Legal status in American Samoa (US)

Per-substance legal status for American Samoa (US), from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

28 confirmed substances60 not individually verifiedLast updated October 4, 2026

Confirmed legal status

2C-B

Legal status: 2C-B is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7392, listed as 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7392, listed as 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Adderall

Legal status: Adderall is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(1), DEA code 1100, listed as 'Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1009(1), as 'amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers'. Adderall is not itself named in either list; as an amphetamine medicine it is reached through the amphetamine entries.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(1), DEA code 1100, listed as 'Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1009(1) lists 'amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1009, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Amphetamine

Legal status: Amphetamine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(1), DEA code 1100, listed as 'Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1009(1), as 'amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers'.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(1), DEA code 1100, listed as 'Amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1009(1) lists 'amphetamine, its salts, optical isomers, and salts of its optical isomers'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

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Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(3), DEA code 2100, listed as 'Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid or any salt thereof', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1010(1), as 'any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid, or any salt of a derivative of barbituric acid'. Several barbiturates are listed by name in other federal schedules, so the catch all applies only where no other entry does: 'Amobarbital', 'Pentobarbital' and 'Secobarbital' are Schedule II at 21 CFR 1308.12(e), and 'Barbital' and 'Phenobarbital' are Schedule IV at 21 CFR 1308.14(c)(3) and (49).
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule III controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(3), DEA code 2100, listed as 'Any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid or any salt thereof'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1010(1) lists 'any substance which contains any quantity of a derivative of barbituric acid, or any salt of a derivative of barbituric acid'. Section 13.1013 also names 'Barbital', 'Methylphenobarbital' and 'Phenobarbital'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · ecfr.gov · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1010, 13.1013, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Benzodiazepines

Legal status: The benzodiazepines is controlled federally and locally. Scheduled federally by individual substance under the Controlled Substances Act, the benzodiazepines are scheduled individually rather than as a class, most in Schedule IV at 21 CFR 1308.14(c), for example alprazolam at DEA code 2882, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally, the benzodiazepines are scheduled individually rather than as a class, most in Schedule IV at 21 CFR 1308.14(c), for example alprazolam at DEA code 2882. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: This substance has authorised medicinal forms and is dispensed on prescription in the United States. A prescribed medicine carried with its prescription is lawful, subject to the federal controls on its schedule.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d) as Marihuana, DEA code 7360, with an FDA-approved product or a state or territorial medical licence in Schedule III, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Cannabis has a split federal status and neither half is the whole answer. Most marijuana remains Schedule I, 21 CFR 1308.11(d) as Marihuana, DEA code 7360, with an FDA-approved product or a state or territorial medical licence in Schedule III. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: An FDA-approved cannabis-derived medicine is prescribable. Whether any territorial medical cannabis programme operates here, and on what terms, was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Cocaine

