Legal status in Bangladesh

Per-substance legal status for Bangladesh, 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.

29 confirmed substances56 not individually verifiedLast updated July 14, 2026

Confirmed legal status

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: class 'Ka' (Category A, the most serious schedule) under the Narcotics Control Act 2018.
Consequences if caught: Possession/use <200 g: 1–5 years. Producing/trafficking/storing ≥200 g of amphetamine (or yaba) is DEATH-PENALTY-ELIGIBLE (death or life) and Bangladesh actively imposes drug death sentences. Amphetamine carries capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Alcohol

Legal status: Restricted / permit-based — alcohol (ethanol) is not freely legal; the Narcotics Control Act licenses possession and consumption only under an official permit, and Muslims are generally barred.
Consequences if caught: Possessing or consuming alcohol without a permit is a criminal offence bringing arrest and imprisonment; Muslim citizens face additional restriction.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine (medicinal/industrial ethanol licensed separately).
Documentation: Non-Muslims and foreigners drink under a government-issued permit; licensed bars exist mainly in hotels, clubs and diplomatic venues; no open retail sale.

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Amphetamine

Legal status: Class 'Ka' (Category A, the most serious schedule) under the Narcotics Control Act 2018.
Consequences if caught: Possession/use <200 g: 1–5 years. Producing/trafficking/storing ≥200 g of amphetamine (or yaba) is DEATH-PENALTY-ELIGIBLE (death or life) and Bangladesh actively imposes drug death sentences. Amphetamine carries capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are lower-class psychotropic sedatives under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A) — a prescription-controlled class transposing the 1971 Convention tiers.
Consequences if caught: Lower-class psychotropic offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity. The death penalty (Section 36) is reserved for Class 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25g, methamphetamine/yaba >5g) — barbiturates fall below the capital tier.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital is dispensed as a controlled antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine); the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are tightly controlled.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine (Tidigesic) is a controlled substance under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — internationally a 1971 Schedule III opioid, a lighter tier than methadone; its 2018-Act class is not tied to a named capital threshold, so it sits below the capital tier, left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Controlled-substance offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity; the death penalty (s.36) is reserved for Category 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25 g), and buprenorphine falls below that capital tier.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine (Tidigesic).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis controlled in a lower category under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (Article 19 lineage) — 6 months to life by quantity; NOT a capital offence; no medical program
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is controlled in a lower category under Bangladesh's Narcotics Control Act 2018 (Article 19 lineage), with penalties ranging from 6 months to life by quantity — but it is NOT a capital offence (unlike yaba above 200 g or heroin/cocaine above 25 g). There is no recreational or medical cannabis framework.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form; Bangladesh has no medical-cannabis program.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

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Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and falls within the psychotropics schedule of the Narcotics Control Act 2018, which incorporates the UN conventions. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition (convention-mirroring), named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, not separately named) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc.) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). Capital reach is left to confirmation: the NCA 2018 reserves the death penalty for large quantities of specifically listed drugs and cathinone is not separately capital-listed (lean below-tier).
Consequences if caught: Controlled psychotropic: penalties apply for the alkaloid; capital is reserved for named drugs/quantities, not established for cathinone. High risk.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

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CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis — cannabis (ganja/charas), resin, extracts and preparations are scheduled under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 with no THC threshold or CBD exemption, so CBD is caught as a cannabis extract/preparation.
Consequences if caught: Penalties range through imprisonment to, for large quantities, life or the discretionary death penalty, and a traveller's CBD is treated as a cannabis preparation.
If prescribed / medical: There is no CBD prescription scheme.
Documentation: No documentation legalises CBD — treated as a cannabis preparation; a foreign prescription does not permit entry.

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Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a lower-class psychotropic/sedative under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A).
Consequences if caught: Lower-class psychotropic offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity. The death penalty (Section 36) is reserved for Class 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25g, methamphetamine/yaba >5g) — benzodiazepines fall below the capital tier.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Cocaine

Legal status: Cocaine is a Category-A controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — DEATH PENALTY or life for 25 g or more; under 25 g, 2–10 years
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is a Category-A controlled narcotic under Bangladesh's Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018). Trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 25 g or more carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment; under 25 g draws 2–10 years. Financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. The death penalty is current and in force.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

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Codeine

Legal status: Codeine (widely misused as Phensedyl cough syrup) is a lower-category controlled substance under the Narcotics Control Act 2018; it sits below the capital tier (the Section 36 death penalty is reserved for Category 'Ka'/A drugs such as heroin/cocaine above threshold, not codeine).
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or supply draws graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity; codeine is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines (codeine syrups are heavily policed).

