Legal status in Brazil

Per-substance legal status for Brazil, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice — drug laws change; confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

Last updated: 2026-07-14

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: 25I-NBOMe is on Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropic substances) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998, added by ANVISA Resolution RDC no 06 of 18 February 2014; it is individually named.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking is a serious crime under Law 11.343/2006 (5-15 years' imprisonment); personal use is handled with non-custodial educative measures.
If prescribed / medical: Lista F2 substances are proscribed for use and not available on prescription.
Documentation: Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998, Lista F2; ANVISA RDC no 06/2014.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

3-MMC

Legal status: 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled — individually listed by name on Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/98, Lista F2 (prohibited psychotropic substances), as updated by ANVISA.
Consequences if caught: Lista F2 (prohibited) offences: trafficking carries heavy imprisonment under the drug law. Non-death-penalty jurisdiction.
If prescribed / medical: Lista F2 (prohibited): no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a prohibited (Lista F2) substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: Neither 7-hydroxymitragynine nor kratom is nominally listed under ANVISA Portaria 344/1998: 7-OH, a kratom alkaloid, does not appear in the control lists, so it shares the plant's un-controlled status; it remains legal until formally scheduled.
Consequences if caught: No controlled-substance penalty attaches to the alkaloid under current lists; kratom is not scheduled (only monitored).
If prescribed / medical: No ANVISA-registered kratom or alkaloid medicine exists; there is no controlled prescription tier for it.
Documentation: No narcotics import controls apply; kratom and its alkaloids are unscheduled.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: controlled psychotropic, Lista A3, under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 (requires the yellow 'Notificação de Receita A').
Consequences if caught: Personal possession (Lei 11.343/2006 art. 28) is non-custodial; trafficking 5–15 years + fines.
If prescribed / medical: Carry the original prescription + packaging (Portuguese translation recommended) and declare at customs.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Alcohol

Legal status: Legal — alcohol (ethanol) is a freely-sold, age-regulated beverage, not a controlled drug; minimum purchase age 18.
Consequences if caught: No penalty for adult consumption; supplying minors is a criminal offence and roadside drink-driving is strictly enforced.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: Sold openly in shops and bars on proof of age; no traveller permit.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amphetamine