Legal status: Cocaine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(b), DEA code 9041, within the coca leaves entry, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(b), DEA code 9041, within the coca leaves entry. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Medical use is narrow. There is an authorised medicinal form but it is not a form a traveller would ordinarily carry, and a foreign prescription does not authorise possession of the street substance.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack cocaine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(4), DEA code 9041 for cocaine within it, listed as 'Coca leaves (9040) and any salt, compound, derivative or preparation of coca leaves', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1007(4), as 'coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves'. Crack is not named separately in either list and is reached through the cocaine and coca leaf entries.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(4), DEA code 9041 for cocaine within it, listed as 'Coca leaves (9040) and any salt, compound, derivative or preparation of coca leaves'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1007(4) lists 'coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: No prescribable form of crack is described in any text read, so there is no traveller route.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1007, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Delta-8-THC is a tetrahydrocannabinol and is controlled territorially under the entry 'Tetrahydrocannabinols' in section 13.1006 of the American Samoa Code Annotated, read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023, which carries no hemp exception. Federally, 'Tetrahydrocannabinols', 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(31), DEA code 7370, is Schedule I, but that entry 'does not include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that falls within the definition of hemp', and until 12 November 2026 hemp is defined by its delta-9 content only.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(31)(i) defines tetrahydrocannabinols to include those 'naturally contained in a plant of the genus Cannabis', 'synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the cannabis plant' and 'synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity'. Federally, 21 U.S.C. 802(16)(B)(i) excludes from marijuana 'hemp, as defined in section 1639o of title 7', and 7 U.S.C. 1639o(1) in force today defines hemp as cannabis 'with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis'. 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(31)(ii) likewise provides that 'Tetrahydrocannabinols does not include any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that falls within the definition of hemp set forth in 7 U.S.C. 1639o.' That definition changes on 12 November 2026. Section 781 of Public Law 119-37, enacted 12 November 2025 and effective 365 days later, replaces it with a 'total tetrahydrocannabinols concentration (including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of not more than 0.3 percent' and excludes from hemp final hemp-derived cannabinoid products containing 'cannabinoids that are not capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant', cannabinoids that 'were synthesized or manufactured outside the plant', or 'greater than 0.4 milligrams combined total per container' of total tetrahydrocannabinols and similar cannabinoids. Whether a given delta-8-THC product contains cannabinoids 'synthesized or manufactured outside the plant' is a question of fact about that product. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1006 lists 'Tetrahydrocannabinols'. Territorially there is no hemp exception. Section 13.1001(h) defines marijuana as 'all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L. whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin', and adds 'It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.' So a cannabinoid extracted from any other part of the plant, its seeds or its resin is within that definition on its words, and one made from the excluded stalks, seed oil or cake is not; whether a cannabinoid made synthetically is within it is not settled by the text. Section 13.1006 lists both 'Marijuana' and 'Tetrahydrocannabinols'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out.
If prescribed / medical: There is no prescribable form of delta-8-THC that any text read describes.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 7 U.S.C. 1639o, read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · Public Law 119-37, section 781, 139 Stat. 558 · congress.gov · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1006, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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DMT

Legal status: DMT is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7435, listed as Dimethyltryptamine, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7435, listed as Dimethyltryptamine. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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DOM

Legal status: DOM is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(9), DEA code 7395, listed as '4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy-amphetamine', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1006, as '4-methyl-2, 5-dimethoxyl-amphetamine'.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(9), DEA code 7395, listed as '4-methyl-2,5-dimethoxy-amphetamine'. The eCFR gives as other names 'DOM' and 'STP'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1006 lists '4-methyl-2, 5-dimethoxyl-amphetamine'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. 21 U.S.C. 812(b)(1) places in Schedule I substances with 'no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States', so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 U.S.C. 812(b)(1) · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1006, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Fentanyl

Legal status: Fentanyl is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(c), DEA code 9801, listed as Fentanyl, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(c), DEA code 9801, listed as Fentanyl. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: This substance has authorised medicinal forms and is dispensed on prescription in the United States. A prescribed medicine carried with its prescription is lawful, subject to the federal controls on its schedule.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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GHB

Legal status: GHB is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(e), DEA code 2010, listed as Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(e), DEA code 2010, listed as Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Gamma hydroxybutyric acid is Schedule I, while an FDA-approved sodium oxybate medicine is separately scheduled and dispensed under a restricted programme. A traveller cannot carry the Schedule I substance on a prescription.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Heroin

Legal status: Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(c), DEA code 9200, listed as Heroin, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(c), DEA code 9200, listed as Heroin. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is controlled federally, and territorially only classes of preparations containing dihydrocodeinone are named. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(vi), DEA code 9193, listed as 'Hydrocodone'. Sections 13.1012(3) and (4) of the American Samoa Code Annotated list limited strength preparations of 'dihydrocodeinone' combined with other ingredients. Whether hydrocodone on its own is reached through section 13.1007(1) is not settled by the text read.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(vi), DEA code 9193, listed as 'Hydrocodone'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1012(3) lists 'not more than 300 milligrams of dihydrocodeinone, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with a fourfold or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium'. Section 13.1012(4) lists the same strengths 'with one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts'. Hydrocodone on its own is not named in sections 13.1004 to 13.1014, and whether section 13.1007(1), 'opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate', reaches it is a question no text read settles. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1012, 13.1007, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: LSA is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(9), DEA code 7310, listed as 'Lysergic acid amide', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1010(2), as 'Lysergic acid aminde'. Whether seeds that contain it are reached as a 'material, compound, mixture, or preparation' was not established.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule III controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(9), DEA code 7310, listed as 'Lysergic acid amide'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1010(2) lists 'Lysergic acid aminde'. The entry is printed with that spelling in the capture read, between 'Lysergic acid' and 'Methyprylon'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no prescribable form of lysergic acid amide that any text read describes, so no prescription route is stated.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1010, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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LSD

