Is Amanita muscaria legal in United Arab Emirates?

Legal status

Amanita muscaria is not treated as a named narcotic in Decision No. 158 of 2025. The dossier resolves the row through a conduct based provision instead, recording Article 12(2) together with Article 44 and quoting the provision as «أية مادة أو نبات من غير المواد المخدرة أو المؤثرات العقلية... يكون من شأنها إحداث التخدير أو أي أثر آخر ضار بالعقل», which reaches any substance or plant other than the narcotics and psychotropic substances that is capable of causing intoxication or another effect harmful to the mind. The name «أمانيتا موسكاريا» was searched and the mushroom was not found as an entry. So the control here is functional rather than by listing: it depends on the purpose of the possession or use, and a mushroom held for another purpose is not placed by this route at all. The dossier's record was read on 20 September 2026.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. This row is reached through Articles 12(2) and 44 rather than by a Schedule 1 to 8 placement, Article 44 is non capital, Articles 57 and 58 do not attach, and no capital quantity applies. The structure is worth stating carefully, because a functional rule and a schedule placement fail in opposite directions: a schedule placement is decided by identity and reaches the substance whatever it was for, while this route turns on the purpose of intoxication or harm to the mind, so possession for that purpose is what brings it into play. The dossier does not state Article 44's tariff, so no figure is given here, and what is established is the route and its non capital character rather than the penalty.

If prescribed or medical

There is no prescription route here, and not because one was refused. Amanita muscaria has no schedule entry, so there is no placement for a prescription or a permit to attach to, and the provision that can reach it is a conduct rule rather than a licensing rule. The dossier records at the modafinil row that a 268 entry ministry travellers list was checked and expressly not used as a schedule, which does not bear on this row. Nothing in the dossier records a medicinal or supplement route for this mushroom.

Documentation

No documentation route is recorded for Amanita muscaria, and none would be expected on a conduct based route, since what matters there is the purpose rather than the paperwork. Provenance: the Article 12(2) and Article 44 route and the name search «أمانيتا موسكاريا» were read on 20 September 2026. The practical point is that a dried mushroom product sold abroad as a supplement or a curiosity is not placed by a schedule here, and is also not thereby outside the law, because the applicable rule looks at what it is held for.

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