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic, Lista A3, under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 (requires the yellow 'Notificação de Receita A').
Consequences if caught: Personal possession (Lei 11.343/2006 art. 28) is non-custodial; trafficking 5–15 years + fines.
If prescribed / medical: Carry the original prescription + packaging (Portuguese translation recommended) and declare at customs.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Ayahuasca is uniquely protected in Brazil: although its active alkaloid DMT is a controlled Schedule I substance, the brew itself is NOT prohibited for religious use. CONAD Resolution No. 1 of 25 January 2010 (National Council on Drug Policies, Ministry of Justice) authorises the ritual religious use of ayahuasca (Santo Daime, Uniao do Vegetal), grounded in the constitutional freedoms of belief and worship.
Consequences if caught: Ritual religious consumption of the ayahuasca brew by recognised churches is authorised and not penalised; commercial sale, tourism-oriented supply, non-religious trafficking, or DMT extracted from the brew remain controlled-substance offences under the Drug Law No. 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Ayahuasca is not a prescription medicine in Brazil; it is regulated as a religious sacrament under the CONAD framework rather than through the pharmaceutical/medical system. Isolated DMT has no approved medical product.
Documentation: CONAD Resolution No. 1/2010 sets the ethical and procedural rules for religious use and scientific research of ayahuasca; it continues a line (1980s CONFEN review, 2004 working group) that keeps the brew off the prohibited list for religious purposes while DMT itself stays scheduled.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are controlled psychotropics in List B1 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a blue 'Notificação de Receita B' (30-day validity) — transposing the 1971 Convention tiers.
Consequences if caught: Outside the special-control regime it is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital (Gardenal) is prescribed as a List B1 antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine) on the blue Receita B; the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are rarely used.
Documentation: Non-residents may import a personal supply with a prescription or report; domestically the blue Notificação B is required.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a controlled narcotic in Lista A of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 (dispensed on the yellow Notificação de Receita A), in a lighter access tier than methadone; availability is limited.
Consequences if caught: Outside the special-control regime it is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: OST is not broadly institutionalised in Brazil (the system favours psychosocial CAPS-AD care); take-home is limited.
Documentation: Non-residents may import a personal supply with a prescription/medical report and INCB certificate; declare it to ANVISA.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Personal use non-custodial (Art 28); 2024 STF (RE 635659) — up to 40 g or 6 female plants = personal use (administrative), above = presumptive trafficking; medical cannabis regulated by ANVISA
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. For CANNABIS specifically, the 2024 Supreme Court ruling (RE 635659) sets possession of up to 40 g or 6 female plants as personal use (administrative, not criminal); above that is presumptive trafficking. Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: Medical cannabis products (>0.2% THC) are prescribable for terminally ill patients or those who have exhausted other treatments; ANVISA-approved products have been sold in pharmacies since 2019 with a prescription, and import is allowed with ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is listed by name on List F2 (proscribed psychotropics) of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition, named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, not in List E of controlled plants) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone and generically-added NPS via RDC 175/2017) that derive from it; cathinone is the named List-F2 alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). Brazil has no death penalty in peacetime.
Consequences if caught: List F2 (prohibited): possession and trafficking of the alkaloid under Lei 11.343/2006; custodial, not capital.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I / List-F2 substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a List-F2 substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is available only through regulated channels, not as an over-the-counter supplement: ANVISA-registered 'cannabis products' sold in pharmacies on prescription (RDC 327/2019) and individual patient import for personal use with a prescription and ANVISA authorisation (RDC 660/2022); products are generally low-THC, with over 0.2% THC permitted only for palliative/terminal patients.
Consequences if caught: CBD held without a prescription or ANVISA authorisation is an unregistered/controlled product subject to the Drug Law (Lei 11.343/2006) and health-surveillance seizure.
If prescribed / medical: Legitimate access is prescription plus pharmacy purchase (RDC 327/2019) or authorised personal import (RDC 660/2022, valid two years). Distinct from personal cannabis use, which is non-custodial (STF RE 635659).
Documentation: Carry the ANVISA import authorisation (RDC 660/2022) plus prescription, or buy an RDC-327 registered product on prescription; otherwise CBD is an unregistered controlled product.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is in List B1 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a blue 'Notificação de Receita B' (30-day validity, up to a 60-day supply).
Consequences if caught: Outside the special-control regime it is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a List B1 benzodiazepine on the blue Receita B.
Documentation: Non-residents may import a personal supply with a prescription or report; domestically the blue Notificação B is required.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Cocaine

Legal status: Forbidden controlled substance (ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — personal use criminal but non-custodial (Art 28); trafficking a crime (Art 33)
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. Cocaine (and its precursors) is forbidden under ANVISA Portaria 344/1998. Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: Not a traveller medicine; forbidden under ANVISA Portaria 344/1998.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Codeine

Legal status: Codeine is a controlled narcotic on List A2 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998; low-dose combinations (up to 100 mg/unit) are dispensed on a two-copy 'Receita de Controle Especial' and higher strengths on the yellow Notificacao de Receita A.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or diversion is prosecutable under the drug law (Lei 11.343/2006); prescribed use is lawful.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed on a special controlled prescription (low-dose combinations) or the yellow Notificacao A (higher strengths).
Documentation: Carry the controlled prescription; a personal supply may be imported with medical documentation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Brazil: it is controlled AS cocaine, a forbidden substance in ANVISA Portaria 344/1998, whose entry covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. Crack ('crack') is treated identically to cocaine under Law 11.343/2006.
Consequences if caught: Personal use of crack (as cocaine) is criminal but non-custodial (Art 28, warnings/community measures); trafficking is a crime under Art 33 (5-15 years).
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has only narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 (ANVISA), whose proscribed lists cover THC and its isomers; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis, whose personal use is non-custodial (Art. 28) with STF-set thresholds, and from regulated medical-cannabis products. No death penalty.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; trafficking heavily punished, while personal use is diverted to non-custodial measures under Law 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not an authorised prescription cannabinoid.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a proscribed tetrahydrocannabinol.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is in List B1 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a blue 'Notificação de Receita B' (30-day validity, up to a 60-day supply).
Consequences if caught: Outside the special-control regime it is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a List B1 benzodiazepine on the blue Receita B.
Documentation: Non-residents may import a personal supply with a prescription or report; domestically the blue Notificação B is required.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

DOM

Legal status: DOM (STP) is a proscribed psychotropic on List F2 of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 (listed as 2,5-dimetoxi-alfa,4-dimetilfenetilamina), Brazil's transposition of DOM's individual Schedule I listing under the 1971 UN Convention.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking is punished under Art. 33 of Law 11.343/2006 (5-15 years); personal use under Art. 28 attracts non-custodial educational/administrative measures.
If prescribed / medical: List F2: prohibited psychotropic with no medical use; not prescribable.
Documentation: Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998, Lista F2 (substancias psicotropicas de uso proscrito).

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ephedrine

Legal status: Controlled under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 in the precursor list (Lista D1) — NOT a narcotic/psychotropic; special control (Polícia Federal). Sale/handling needs special authorisation; not OTC.
Consequences if caught: Illicit precursor supply/diversion is prosecuted as trafficking-related under Lei 11.343/2006 (art. 33 §1) — 5–15 years + fines; regulatory breaches draw ANVISA sanctions.
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Etizolam

Legal status: Etizolam is a controlled psychotropic under Portaria SVS/MS 344/98 (added via RDC 473/2021); it has no ANVISA registration as a medicine.
Consequences if caught: Drug-law penalties under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: No ANVISA registration — there is no licensed etizolam product.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for an unregistered controlled psychotropic.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Gabapentin

Legal status: Gabapentin (gabapentina) is a special-control prescription medicine, not a narcotic or psychotropic: it is on Lista C1 (other substances subject to special control) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 and is ANVISA-registered. This is a special-control prescription tier below the narcotic/psychotropic lists, not a trafficking-grade controlled drug.
Consequences if caught: Diversion or unauthorised supply of a Lista C1 medicine is a health-regulation and controlled-medicines offence; it does not carry the narcotics-trafficking penalties reserved for the psychotropic/narcotic lists.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for epilepsy and neuropathic pain and dispensed only against a two-copy Receita de Controle Especial (valid 30 days, up to a 6-month supply for anticonvulsants).
Documentation: Gabapentina (Neurontin and generics) is ANVISA-registered and appears on the Lista C1 of substances subject to special control; carried lawfully with the special-control prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Heroin

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone falls in Lista A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/98 (yellow 'Notificação de Receita A'); it is not marketed in Brazil but sits in the same Lista A1 strong-opioid tier as morfina and oxicodona — left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Personal use draws non-custodial measures (art. 28, Lei 11.343/2006); trafficking 5–15 years.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Brazilian hydrocodone product; a Lista A1 narcotic is dispensed only on the yellow Notificação de Receita A.
Documentation: Travellers carry a prescription plus a medical report and declare it; ANVISA rules govern import of controlled narcotics.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Ketamine

Legal status: Controlled substance under Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 (ANVISA), Brazil's federal drug-control ordinance; the exact list placement is left to confirmation against the current ordinance.
Consequences if caught: Non-medical use or supply is unlawful; drug offences are prosecuted under Lei nº 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Restricted to veterinary anaesthetic use under controlled prescription; human use is not authorised outside that channel.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Khat

Legal status: Controlled — ALKALOIDS NAMED, plant not named. Cathinone and cathine are on List F2 (proscribed psychotropics) of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344 of 12 May 1998, with synthetic cathinones added generically by RDC 175/2017; Catha edulis is not in List E (controlled plants). Mechanism: NAMED (alkaloids) + generic NPS clause; plant grey.
Consequences if caught: Fresh leaf contains List-F2 cathinone, so importing khat is a controlled-substance offence even though the plant itself is unlisted.
If prescribed / medical: Khat is traditional plant material with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; leaf caught via its List-F2 cathinone content.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Kratom

Legal status: Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is not currently controlled in Brazil — neither the plant nor its constituents are nominally listed under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998; it was reportedly flagged as an NPS for monitoring (2020) but remains legal until formally prohibited.
Consequences if caught: No controlled-substance penalty while unlisted; ordinary ANVISA product and import rules apply, and the status could change if it is formally scheduled.
If prescribed / medical: Not a scheduled medicine — no special-control prescription requirement; it is not an ANVISA-registered product.
Documentation: No kratom-specific carry restriction while unlisted; confirm current ANVISA status before travel as monitoring is ongoing.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is in List B1 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a blue 'Notificação de Receita B' (30-day validity, up to a 60-day supply).
Consequences if caught: Outside the special-control regime it is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a List B1 benzodiazepine on the blue Receita B.
Documentation: Non-residents may import a personal supply with a prescription or report; domestically the blue Notificação B is required.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is a proscribed psychotropic on Lista F2 of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998. NAMED mechanism.
Consequences if caught: Lista F2 proibida: trafficking under Lei 11.343/2006 (5-15 years).
If prescribed / medical: Lista F2 — no recognised medical use, no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a Lista F2 substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

MDMA

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

MDPV

Legal status: Controlled. MDPV is listed by name on Portaria SVS/MS no 344/1998, Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropics whose production, sale and possession are prohibited).
Consequences if caught: Illegal as a Lista F2 substance; trafficking carries heavy imprisonment, personal use diverted to non-custodial measures. No death penalty.
If prescribed / medical: MDPV has no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Brazil (Lista F2 is a proscribed list).
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a Lista F2 proscribed substance; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Memantine

Legal status: Memantine is a registered prescription medicine (medicamento sob prescricao), not a controlled substance: cloridrato de memantina holds ANVISA registro and is not listed in the Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 controlled-substances tables.
Consequences if caught: Memantine carries no controlled-substance penalty; unauthorised supply of a prescription medicine is a sanitary-law matter only.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease; distributed through SUS (CEAF) under clinical-protocol criteria.
Documentation: Ebixa and memantine generics are ANVISA-registered and listed in the Bulario Eletronico; carried lawfully with a prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually listed in ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropics); synthetic cathinones/mephedrone added 2011 and the list maintained through 2024.
Consequences if caught: Lista F2 (prohibited): possession and trafficking under Lei 11.343/2006. Brazil has no death penalty in peacetime.
If prescribed / medical: Lista F2 proscribed psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a Lista F2 substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a narcotic in Lista A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on the yellow 'Notificação de Receita A'.
Consequences if caught: Personal use draws non-custodial measures (art. 28, Lei 11.343/2006); trafficking 5–15 years.
If prescribed / medical: Used for OST in some public services (limited; the system favours psychosocial/CAPS-AD care).
Documentation: Carry the 'receita A' plus an INCB certificate; declare controlled medicines with ANVISA.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylone

Legal status: Controlled — methylone is individually NAMED on Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropics) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/98 (ANVISA); illegal to possess, produce or sell. No death penalty.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; trafficking heavily punished, while personal use is diverted to non-custodial measures under Law 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; Lista F2 proscribed — no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a Lista F2 substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylphenidate

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic, Lista A3, under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 (yellow 'Notificação de Receita A').
Consequences if caught: Personal possession (Lei 11.343/2006 art. 28) is non-custodial; trafficking 5–15 years.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Mitragynine