Legal status: LSD is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7315, listed as Lysergic acid diethylamide, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7315, listed as Lysergic acid diethylamide. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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MDA

Legal status: MDA is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(10), DEA code 7400, listed as '3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1006, as '3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine'.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(10), DEA code 7400, listed as '3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1006 lists '3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. 21 U.S.C. 812(b)(1) places in Schedule I substances with 'no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States', so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

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MDMA

Legal status: MDMA is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7405, listed as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7405, listed as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Mescaline

Legal status: Mescaline is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7381, listed as Mescaline, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7381, listed as Mescaline. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(c)(15), DEA code 9250, listed as 'Methadone', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1008, as 'Methadone'.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(c)(15), DEA code 9250, listed as 'Methadone'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1008 lists 'Methadone'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1008, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Methamphetamine

Legal status: Methamphetamine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(d), DEA code 1105, listed as Methamphetamine, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(d), DEA code 1105, listed as Methamphetamine. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Medical use is narrow. There is an authorised medicinal form but it is not a form a traveller would ordinarily carry, and a foreign prescription does not authorise possession of the street substance.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Methylphenidate

Legal status: Methylphenidate is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(4), DEA code 1724, listed as 'Methylphenidate', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1009(4), as 'Methylphenidate'.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(4), DEA code 1724, listed as 'Methylphenidate'. Serdexmethylphenidate, a different substance, is separately in Schedule IV at 21 CFR 1308.14(f)(11). Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1009(4) lists 'Methylphenidate'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1009, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is controlled federally, and territorially only a class of combination preparations containing it is named. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(ix), DEA code 9300, listed as 'Morphine'. Section 13.1012(8) of the American Samoa Code Annotated lists preparations with 'not more than 50 milligrams of morphine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams with one or more active, non-narcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts'. Whether morphine itself is reached through section 13.1007(1) is not settled by the text read.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(ix), DEA code 9300, listed as 'Morphine'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1012(8) lists 'not more than 50 milligrams of morphine, or any of its salts, per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams with one or more active, non-narcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts'. Section 13.1007(1) also lists 'opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate', and section 13.1001(j) defines an opiate as 'any substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine'. Whether those words reach morphine itself, as distinct from the preparations named, is a question no text read settles. Section 13.1005 lists 'Morphine methylbrornide', 'Morphine methylsulfonate' and 'Morphine-N-Oxide', which are different substances. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Federally, 21 U.S.C. 844(a) makes possession unlawful 'unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice'. Whether a prescription written outside the United States meets that test was not established here. Territorially, section 13.1022(a) forbids possession 'Except as authorized by the director', and how the Director authorises a patient's possession was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1012, 13.1007, 13.1005, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Opium

Legal status: Opium is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(xvii), DEA code 9600, listed as 'Raw opium', and listed in the American Samoa Code Annotated, section 13.1007(1), as 'opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate'.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(xvii), DEA code 9600, listed as 'Raw opium'. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1001(a) defines a controlled substance as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014', and section 13.1007(1) lists 'opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate'. Section 13.1007(3) also lists 'opium poppy and poppy straw'. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: Raw opium has no prescribable form that any text read describes. Opium preparations such as 'Tincture of opium', 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(xix), are listed separately.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1007, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1004, 13.1014, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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PCP

Legal status: PCP is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(e), DEA code 7471, listed as Phencyclidine, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(e), DEA code 7471, listed as Phencyclidine. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

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Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: 'Pink cocaine' is not the name of a substance in either list, so a sample is classified by what it contains, and no text read says what a sample sold under that name contains. Ketamine is federal Schedule III at 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(7); MDMA is federal Schedule I at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(11), '3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)'; 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine is federal Schedule I at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(3); and cocaine is federal Schedule II within 'Coca leaves', 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(4). Of those four, only cocaine is reached by the territorial lists, through section 13.1007(4); none of the other three is named in the American Samoa Code Annotated, sections 13.1004 to 13.1014, in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. The name is not in 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026. Each controlled ingredient is reached through its own entry, and the hallucinogen and depressant headings in 21 CFR 1308.11(d) and 1308.13(c) reach 'any material, compound, mixture, or preparation' that contains a listed substance. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10, defines a controlled substance in section 13.1001(a) as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014'. Pink cocaine is not named in those sections in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published, searched for 'ketamine', 'methylenedioxymethamphetamine' and 'bromo', so the territorial possession offence in section 13.1022 does not reach it as a listed substance. Section 13.1006 lists '3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine', which is MDA by name, not MDMA. If a sample contains cocaine, the territorial coca entry in section 13.1007(4), 'coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves', reaches it. Section 13.1002(a) lets the Director 'add substances to or delete substances enumerated in 13.1004 through 13.1014' by rule. No such rule was found: the only index searched was an Internet Archive list of the Bar Association's archived regulation pages, cut off at 3,000 addresses, none of which named a drug or controlled substance rule, so an addition by rule is not ruled out. Where it is reached, section 13.1022(a) reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out.
If prescribed / medical: No prescription covers a product sold under this name. Ketamine has a Schedule III listing, but 21 U.S.C. 844(a) protects only a substance 'obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner', and MDMA and the bromo compound are in Schedule I.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(16), 802(26) and 844(a), read on 3 October 2026 · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026, up to date as of 1 October 2026, read on 3 October 2026 · ecfr.gov · ecfr.gov · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated secs. 13.1001, 13.1002, 13.1020, 13.1022, 13.1023, 13.1040, 13.1042, 46.2301, 46.2101, 13.1007, 13.1004, 13.1014, 13.1006, as published by the American Samoa Bar Association, Internet Archive captures, read on 3 October 2026 · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · routes, statuses and byte counts in routes-log.txt beside the batch files · Updated October 4, 2026

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Psilocybin

Legal status: Psilocybin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7437, listed as Psilocybin, and separately controlled under the American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10.
Consequences if caught: The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7437, listed as Psilocybin. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10 applies as well. Section 13.1022(a) of that chapter reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. The penalty provision was not read here, so no territorial penalty figure is stated. Two statutes reach the same conduct here, the federal Act and the territory's own, and which one is charged decides the exposure. Which prosecutor takes a given case, and on what criteria, was not established here.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · American Samoa Code Annotated sec. 13.1022 · asbar.org · Updated September 15, 2026

Psilocybin in American Samoa (US), full detail →

Not individually verified

60 substances are not individually verified for American Samoa (US)

For these the governing national drug law is cited, but we have not verified that the substance specifically is scheduled under it. Treat them as unanswered, not as legal. Confirm with American Samoa (US)’s drug authority or your embassy.

Substance	What we found
1P-LSD	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
2-FDCK	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
25I-NBOMe	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
2C-E	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
2C-I	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
2C-T-7	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
3-MMC	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
4-AcO-DMT	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
4-HO-MET	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
6-APB	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Alcohol	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Amanita muscaria	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Amyl Nitrite	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Ayahuasca	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Buprenorphine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Caffeine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Cannabinol	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Cathinone	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
CBD	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Clonazepam	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Codeine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Diazepam	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
DXM	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Ephedrine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Etizolam	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Gabapentin	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
GBL	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
HHC	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Ketamine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Khat	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Kratom	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Lorazepam	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
MDPV	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Memantine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Mephedrone (4-MMC)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Methaqualone (Quaaludes)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Methylone	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Mitragynine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Modafinil	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
MXE	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Nicotine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Nimetazepam	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Nitrous Oxide	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Oxycodone	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Peyote	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Phenibut	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Poppers	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Pregabalin	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Quetiapine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Salvia divinorum	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
THC-P	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Tobacco	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Tramadol	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Xanax (Alprazolam)	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Xylazine	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...
Zolpidem	Not confirmed, the American Samoa Code Annotated (Title 13) controlled-substances provisions is the governing drug...

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