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Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Bangladesh: it is controlled AS cocaine, a Category-A controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018, whose schedule covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The capital threshold is measured by weight of cocaine and carries over to crack, so 25 g or more is punishable by death or life whether powder or base.
Consequences if caught: Possession or trafficking of 25 g or more of crack (as cocaine) carries the death penalty or life imprisonment; under 25 g draws 2-10 years.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Bangladesh; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

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Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Narcotics Control Act 2018, which schedules cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinols; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis, in a lower category (6 months to life by quantity). Not a capital offence for this substance.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; quantity-tiered penalties from 6 months to life; no death penalty for cannabis-type substances.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.

legislativediv.portal.gov.bd · Updated July 14, 2026

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Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a lower-class psychotropic/sedative under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A).
Consequences if caught: Lower-class psychotropic offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity. The death penalty (Section 36) is reserved for Class 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25g, methamphetamine/yaba >5g) — benzodiazepines fall below the capital tier.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; a precursor in Class 'A', Serial 8 of the Schedule to the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (licensed import only).
Consequences if caught: No capital exposure — precursor handling (Sch. A, Sl. 8) is a distinct non-capital offence (2–10 years); the death penalty attaches to finished drugs (≥200 g yaba/amphetamine, ≥25 g heroin/cocaine), not the precursor.
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

legislativediv.portal.gov.bd · Updated July 13, 2026

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Heroin

Legal status: Heroin is a Category-A controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — DEATH PENALTY or life for 25 g or more; under 25 g, 2–10 years
Consequences if caught: Heroin is a Category-A controlled narcotic under Bangladesh's Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018). Trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 25 g or more carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment; under 25 g draws 2–10 years. Financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. The death penalty is current and in force.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

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Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a controlled narcotic (strong-opioid tier) under the Narcotics Control Act 2018; it is not marketed in Bangladesh and is NOT separately named in the death-eligible Category 'Ka'/A (which names heroin, cocaine, morphine, opium and methadone), so its drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Category A trafficking at high quantity is death-eligible, but hydrocodone is not among the named Category A drugs; graduated imprisonment and fines apply by quantity.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Bangladeshi hydrocodone product; a controlled narcotic is dispensed only under narcotic control.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is a lower-class psychotropic/sedative under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A).
Consequences if caught: Lower-class psychotropic offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity. The death penalty (Section 36) is reserved for Class 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25g, methamphetamine/yaba >5g) — benzodiazepines fall below the capital tier.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA falls within the Class 'Ka' (A) amphetamine-type-stimulant grouping of the Narcotics Control Act 2018. CLASS mechanism. CAPITAL caught-by-class: the Act sets death for trafficking Class-A narcotics above threshold (meth/yaba explicitly targeted); MDA's specific threshold is not separately fixed — exact reach left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Class-A / ATS trafficking above threshold is death-eligible; MDA-class amounts severe.
If prescribed / medical: Scheduled narcotic with no recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; ATS trafficking is death-eligible in law.

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Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II addition (2015) into the Narcotics Control Act 2018 psychotropics schedule; no standalone named Bangladesh amendment is confirmed. Capital reach is left to confirmation: the NCA 2018 reserves the death penalty for large quantities of specifically listed drugs and mephedrone is not separately capital-listed (lean below-tier).
Consequences if caught: Controlled psychotropic: penalties apply; capital is reserved for named drugs/quantities, not established for mephedrone. High risk.
If prescribed / medical: Controlled psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

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Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is explicitly named in Category 'A' (Ka) of the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — death-eligible for high-quantity trafficking/production (Section 36); the specific gram threshold for methadone is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Category A trafficking or production at high quantity is death-eligible; lower quantities draw graduated imprisonment and fines.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled Category A narcotic (OST access is limited; buprenorphine dominates).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines and confirm DGDA/DNC rules.