Legal status: Neither mitragynine nor kratom is nominally listed under ANVISA Portaria 344/1998: mitragynine, the principal alkaloid of kratom, is not in the control lists, so as a kratom alkaloid it shares the plant's un-controlled status (flagged for NPS monitoring in 2020 but not prohibited); it remains legal until formally scheduled.
Consequences if caught: No controlled-substance penalty attaches to the alkaloid under current lists; kratom is not scheduled (only monitored).
If prescribed / medical: No ANVISA-registered kratom or alkaloid medicine exists; there is no controlled prescription tier for it.
Documentation: No narcotics import controls apply; kratom and its alkaloids are unscheduled.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Modafinil

Legal status: SCHEDULED — Lista B1 (psychotropics) under ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998; controlled medicine on 'Notificação de Receita B'.
Consequences if caught: Possession without a valid Notificação de Receita B falls under drug-control law (Lei 11.343/2006).
If prescribed / medical: Carry the prescription/medical documentation; personal quantity allowed with documentation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is in List A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a yellow 'Notificação de Receita A'.
Consequences if caught: Personal use draws non-custodial measures (art. 28, Lei 11.343/2006); trafficking 5 to 15 years.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a List A1 narcotic for severe and cancer pain on the yellow Receita A.
Documentation: Travellers carry a prescription plus a medical report and declare it; ANVISA rules govern import.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nicotine

Legal status: Nicotine is legal in Brazil in regulated combustible tobacco and in medicinal nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine DELIVERY product is prohibited: ANVISA Resolution RDC No. 855/2024 (23 April 2024) upholds and updates the ban (originally RDC 46/2009) on the manufacture, import, marketing, distribution, storage, transport and advertising of electronic smoking devices, including e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco products, and expressly bars travelers from bringing them in, even in accompanied luggage.
Consequences if caught: Import, sale or advertising can draw warnings, seizure and destruction of product, activity suspension and fines from BRL 2,000 to BRL 1,500,000; use in enclosed public places is separately prohibited. ANVISA and the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) signed a five-year enforcement pact.
If prescribed / medical: Nicotine-replacement therapy is a registered medicine; no e-cigarette is approved or dispensable on prescription.
Documentation: No registration exists for vaping devices — none can be lawfully imported by travelers.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone (oxicodona) is in Lista A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/98, dispensed on the yellow 'Notificação de Receita A' — a marketed strong opioid.
Consequences if caught: Personal use draws non-custodial measures (art. 28, Lei 11.343/06); trafficking 5–15 years.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed on the yellow Notificação de Receita A as a Lista A1 narcotic.
Documentation: Travellers carry a personal supply with the prescription/medical report and declare it (ANVISA rules).

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — both ketamine and MDMA are controlled substances under Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 and the Drug Law (Lei nº 11.343/2006), which reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled detected component.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking is a crime under Art 33 of Law 11.343/2006 (multi-year imprisonment); personal use under Art 28 carries educational/administrative measures rather than prison, with the tier set by whichever constituent is detected.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; ketamine is a controlled medicine under Portaria 344/1998, while MDMA has no marketed medical use.
Documentation: Sold as an unregulated party powder; because composition varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know its constituents, so legal exposure under Law 11.343/2006 is unknowable at purchase.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a controlled 'special-control' medicine in list C1 of ANVISA Portaria 344/98 — dispensed on a two-copy white 'Receita de Controle Especial' — a stricter status than the ordinary-prescription treatment gabapentin receives in many countries.
Consequences if caught: Handling outside the special-control regime is an ANVISA infraction; large-scale illicit supply falls under the drug-trafficking law (Lei 11.343/2006).
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a list C1 special-control medicine on the white Receita de Controle Especial (two copies, retained by the pharmacy).
Documentation: Carry a doctor's prescription and medical documentation for a personal-use supply only, and declare controlled medicines on entry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Quetiapine

