Legality
Ayahuasca legal status by country
Also known as: yagé, hoasca
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.
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...
- AngolaControlled through what it contains rather than under its own name. Ayahuasca is not named in the tables and...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. The brew is a preparation containing a Class A drug. No entry names it, and it is reached by a...
- ArgentinaControlled through a named constituent or member, not as a label. The row itself is not an entry. The...
- AustraliaProhibited through its constituents. Ayahuasca is a brew, usually of Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a...
- AustriaDesignated a Suchtgift in Austria, and therefore on the narcotics rather than the psychotrope side of the...
- BahamasControlled through one of its constituents and not by its own name. Searched case insensitively across the...
- BahrainControlled. Ayahuasca is reached through the DMT in it. The entry relied on reads «DMT;...
- BangladeshAyahuasca has no entry of its own, and neither Banisteriopsis caapi nor Psychotria viridis is named. DMT is...
- BarbadosReached only through a constituent: the brew and its plants are not named, the tryptamine is placed in Part...
- BelgiumAyahuasca has no entry of its own in the Belgian lists and is controlled through what it contains. The basis...
- BoliviaResolved through its constituents rather than through an entry of its own. Lista I names DMT among the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 113 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class A preparation under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178 when the brew...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled through a named constituent. Ayahuasca is not itself a named entry of any of the three списъци,...
- CanadaIn Canada the ayahuasca brew is a controlled substance because DMT (and harmalol/harmaline) are Schedule III...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled through named members rather than through one entry, so the exposure turns on which member is in...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. Ayahuasca is not named in the...
- CzechiaControlled through the tryptamine it contains rather than as a brew. „Dimethyltriptamin“ is printed in seznam...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation through its active constituent and the preparations...
- DominicaAyahuasca is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I of...
- Dominican RepublicControlled through its active alkaloid. Ayahuasca is a brew, and neither Banisteriopsis caapi nor Psychotria...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt through its DMT content, a narcotic substance in the second section of Table 1. «الجدول...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaAyahuasca is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class A controlled drug in the Falkland Islands where the brew contains DMT. Ayahuasca is not named in the...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands through its DMT content rather than under its own name. DMT is named on liste...
- FinlandControlled. Ayahuasca is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceAyahuasca is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- GermanyAyahuasca is a preparation and the German schedules do not list preparations by name, so this row is resolved...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019) through its DMT. Seventh Schedule Part...
- GreeceControlled through the alkaloid it contains. Ayahuasca is not named in the tables in its own right. What is...
- GrenadaControlled through its constituent. The brew is not named, but DMT, which is what makes it active, is listed...
- GuatemalaIllegal through its active principle under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and...
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HondurasControlled. Ayahuasca is reached through the substances it contains, and the entries read were PD 004, DMT,...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong where it contains its controlled constituent. The plant is not named in Part I...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland, and the route to that answer is not the printed name of this row. Ayahuasca is a...
- IndiaControlled in India, but not under this name: it is not named in the Act's Schedule, and the matched entry...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranControlled through its constituent dimethyltryptamine, which is placed at entry 6 of Schedule 1 of the four...
- IraqControlled through the entry its active constituent occupies. Ayahuasca is a brew and that name it is not...
- IrelandAyahuasca is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1 product; S.I....
- IsraelControlled through three named constituents rather than as a preparation; חלק א' סימן ב' פרטים 6, 8 and 9
- ItalyControlled through its actual composition. The beverage name is not an operative entry in the DPR 309/1990...
- JapanAyahuasca is not itself listed in Japan, and the alkaloid it is taken for is a 麻薬, a narcotic: DMT is...
- JordanAyahuasca is not itself a schedule title in Jordan, and it does not need to be. The brew is reached through...
- KazakhstanAyahuasca is a plant and Kazakhstan's Resolution works on substances, so the answer on this row is split....
- KenyaControlled in part under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245: the brew's...
- KuwaitControlled through its active alkaloid. Ayahuasca is not among the seven plants of Group 1, table 5. Its...