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Methamphetamine

Legal status: Methamphetamine (yaba) controlled under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — DEATH PENALTY or life for 200 g or more; under 200 g, 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years)
Consequences if caught: Methamphetamine — yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine), newly defined in Bangladesh's Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) — is a controlled narcotic. Trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment; under 200 g draws 1–5 years, and under 5 g up to 5 years. Financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. The death penalty is current and in force.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

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Methylphenidate

Legal status: Controlled prescription medicine under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — a lower schedule than the capital Class 'Ka' (which covers amphetamine/yaba ≥200 g).
Consequences if caught: Unlicensed dealing is a medicines/narcotics-control offence; no capital exposure (methylphenidate is not in the capital Class-Ka tier).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (lower schedule · not capital Class Ka) · legislativediv.portal.gov.bd · Updated July 13, 2026

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Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription medicine (Drugs Act) — NOT a scheduled Class-A narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised sale is a medicines-regulatory offence; no capital narcotics exposure (not a scheduled narcotic).
If prescribed / medical: Carry the prescription.
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Not a scheduled narcotic (prescription medicine) · legislativediv.portal.gov.bd · Updated July 13, 2026

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Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is a Category A ('Ka') narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 and is death-eligible: the highest-quantity trafficking or production of Category A drugs such as morphine carries death or life (Section 36); the exact morphine gram threshold is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Graduated imprisonment applies by quantity; the highest-quantity trafficking or production of morphine is death-eligible under Section 36.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription as a controlled narcotic for severe and cancer pain under strict records.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and declare controlled narcotics on entry.

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Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — a strong opioid; it is NOT separately named among the Category 'A' (Ka) capital drugs (heroin, cocaine, morphine, opium and methadone), so the drug-specific capital tier for oxycodone is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Narcotic possession/trafficking draws graduated imprisonment; Section 36 reserves the death/life tier for named Category 'A' drugs at high quantity (e.g. heroin/cocaine ≥25 g) — oxycodone is not separately named, so its capital exposure is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription narcotic.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and declare controlled medicines.

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Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under the Narcotics Control Act 2018, which schedules controlled substances and incorporates the synthetic cannabinoids added to Schedule II of the 1971 Convention (Bangladesh being a party). This class is not a capital offence in Bangladesh - the Act reserves its severest terms for specified narcotics by quantity, carrying imprisonment rather than death for synthetic cannabinoids.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and trafficking carry imprisonment (6 months to life by quantity) under the Narcotics Control Act 2018. Not a capital offence for this class.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Bangladesh.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

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Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a controlled prescription opioid regulated by the DGDA and Department of Narcotics Control under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (classes A/B/C); its explicit NCA-2018 class is left to confirmation, and it is not established to sit in a capital class, so the tramadol-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Unprescribed sale or possession is an offence under the 2018 Act; the death penalty is reserved for large quantities of Class A narcotics such as heroin and yaba, which does not clearly reach tramadol.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription opioid (injectable forms restricted to hospital use).
Documentation: Carry a prescription or doctor's letter and personal-treatment quantities; confirm current DGDA/DNC rules before travel.

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Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a lower-class psychotropic/sedative under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A).
Consequences if caught: Lower-class psychotropic offences draw graduated imprisonment and fines by quantity. The death penalty (Section 36) is reserved for Class 'Ka'/A drugs at threshold (heroin/cocaine >25g, methamphetamine/yaba >5g) — benzodiazepines fall below the capital tier.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; declare controlled medicines.

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Not individually verified

For these 56 substances 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 Bangladesh’s drug authority or your embassy.

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

3-MMC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 13, 2026

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Etizolam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 13, 2026

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Ketamine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Khat

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Kratom

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

MDMA

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

MDPV

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Methylone

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Mitragynine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 13, 2026

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Pregabalin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Quetiapine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated June 26, 2026

Zolpidem

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Bangladesh's authorities (Narcotics Control Act 2018) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Bangladeshi sources (Narcotics Control Act 2018) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. The 2018 Act carries the death penalty or life for 200 g or more of yaba or 25 g or more of heroin/cocaine, with quantity-tiered penalties below those thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018) carries the DEATH PENALTY or life imprisonment for trading, producing, transporting, storing or using 200 g or more of yaba (methamphetamine/amphetamine) OR 25 g or more of heroin, cocaine or coca-derived narcotics; financing or patronizing drug dealing carries the death penalty as the maximum. Below those thresholds: under 200 g of yaba draws 1–5 years (under 5 g up to 5 years); under 25 g of Category-A narcotics (heroin/cocaine) draws 2–10 years. Cannabis is controlled in a lower category (Article 19 lineage) with penalties from 6 months to life by quantity, but is NOT a capital offence. Yaba/methamphetamine, shisha and khat were newly defined in the 2018 Act, which also introduced a dope-test provision. There is NO medical-cannabis program. The death penalty is current and in force (the last known drug execution was in 2009 per HRI, but the 2018 Act re-armed it). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Control Act 2018 (in force 27 December 2018 · replaced the 1990 Act) · unodc.org · hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

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