Legal status in Bermuda (UK)

Per-substance legal status for Bermuda (UK), 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.

34 confirmed substances54 not individually verifiedLast updated September 16, 2026

Confirmed legal status

2C-B

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: 2C-B is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Amphetamine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Amphetamine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'AMPHETAMINE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Dexamphetamine and lisdexamfetamine are separately named in the same list. Amphetamine is not on the Schedule 5 increased penalty list, which names methylamphetamine but not amphetamine, so the two sit on different levels in Bermuda while both are Class B in the United Kingdom. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Benzodiazepines is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Buprenorphine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Buprenorphine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'BUPRENORPHINE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis is controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession of 7 grams or less was decriminalized by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017, but sale, supply, cultivation and trafficking remain prohibited; a 2022 Cannabis Licensing Bill to legalize an adult-use market was passed by Bermuda's legislature but did not receive the Governor's assent, so a legal recreational market is not in force; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is controlled in Bermuda under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended); possession of 7 grams or less was decriminalized by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017, but sale, cultivation and trafficking remain prohibited, and the 2022 Cannabis Licensing Bill did not receive the Governor's assent, so a legal recreational market is not in force. In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: There is no broad legal recreational supply; carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Cannabis is treated differently from other controlled drugs: possession of 7 grams or less was decriminalized by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017, but sale, supply, cultivation and trafficking remain prohibited; a 2022 Cannabis Licensing Bill to legalize an adult-use market was passed by Bermuda's legislature but did not receive the Governor's assent, so a legal recreational market is not in force. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Clonazepam

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Clonazepam is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'CLONAZEPAM'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Clonazepam in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

Cocaine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Codeine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Codeine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'CODEINE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Dihydrocodeine, acetyldihydrocodeine, nicocodine and norcodeine are separately named. Bermuda names codeine on the same undivided list as heroin, where the United Kingdom places codeine in Class B and heroin in Class A. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Codeine in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Crack cocaine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'COCAINE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Crack is not separately named and does not need to be: cocaine is listed, and coca leaf and ecgonine are listed beside it. Cocaine is one of only four things on the Schedule 5 increased penalty list made under section 27B, so it carries an aggravated exposure that most drugs on the main list do not. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Crack Cocaine in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

Diazepam

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Diazepam is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'DIAZEPAM'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Diazepam in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

DMT

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: DMT is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Fentanyl

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Fentanyl is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

Fentanyl in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

GBL

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Gamma butyrolactone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Gamma hydroxy butyrate is separately named on the same list, so Bermuda controls the precursor and the drug it converts to as two entries rather than one. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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GHB

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: GHB is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Heroin

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Heroin is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Hydrocodone

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Hydrocodone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'HYDROCODONE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Ketamine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Ketamine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'KETAMINE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Ketamine is named in its own right. In the United Kingdom it is a Class B drug, which caps possession at five years and supply at fourteen. In Bermuda neither cap exists: possession runs to five years on indictment for a first offence and supply carries life. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Khat

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Khat is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'CATHINONE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Khat the plant is not named in Schedule 2. Its two principal active substances are, individually: cathinone and cathine both appear on the list, as does methcathinone. So the leaf is not controlled by name while what it contains is, and a cell that reported the plant as uncontrolled on that basis would be reading the schedule too narrowly. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Lorazepam

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Lorazepam is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'LORAZEPAM'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Delorazepam is separately named in the same list. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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LSD

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: LSD is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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MDMA

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: MDMA is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Mescaline

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Mescaline is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Methadone

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Methadone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'METHADONE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Isomethadone and normethadone are separately named in the same list. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Methadone in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Methamphetamine is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Methaqualone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'METHAQUALONE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Methylphenidate

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Methylphenidate is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'METHYLPHENIDATE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Methylphenidate is a prescription stimulant in ordinary use and Bermuda controls it on the same single list as heroin. A person travelling with a lawful prescription relies on the section 12 regulations, not on the drug being treated as less serious. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Morphine

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Morphine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'MORPHINE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Several morphine derivatives are separately named, among them benzylmorphine, desomorphine and ethylmorphine. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Opium

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Opium is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'OPIUM whether raw, prepared or medicinal'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. The entry is drafted to cover the substance in every form rather than the poppy plant, and the words 'whether raw, prepared or medicinal' are the Act's own. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Oxycodone

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Oxycodone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'OXYCODONE'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Oxycodone in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

PCP

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: PCP is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Psilocybin

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are offences and the precise schedule and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute; the maximum penalty is imprisonment
Consequences if caught: Psilocybin is controlled in Bermuda under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended). In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: In Bermuda, drugs fall under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), Bermuda's own statute. Supply, cultivation and trafficking carry imprisonment together with a fine; the precise section and penalty terms are left to confirmation against the current statute. The maximum penalty for a drug offence is imprisonment. This cell is sourced via the Bermuda statute portal (bpa.bm) with Library of Congress corroboration. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended by the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2017) · bpa.bm · loc.gov · Updated June 28, 2026