- LatviaAyahuasca is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Ayahuasca is a brew rather than a chemical and the name is not named in the four tables annexed...
- LithuaniaAyahuasca is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names ayahuasca. The entry relied on reads «DMT», and the...
- MacauControlled in Macau through its DMT content. The brew is not itself a named item; the dossier assesses it...
- MalaysiaAyahuasca has no entry of its own and neither Banisteriopsis caapi nor Psychotria viridis is named anywhere...
- MaltaAyahuasca is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoControlled to the extent of the molecule the Act does name. The brew is not named in article 234 or in any of...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Ayahuasca's ingredients are listed one by one. Table I, «Tabelul național I....
- MyanmarAyahuasca has no fixed recipe, so what it is in law depends on what is actually in the brew. That is a real...
- NetherlandsControlled as a preparation of a named substance. Ayahuasca is a brew and the name is not named in lijst I,...
- New ZealandControlled as a preparation, not as a named brew. Ayahuasca is a brew traditionally prepared from...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «DMT», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley No....
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Ayahuasca is not a separate row on the narkotikaliste, and it does not need to be. The...
- OmanControlled through the DMT it contains, and inside the death penalty article. Ayahuasca is not itself named;...
- PakistanSplit answer, and the split is in the schedules rather than in my reading. The alkaloid that ayahuasca is...
- PanamaControlled. Ayahuasca is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PhilippinesControlled through its DMT content. Ayahuasca is not named in the Dangerous Drugs Board's Updated Lists of...
- PolandControlled. Poland names both of the brew's usual plants and its active alkaloid in its own national list....
- PortugalDecriminalised for own consumption through its listed alkaloid. Ayahuasca is not named as a preparation in...
- QatarControlled in Qatar through its proved DMT constituent, and reached through that entry at Table 1-B item 3 of...
- RomaniaAyahuasca is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «DMT = N, N-dimethyltryptamine; art. 1 lit. b:...
- RussiaControlled through its DMT content. The dossier's explanation for this row reads: “Mixture is reached through...
- Saint LuciaControlled through its constituent. No botanical entry appears in Schedule 2: the search terms ayahuasca,...
- SamoaControlled through its constituent under the Narcotics Act 1967 (official version as at 31 December 2023)....
- Saudi ArabiaAyahuasca is controlled in Saudi Arabia through its actual components rather than through the name of the...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaAyahuasca is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 does not name ayahuasca as such. The entry...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SurinameIllegal, through its active constituent and through the clause that carries preparations. The brew is not...
- SwedenControlled, but not on its own row. Ayahuasca is a brew of two plants, and it is not named in the Swedish...
- SwitzerlandControlled through its actual DMT content. The vernacular name of the brew is not a schedule entry, and...
- TaiwanControlled under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) across more than one grade, at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan through its plants and its alkaloids. The brew has no entry of its own. Перечень 4...
- TanzaniaControlled through its DMT content. Ayahuasca is a brew, and no instrument read names it, Banisteriopsis,...
- ThailandAyahuasca is reached through the DMT entry in Thailand's psychotropic Category 1. The Ministry of Public...
- TongaCaught by group, in part, through its DMT content; not reached for its other constituent. Ayahuasca is a...
- Trinidad and TobagoThe Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, names neither ayahuasca nor either plant used to make it, and searches...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Ayahuasca is controlled federally through its dimethyltryptamine. The brew is not listed by name. Its...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine through its two active components and the list's plant note, not by a named brew entry....
- United Arab EmiratesAyahuasca has no entry of its own in Decision No. 158 of 2025. The dossier resolves the row through the...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class A drug through its constituent. Ayahuasca is a brew, usually of Banisteriopsis caapi...
- United StatesNot listed by name. Its active constituents are reached by the schedules, so the preparation is controlled...
- UruguayThe brew is not named and resolves only through its proved constituent. The national list is the Anexo I...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan through its DMT content. Ayahuasca is not named as such, but List I of Resolution...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled through its constituent, not as a preparation. Ayahuasca is a variable botanical preparation, so...
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Not individually verified
For these 124 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.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- 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)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe