Legality
Amyl Nitrite legal status by country
Also known as: isoamyl nitrite
Countries where the legal status of Amyl Nitrite has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Amyl Nitrite in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and no alkyl nitrite is. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The terms...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 795 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaPharmacist only medicine in a child-resistant therapeutic pack, prescription only otherwise; no Commonwealth...
- AustriaNot a designated drug in Austria, and controlled instead as a prescription medicine. The placement is the...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. Amyl nitrite is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelizeAmyl nitrite is a listed poison in Belize and not a controlled drug. The Chemists and Druggists Act, Chapter...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 136 of lista C1, the list of other substances subject to special...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Amyl nitrite is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията...
- CanadaAmyl nitrite (an alkyl nitrite) is regulated as a prescription drug under the Food and Drugs Act (RSC 1985,...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ColombiaNot scheduled, and named in the offence anyway. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026 carries no entry...
- CroatiaAmyl nitrite is not named in the Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se može dobiti droga te...
- CzechiaNot listed. Amyl Nitrite is not printed as an entry in any of the eight seznamy of nařízení vlády č. 463/2013...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste E of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. No alkyl nitrite of any kind is named in the Categorías. Ley 50-88 does reach some industrial...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, not as a Table 1 narcotic substance. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض...
- El SalvadorNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 31 to 34 of the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades...
- EstoniaAmyl nitrite is not listed in the Estonian narcotic and psychotropic schedule. No entry for amyl nitrite was...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Amyl nitrite is named on liste E nr. 6 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandNot a narcotic in Finland. Amyl nitrite is not named in any annex of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceAmyl nitrite is not carried by either French closed list. The dossier's finding for this row is recorded in...
- GhanaAmyl nitrite is not a controlled drug under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): it is not...
- GreeceNot listed in the Greek narcotics tables. Amyl nitrite is printed at no entry of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, Β, Γ or Δ in the...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. Amyl nitrite, searched...
- Hong KongNot a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). Controlled as a medicine under the...
- HungaryNot listed. Amyl nitrite is not a named entry of the K1 or K2 jegyzék in the 1. melléklet, of the P1, P2, P3...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Amyl nitrite", with "Allir isomerar" in the Annað...
- IndiaNo Indian placement was found for it: it is not named in the Act's Schedule (list of psychotropic...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranAmyl nitrite has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the...
- IraqNot listed as at 22 September 2026. No nitrite of any kind appears anywhere in the ten schedules, including...
- IrelandNot a controlled drug, but selling it for human consumption is an offence. Amyl nitrite is not named in the...
- ItalyNot scheduled. A search of the closed tables I to IV and the table of medicinal products under article 14 of...
- JapanAmyl nitrite is listed in Japan as a 指定薬物, a designated substance, under the pharmaceuticals Act, which...
- JordanAmyl nitrite is a chemical precursor under Law No. 23 of 2016 and not a narcotic drug or a psychotropic...
- KazakhstanAmyl nitrite is not controlled by Kazakhstan's Resolution No. 470, on the version of the lists read for this...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitNot a controlled narcotic or psychotropic substance in Kuwait. Amyl nitrite is in no table of Group 1 or...
- LatviaAmyl nitrite is not listed in the Latvian controlled substances annex. Annex 2 to the law on the entry into...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- LithuaniaAmyl nitrite is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names amyl nitrite. The entry relied on reads...
- MacauNot listed in Macau. Amyl nitrite is named in none of Tables I to VI of Law 17/2009 as replaced in full by...
- MalaysiaAmyl nitrite is a poison under the Poisons Act 1952, listed in the Poisons List by name and among the...
- MaltaWhich Maltese ordinance governs amyl nitrite is not established. Malta runs two drug ordinances and a cell...
- MexicoAmyl nitrite is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Amyl nitrite is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente...
- MoroccoControlled as a produit dangereux and not as a narcotic. The dahir of 2 December 1922 on substances...
- MyanmarNot listed in Myanmar's narcotic or psychotropic notifications. Amyl nitrite was searched for across...
- NetherlandsAmyl nitrite is not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II. No Opiumwet offence arises from it as such, and...
- New ZealandNot a controlled drug on the text cited, and the absence was tested rather than assumed. Amyl nitrite, an...
- NorwayNot controlled as narkotika in Norway. Amyl nitrite is not a row on the narkotikaliste, and it is not reached...
- OmanControlled as a volatile substance. Amyl nitrite is named in Group III, serial 5, «OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS», of...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the list of nuevas sustancias psicoactivas...
- PhilippinesNot a dangerous drug on the text read: amyl nitrite is not listed in the Dangerous Drugs Board's Updated...
- PolandNot named in the Polish national list. A search of all three annexes for an alkyl nitrite entry, including...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2 section b, added by Decision 8 of 2026 of Law No. 9 of 1987. Article 2 of...
- RomaniaAmyl nitrite is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Nitrit de amil», located at Legea 143/2000,...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug and not a psychoactive substance under this Act. It is not in any Part of the First...
- SlovakiaAmyl nitrite is not listed in the Slovak narcotic and psychotropic schedule. Act No. 139/1998 carries one...
- Solomon IslandsRestricted as a poison, with sale by or under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Amyl nitrite is...
- South AfricaNot named in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act 140 of 1992, so it is not a drug...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: Amyl nitrite is not named in Anexo 1 or Anexo 2 of Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaNot a dangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): absent...
- SwedenNot named in the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter (LVFS 2011:10) om...
- SwitzerlandNot scheduled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI records no entry for amyl nitrite. The German search...
- TaiwanNot controlled as a narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例): absent from all four...
- ThailandAmyl nitrite is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and...
- Trinidad and TobagoAmyl nitrite is not a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25: it is not listed in the First or Second Schedule, as...
- TurkeyAmyl nitrite is absent from Turkey's closed narcotics list. The dossier ran a completed list search, «Arama...
- United Arab EmiratesAmyl nitrite was not established as a Schedule 1 to 8 substance in Decision No. 158 of 2025; the name «نتريت...
- United KingdomNot a controlled drug. Amyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite, is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act...
- United StatesNot a federally controlled substance. It is in no schedule of 21 CFR 1308.11 to 1308.15 and no federal drug...
- UruguayNot placed, and the finding now rests on the current list rather than a superseded one. amyl nitrite is not...
- VietnamNot named in the danh mục. Amyl nitrite is not named in Lists I to IV and is not reached by the listed...
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Not individually verified
For these 146 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Amyl Nitrite specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe