Is 4-AcO-DMT legal in United Arab Emirates?

Legal status

4-AcO-DMT is named in the tryptamines block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 35, subitem 7. The entry is «4-AcO-DMT؛ 4-أسيتوكسي-N,N-ثنائي ميثيل تريبتامين», which carries both the abbreviation and the expanded 4-acetoxy form of the name, and the dossier renders the chemical name as 3-[2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl]-1H-indol-4-yl acetate. The expanded name is what closes the row: an acetate ester of a controlled tryptamine would otherwise be the classic place to argue that the parent entry does not reach it, and here the schedule prints the ester itself. The tryptamines block sits in Schedule 5, the first psychotropic schedule, so the row runs through Articles 10, 41 and 57 with Schedule 10 group 1 carrying the quantity band. The dossier states the content of Article 57 and not of Articles 10 and 41. The placement was read on 20 September 2026.

Consequences if caught

Item 35, subitem 7 of Schedule 5 places 4-AcO-DMT in one of the four schedule groups Article 57 names. The dossier records that article as stating mandatory death for its trafficking or promotion trigger and as stating no quantity for it, so on this row the capital exposure is a function of conduct and schedule and not of weight. Schedule 10 assigns a group 1 band to the substance, and the dossier records that those bands do not gate the Article 57 route, so the two must be kept apart. The practical consequence is that there is no amount below which the capital route is unavailable on this row, which is a materially different statement from a threshold being high. Article 41 carries the personal use route for this branch with its tariff unstated in the dossier.

If prescribed or medical

The dossier records at the modafinil row that a 268 entry ministry travellers list was checked and expressly not used as a schedule, and that is the whole of the country level traveller material it carries. Attached to this substance: 4-AcO-DMT is at Schedule 5, item 35, subitem 7, and nothing in the dossier records a medicinal form, a prescribing route or a permit for it. The medical question is therefore deferred, not answered from the branch.

Documentation

No documentation route exists to describe for 4-AcO-DMT on this record. The dossier carries the subitem 7 tryptamine placement and no medical or permit material, so there is no paperwork that would make carriage lawful. Provenance: the entry «4-AcO-DMT؛ 4-أسيتوكسي-N,N-ثنائي ميثيل تريبتامين» at item 35, subitem 7 was read on 20 September 2026, with the capital analysis resting on Article 57 and not on the Schedule 10 group 1 band.

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