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Tramadol

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Tramadol is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'TRAMADOL'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Tramadol is a Class C drug in the United Kingdom, the lowest of the three tiers. Bermuda has no lowest tier, so tramadol carries the same supply exposure as cocaine. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

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Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Alprazolam is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'ALPRAZOLAM'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Xanax (Alprazolam) in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

Zolpidem

Legal status: Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Zolpidem is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of controlled drugs made under section 3, as 'ZOLPIDEM'. Bermuda is not governed by the United Kingdom Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and does not use its classes.
Consequences if caught: Bermuda has no class system. The words Class A, Class B and Class C do not appear anywhere in the Act, and Schedule 2 Part I is a single undivided alphabetical list made under section 3. That is the divergence from the United Kingdom that matters most, because the United Kingdom sets its penalties by class and Bermuda does not distinguish between drugs at all. Schedule 5, made under section 27B and headed, in the Act's own capitals, controlled drugs and increased penalty, is the only severity distinction in the Act and it names four things: cocaine, diamorphine, methylamphetamine, and compounds structurally derived from phenethylamine. Everything else sits on one level. Simple possession is the section 6(2) offence. Section 27(2) gives, on conviction on indictment, five years for a first offence and ten years for a second or subsequent offence, and on summary conviction twelve months or a fine of one thousand dollars. Supply, production, importation, exportation, handling, cultivation and possession for supply are the offences in sections 4, 5, 6(3), 7 and 11, and section 27(1) sets one penalty for all of them: on conviction on indictment, 'imprisonment for life or a fine of one million dollars or three times the street value of the controlled drug, whichever is greater or both such fine and imprisonment', and on summary conviction ten years or five hundred thousand dollars or three times the street value. Zolpidem is a Class C drug in the United Kingdom. In Bermuda it sits on the one list with everything else. Every statement above about what is and is not on the list is true as at a date, and the date is this. Section 24A lets the Minister amend Schedule 2 by order and section 24B lets the Minister provisionally add or remove a drug, so the list moves without the Act changing. The consolidated text read here records its Schedule 2 history down to 'Schedule 2, Part I(a) amended by BR 90 / 2018 para. 2 effective 20 August 2018', and no order after that was read. So this cell describes Schedule 2 as it stood on 20 August 2018 plus whatever the Government of Bermuda consolidation carried when it was fetched on 16 September 2026, and it does not rule out a later order. Section 27A provides for increased penalty zones, where a sentence for an offence under sections 5 to 11 is first determined and then increased because of where the offence took place.
If prescribed / medical: Section 12(3) requires the Minister to make regulations securing 'that it is not unlawful under section 5(1) for a practitioner, acting in his capacity as such. to prescribe, administer, manufacture, compound or supply a controlled drug', and the corresponding protection for possession under section 6(1). The instrument that does this is the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, which was not read for this cell, so the conditions attaching to a prescribed supply are not stated here.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed controlled medicine in its original dispensed packaging with the prescription, and keep the quantity to what the treatment needs. Bermuda's own regulations set the conditions and they were not read here, so nothing on this page establishes a personal import allowance. The Act itself provides the practitioner and pharmacist protections through section 12 and no traveller allowance is stated in it.

Bermuda Misuse of Drugs Act 1972, Schedule 2 Part I and sections 6, 12 and 27 · bermudalaws.bm · Updated September 16, 2026

Zolpidem in Bermuda (UK), full detail →

Not individually verified

54 substances are not individually verified for Bermuda (UK)

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

Substance	What we found
1P-LSD	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
2-FDCK	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
25I-NBOMe	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
2C-E	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
2C-I	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
2C-T-7	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
3-MMC	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
4-AcO-DMT	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
4-HO-MET	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
6-APB	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Adderall	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Alcohol	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Amanita muscaria	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Amyl Nitrite	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Ayahuasca	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Barbiturates	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Caffeine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Cannabinol	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Cathinone	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
CBD	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Delta-8-THC	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
DOM	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
DXM	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Ephedrine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Etizolam	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Gabapentin	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
HHC	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Kratom	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
LSA (Morning Glory)	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
MDA	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
MDPV	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Memantine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Mephedrone (4-MMC)	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Methylone	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Mitragynine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Modafinil	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
MXE	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Nicotine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Nimetazepam	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Nitrous Oxide	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Peyote	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Phenibut	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Pink Cocaine / Tusi	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Poppers	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Pregabalin	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Quetiapine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Salvia divinorum	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
THC-P	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Tobacco	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...
Xylazine	Not confirmed, Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended) is the governing drug law; the specific...

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary by country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.

Before you travel

Verify current rules with the destination country’s official drug authority and your own country’s embassy before traveling. Find the destination’s U.S. embassy & official country guidance →
Non-U.S. travelers: check your own government’s travel advisory and embassy.

If you’re detained or arrested abroad

Contact your own country’s embassy or consulate in the destination immediately, not the destination’s authorities. U.S. citizens: contact the nearest U.S. embassy/consulate and the U.S. State Department at +1-202-501-4444 (from abroad). If a U.S. citizen is arrested or detained abroad →

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