Legality · 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad) in Egypt: not individually verified
Also known as: the god molecule
Not individually verified
We have not confirmed that 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad) specifically is scheduled in Egypt, so this page gives no legal status. Publishing a guess here would be worse than publishing nothing. What we do know is the governing national drug law, below.
- What is on record
- Not confirmed. 5-MeO-DMT, 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, is not printed in any of the six tables of Decision 44 or in Decision 242 as at 3 October 2026, on the page images read entry by entry. It is not an ester, ether, salt or isomer of «DMT», Table 1 Section 2 item 99, but it is a close analogue of it. The word «نظائرها» appears in the headings of Table 1 Sections 1(a) and 2 and of Table 3 Sections 3 and 4, listed apart from «أيسومراتها», isomers, so it is not the isomer clause. If it means analogues it may reach this substance; if it means isotopes, or is a second word for isomers, it does not. Neither Decision 44, Decision 242 nor Article 1 bis added by Law 134/2019 defines it. Against the analogue reading, the tables print close analogues separately, «2-Fluorodeschloroketamine» beside «Ketamine» and «3- Methoxyphencyclidine» in Table 1 although «Phencyclidine» is in Table 3, which would be needless if analogues were already reached. This batch applies one rule throughout: a printed placement governs, and the undefined heading word «نظائرها» decides a row only where nothing in the tables places it. Article 1 bis also provides «ويصدر بتحديد ضوابط ومعايير هذه المواد قرار من الوزير المختص», a ministerial decision setting criteria for the synthetic substances; no such decision appears in the Egyptian Drug Authority laws index read on 3 October 2026. The answer turns on that one word, and it is left open rather than guessed. The earlier citation of the Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182/1960 without a table is superseded, because Decision 44 replaced every table. This is the position under Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, as amended by Decision 242 of 2026, in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 179 of 17 August 2026 and in force the next day, replaced item 12 of Table 1 Section 1(b), the phenethylamine group, and added items 57 to 61 to Table 3 Section 3, four alkyl nitrites and «Cannabidiol (CBD)». Decision 44's preamble cites the Supreme Constitutional Court's judgment of 16 February 2026 in case 33 of judicial year 47, read on the court's own server on 3 October 2026, which held «بعدم دستورية قرار رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية رقم 600 لسنة 2023 باستبدال الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون رقم 182 لسنة 1960 في شأن مكافحة المخدرات وتنظيم استعمالها والاتجار فيها», striking Egyptian Drug Authority chairman's Decision 600 of 2023, and «بسقوط قرارات رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية السابقة واللاحقة على القرار المقضي بعدم دستوريته، الصادرة في شأن تعديل الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون المشار إليه», so that every earlier and later decision of the Authority's chairman amending the tables fell with it. Decision 44 and Decision 242 are decisions of the Minister of Health and Population, as their own first pages state, not of the Authority's chairman, so the judgment does not reach them. Every page of both instruments has now been viewed, including Decision 44's preamble and two articles on PDF pages 1 and 2 and Decision 242's preamble on its page 1; none defines «نظائرها». The Egyptian Drug Authority laws index read on 3 October 2026 lists no amendment to the tables later than Decision 242, which does not rule out one made since.
Confirm directly with Egypt’s national drug authority or your own embassy before you rely on anything.
What Egypt HAS confirmed for related substances
These are related compounds, not 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad). Their status may or may not reflect 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)’s. Confirm 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad) directly with Egypt's national drug authority or your embassy.
Controlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر المخدرة», Table 1, the narcotic substances, Section 2, «الجدول رقم (١) - القسم الثاني», whose heading covers the listed substances «ونظائرها وإستراتها وإيثراتها ومستحضراتها وأيسومراتها وستيريوأيسومراتها». Item 96 is «Psilocin, psilotsin», «3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]indol-4-ol» (PDF page 18, gazette page 19). 4-AcO-DMT, 4-acetoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, is not printed. It is the acetic acid ester of psilocin's 4-hydroxy group, and the section heading extends every entry to «وإستراتها», its esters, so item 96 reaches it. That is a reading of the heading, stated as such; psilocybin, item 27, is the phosphate ester of psilocin and is printed in its own right. The earlier citation of the Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182/1960 without a table is superseded, because Decision 44 replaced every table. This is the position under Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, as amended by Decision 242 of 2026, in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 179 of 17 August 2026 and in force the next day, replaced item 12 of Table 1 Section 1(b), the phenethylamine group, and added items 57 to 61 to Table 3 Section 3, four alkyl nitrites and «Cannabidiol (CBD)». Decision 44's preamble cites the Supreme Constitutional Court's judgment of 16 February 2026 in case 33 of judicial year 47, read on the court's own server on 3 October 2026, which held «بعدم دستورية قرار رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية رقم 600 لسنة 2023 باستبدال الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون رقم 182 لسنة 1960 في شأن مكافحة المخدرات وتنظيم استعمالها والاتجار فيها», striking Egyptian Drug Authority chairman's Decision 600 of 2023, and «بسقوط قرارات رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية السابقة واللاحقة على القرار المقضي بعدم دستوريته، الصادرة في شأن تعديل الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون المشار إليه», so that every earlier and later decision of the Authority's chairman amending the tables fell with it. Decision 44 and Decision 242 are decisions of the Minister of Health and Population, as their own first pages state, not of the Authority's chairman, so the judgment does not reach them. The Egyptian Drug Authority laws index read on 3 October 2026 lists no amendment to the tables later than Decision 242, which does not rule out one made since.
