Δ in the...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. 4-AcO-DMT, searched also...
- HungaryControlled. 4-AcO-DMT is not itself an entry. It is not named in the K1 or K2 jegyzék, in the P1 to P4...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "4-AcO-DMT", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- Iran4-AcO-DMT has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqNot listed as at 22 September 2026. This is the closest miss in the set. It is not named in any of the ten...
- Ireland4-AcO-DMT is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 210/2022,...
- Japan4-AcO-DMT is listed in Japan as a 指定薬物, a designated substance, under the pharmaceuticals Act, which allows...
- JordanWhether 4-AcO-DMT is currently scheduled under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and...
- Kazakhstan4-AcO-DMT is not named in Kazakhstan's controlled list, and the route that reaches it is the analogue rule...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitNot a controlled narcotic or psychotropic substance in Kuwait. 4-AcO-DMT is in no table of Group 1 or Group 2...
- Latvia4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- Lithuania4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name 4-AcO-DMT on its own. It is reached through...
- MacauNot listed in Macau. 4-AcO-DMT is named in none of Tables I to VI of Law 17/2009 as replaced in full by Law...
- Malaysia4-AcO-DMT is not named, and it does not need to be. Psilocin is named in Part III of the First Schedule to...
- Malta4-AcO-DMT is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- Mexico4-acetoxy-DMT is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. 4-AcO-DMT is in Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MyanmarNot listed in Myanmar's narcotic or psychotropic notifications. 4-AcO-DMT was searched for across...
- Netherlands4-AcO-DMT is not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II. Its relatives are: lijst I prints «psilocybine» and...
- New ZealandControlled through the open analogue limb rather than by a schedule name. 4-AcO-DMT, an acetylated...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. 4-AcO-DMT is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanNot listed in the annex to the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the list of nuevas sustancias psicoactivas...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «4-AcO-DMT» is entry lp. 41 in group I-P of...
- PortugalProhibited as a new psychoactive substance. 4-AcO-DMT is not in tables I to IV of Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93, but...
- Qatar4-AcO-DMT is not named in Table 1, Table 2 or Table 4 of Law No. 9 of 1987, and it is on none of the three...
- RussiaControlled in Russia through a derivative entry, not by name. The dossier places 4-AcO-DMT under the Decree...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b), by Part I paragraph 3 of Schedule 2. 4-AcO-DMT is not printed...
- SamoaControlled as a Class A narcotic under the Narcotics Act 1967 (official version as at 31 December 2023)...
- Serbia4-AcO-DMT is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- Slovakia4-AcO-DMT is not listed in the Slovak narcotic and psychotropic schedule. Act No. 139/1998 carries one closed...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names 4-AcO-DMT at Group I,...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: 4-AcO-DMT is not named in Anexo 1 or Anexo 2 of Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SurinameIllegal. 4-AcO-DMT is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III category...
- SwedenControlled. 4-AcO-DMT is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled as an ester of a listed substance. 4-AcO-DMT is not separately named, and it is reached instead by...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), reached as a bracketed...
- Thailand4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Thailand as a Category 1 psychotropic substance, as an ester of psilocin and not...
- TongaNAMED, by the Schedule 1 chapeau's extension to esters of a listed drug. Schedule 1's opening words apply the...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own name as an especially dangerous psychotropic substance whose circulation is...
- United Arab Emirates4-AcO-DMT is named in the tryptamines block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 35, subitem 7....
- United KingdomControlled as a Class A drug through the ester paragraph. 4-AcO-DMT is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse...
- United StatesNot listed in any federal schedule. Reached, if at all, only through the controlled substance analogue rule...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan as an ester of psilocin. 4-AcO-DMT is not named, but List I of Resolution 330 names...
- VietnamControlled. 4-AcO-DMT is printed in List IIB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 141 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that 4-AcO-DMT specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Hong Kong
- India
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe