Ayahuasca legal status by country

Countries where the legal status of Ayahuasca 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.

8 confirmed countries216 not individually verifiedLatest source July 14, 2026

Confirmed legal status

Each row links to the full detail for Ayahuasca in that country, including consequences and the primary source.

Aceh (Indonesia)Aceh applies Indonesia's national Narcotics Law No. 35 of 2009, under which DMT is a Golongan I narcotic, so...
BrazilAyahuasca is uniquely protected in Brazil: although its active alkaloid DMT is a controlled Schedule I...
CanadaIn Canada the ayahuasca brew is a controlled substance because DMT (and harmalol/harmaline) are Schedule III...
IndonesiaIn Indonesia the ayahuasca brew is treated as DMT with no religious carve-out: N,N-dimethyltryptamine...
NetherlandsIn the Netherlands the ayahuasca brew is treated as a List I 'hard drug' under the Opium Act (Opiumwet)...
PeruPeru is unique in giving ayahuasca affirmative cultural protection: by Resolución Directoral Nacional No....
SingaporeSingapore treats the ayahuasca brew as a Class A controlled drug and, unusually, names the plants directly:...
United KingdomIn the United Kingdom the ayahuasca brew is treated simply as DMT: N,N-dimethyltryptamine is a Class A...

Not individually verified

For these 216 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Ayahuasca 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.

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