Egypt, Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, scanned schedules read page by page at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/dkjooww3/قرار-وزارة-الصحة-والسكان-رقم-44-لسنة-2026-ar-2026_.pdf on 3 October 2026 · Decision 242 of 2026 at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/lydpgqi5/لمكافحة-المخدرات_2026_242-وزير-الصحة.pdf · Law 182/1960 Article 1, Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya No. 131 of 13 June 1960 page 962, scan at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/ekgifxb3/1960-182.pdf · penalty Articles 33, 34 and 35 to 45 as replaced by Law 122/1989, read in the Arabic gazette scan at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/452pd1zf/1989-122.pdf and in the UNODC English reproduction at https://www.unodc.org/cld/uploads/res/document/egy/law-no-122-of-1989_html/egypt-law_122-89.pdf · Decision 44's preamble cites Law 127/1955 on the practice of pharmacy, the 1961 Single Convention, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 Convention · Article 1 bis added by Law 134/2019 and the release rule of Law 19/2020, the substitution of penalties by Law 95/2003, Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya No. 25 (continued) of 19 June 2003 pages 23 and 24, scan at https://manshurat.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/016268.pdf, read in the reproductions at https://www.mohamah.net/law/?p=155743 and https://www.mohamah.net/law/?p=173630 · the Egyptian Drug Authority laws index at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/ar/المرجع-التنظيمي-لهيئة-الدواء-المصرية/القوانين-واللوائح-التنفيذية/ · the Supreme Constitutional Court judgment, case 33 of judicial year 47, 16 February 2026, at https://www.sccourt.gov.eg/DjangoPortalResources/Rules_Html/17885_47_33_1_2.html · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر المخدرة», Table 1, the narcotic substances, Section 2, «الجدول رقم (١) - القسم الثاني», whose heading covers the listed substances «ونظائرها وإستراتها وإيثراتها ومستحضراتها وأيسومراتها وستيريوأيسومراتها». Item 99 is «DMT», «3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]indole» (PDF page 18, gazette page 19), beside «DET» at item 98. Named. The earlier citation of the Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182/1960 without a table is superseded, because Decision 44 replaced every table. This is the position under Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, as amended by Decision 242 of 2026, in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 179 of 17 August 2026 and in force the next day, replaced item 12 of Table 1 Section 1(b), the phenethylamine group, and added items 57 to 61 to Table 3 Section 3, four alkyl nitrites and «Cannabidiol (CBD)». Decision 44's preamble cites the Supreme Constitutional Court's judgment of 16 February 2026 in case 33 of judicial year 47, read on the court's own server on 3 October 2026, which held «بعدم دستورية قرار رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية رقم 600 لسنة 2023 باستبدال الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون رقم 182 لسنة 1960 في شأن مكافحة المخدرات وتنظيم استعمالها والاتجار فيها», striking Egyptian Drug Authority chairman's Decision 600 of 2023, and «بسقوط قرارات رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية السابقة واللاحقة على القرار المقضي بعدم دستوريته، الصادرة في شأن تعديل الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون المشار إليه», so that every earlier and later decision of the Authority's chairman amending the tables fell with it. Decision 44 and Decision 242 are decisions of the Minister of Health and Population, as their own first pages state, not of the Authority's chairman, so the judgment does not reach them. The Egyptian Drug Authority laws index read on 3 October 2026 lists no amendment to the tables later than Decision 242, which does not rule out one made since.
Egypt, Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, scanned schedules read page by page at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/dkjooww3/قرار-وزارة-الصحة-والسكان-رقم-44-لسنة-2026-ar-2026_.pdf on 3 October 2026 · Decision 242 of 2026 at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/lydpgqi5/لمكافحة-المخدرات_2026_242-وزير-الصحة.pdf · Law 182/1960 Article 1, Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya No. 131 of 13 June 1960 page 962, scan at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/ekgifxb3/1960-182.pdf · penalty Articles 33, 34 and 35 to 45 as replaced by Law 122/1989, read in the Arabic gazette scan at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/452pd1zf/1989-122.pdf and in the UNODC English reproduction at https://www.unodc.org/cld/uploads/res/document/egy/law-no-122-of-1989_html/egypt-law_122-89.pdf · Decision 44's preamble cites Law 127/1955 on the practice of pharmacy, the 1961 Single Convention, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 Convention · Article 1 bis added by Law 134/2019 and the release rule of Law 19/2020, the substitution of penalties by Law 95/2003, Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya No. 25 (continued) of 19 June 2003 pages 23 and 24, scan at https://manshurat.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/016268.pdf, read in the reproductions at https://www.mohamah.net/law/?p=155743 and https://www.mohamah.net/law/?p=173630 · the Egyptian Drug Authority laws index at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/ar/المرجع-التنظيمي-لهيئة-الدواء-المصرية/القوانين-واللوائح-التنفيذية/ · the Supreme Constitutional Court judgment, case 33 of judicial year 47, 16 February 2026, at https://www.sccourt.gov.eg/DjangoPortalResources/Rules_Html/17885_47_33_1_2.html · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر المخدرة», Table 1, the narcotic substances, Section 2, «الجدول رقم (١) - القسم الثاني», whose heading covers the listed substances «ونظائرها وإستراتها وإيثراتها ومستحضراتها وأيسومراتها وستيريوأيسومراتها». Item 27 is «Psilocybin», «3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]indol-4-yl dihydrogen phosphate» (PDF page 12, gazette page 13), and item 96 is «Psilocin, psilotsin» (PDF page 18, gazette page 19). Named, both the substance and its active metabolite. The mushrooms that contain them are not in Table 5, which lists only cannabis, the opium poppy and every Papaver species, coca and khat, so growing them is not the Article 33(c) plant offence. Whether a fresh or dried mushroom is «أي مستحضر أو مخلوط أو مستخلص» containing psilocybin, under the section heading, is a reading the table does not settle. The earlier citation of the Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182/1960 without a table is superseded, because Decision 44 replaced every table. This is the position under Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, as amended by Decision 242 of 2026, in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 179 of 17 August 2026 and in force the next day, replaced item 12 of Table 1 Section 1(b), the phenethylamine group, and added items 57 to 61 to Table 3 Section 3, four alkyl nitrites and «Cannabidiol (CBD)». Decision 44's preamble cites the Supreme Constitutional Court's judgment of 16 February 2026 in case 33 of judicial year 47, read on the court's own server on 3 October 2026, which held «بعدم دستورية قرار رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية رقم 600 لسنة 2023 باستبدال الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون رقم 182 لسنة 1960 في شأن مكافحة المخدرات وتنظيم استعمالها والاتجار فيها», striking Egyptian Drug Authority chairman's Decision 600 of 2023, and «بسقوط قرارات رئيس هيئة الدواء المصرية السابقة واللاحقة على القرار المقضي بعدم دستوريته، الصادرة في شأن تعديل الجداول الملحقة بقرار رئيس الجمهورية بالقانون المشار إليه», so that every earlier and later decision of the Authority's chairman amending the tables fell with it. Decision 44 and Decision 242 are decisions of the Minister of Health and Population, as their own first pages state, not of the Authority's chairman, so the judgment does not reach them. The Egyptian Drug Authority laws index read on 3 October 2026 lists no amendment to the tables later than Decision 242, which does not rule out one made since.
Egypt, Ministry of Health and Population Decision 44 of 2026, which replaced every table annexed to Law 182/1960, published in Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriya issue 39 (continued, c) on 17 February 2026 and in force from publication, scanned schedules read page by page at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/dkjooww3/قرار-وزارة-الصحة-والسكان-رقم-44-لسنة-2026-ar-2026_.pdf on 3 October 2026 · Decision 242 of 2026 at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/lydpgqi5/لمكافحة-المخدرات_2026_242-وزير-الصحة.pdf · Law 182/1960 Article 1, Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya No. 131 of 13 June 1960 page 962, scan at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/ekgifxb3/1960-182.pdf · penalty Articles 33, 34 and 35 to 45 as replaced by Law 122/1989, read in the Arabic gazette scan at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/media/452pd1zf/1989-122.pdf and in the UNODC English reproduction at https://www.unodc.org/cld/uploads/res/document/egy/law-no-122-of-1989_html/egypt-law_122-89.pdf · Decision 44's preamble cites Law 127/1955 on the practice of pharmacy, the 1961 Single Convention, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 Convention · Article 1 bis added by Law 134/2019 and the release rule of Law 19/2020, the substitution of penalties by Law 95/2003, Al-Jarida al-Rasmiya No. 25 (continued) of 19 June 2003 pages 23 and 24, scan at https://manshurat.org/sites/default/files/docs/pdf/016268.pdf, read in the reproductions at https://www.mohamah.net/law/?p=155743 and https://www.mohamah.net/law/?p=173630 · the Egyptian Drug Authority laws index at https://dev.edaegypt.gov.eg/ar/المرجع-التنظيمي-لهيئة-الدواء-المصرية/القوانين-واللوائح-التنفيذية/ · the Supreme Constitutional Court judgment, case 33 of judicial year 47, 16 February 2026, at https://www.sccourt.gov.eg/DjangoPortalResources/Rules_Html/17885_47_33_1_2.html · Verified October 4, 2026
This page is deliberately excluded from search indexing and from our sitemap. Only confirmed, individually verified statuses are published as indexable pages.