Legal status: Quetiapine is a registered prescription medicine (medicamento sob prescricao, receita branca controlada C1-adjacent Rx), not a narcotic: fumarato de quetiapina (Seroquel and generics) holds ANVISA registro and is dispensed as an ordinary prescription antipsychotic rather than under the Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 narcotics/psychotropics tables.
Consequences if caught: Quetiapine carries no narcotics-trafficking penalty; unauthorised supply of a prescription medicine is a sanitary-law matter only.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as an atypical antipsychotic for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; distributed through SUS under clinical-protocol criteria.
Documentation: Seroquel and quetiapine generics are ANVISA-registered and listed in the Bulario Eletronico; carried lawfully with a prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Controlled. NAMED: ANVISA Resolution RDC No. 37/2012 (amending Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998) placed Salvia divinorum on List E (prohibited plants that can yield narcotic/psychotropic substances) and salvinorina A on List F2 (psychotropic substances of prohibited use). Mechanism: NAMED (plant on List E + salvinorin A on List F2).
Consequences if caught: Import, export, trade, handling and use of salvia and salvinorin A are prohibited under the special-control regime; salvia was withdrawn from sale after the 2012 listing.
If prescribed / medical: List E/F2 placement means salvia divinorum and salvinorin A have no lawful medical or prescription use in Brazil.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; salvia leaf/extract is prohibited and seized on import as List-E/F2 material.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Scopolamine (hyoscine) — escopolamina (hioscina) is a registered medicine, not a controlled substance: butilbrometo de escopolamina (Buscopan) holds ANVISA registro and is absent from the Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 controlled-substances lists. Buscopan tablets are sold OTC (venda sem prescrição).
Consequences if caught: Escopolamina carries no controlled-substance penalty; unauthorised supply of a registered medicine is a sanitary-law matter only.
If prescribed / medical: Buscopan (butilbrometo de escopolamina) tablets are OTC for spasm; injectable scopolamine (premedication, palliative secretions) is used clinically under prescription.
Documentation: Buscopan (butilbrometo de escopolamina) is ANVISA-registered and listed in the Bulário Eletrônico; carried lawfully.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are proscribed on Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropics) of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998, which since 2014 carries a generic class entry for synthetic cannabinoids by chemical structure plus named compounds, so new analogues are captured.
Consequences if caught: Illegal as Lista F2 substances; trafficking carries heavy imprisonment, personal use diverted to non-custodial measures. No death penalty.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Brazil (Lista F2 is a proscribed list).
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for Lista F2 proscribed synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Brazil's ANVISA / your embassy
Consequences if caught: In Brazil, personal use (Art 28 of Law 11.343/2006) is NOT punishable by prison — penalties are limited to a warning, community service, or educational measures. The statute fixes no quantity thresholds; a judge assesses the amount, nature and circumstances. This specific substance was not named by the reachable Brazilian sources (Law 11.343/2006 / ANVISA Portaria 344/1998) — verify before travel. Note: the 2024 STF ruling (RE 635659) on the 40 g / 6-plant personal-use limit applies to CANNABIS ONLY; for other narcotics, personal use remains a crime under Art 28 (still no prison). Trafficking (Art 33) carries 5–15 years' imprisonment plus a fine; interstate or transnational trafficking is increased by one-third to two-thirds, and combined trafficking/organisation charges can reach around 33 years. Sale of any narcotic remains illegal.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); import requires ANVISA authorisation.
Documentation: Carry the prescription; for controlled medicines carry the ANVISA prescription notification (notificação de receita); keep medicines in original packaging. Importing controlled medicines requires ANVISA authorisation.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a controlled narcotic in List A2 of ANVISA Portaria 344/98 — dispensed on a two-copy yellow 'Notificação de Receita A', valid 30 days.
Consequences if caught: Handling outside the special-control regime is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a List A2 narcotic on the yellow Notificação de Receita A.
Documentation: Carry a doctor's prescription and medical documentation for a personal-use supply only; declare controlled medicines on entry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is in List B1 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a blue 'Notificação de Receita B' (30-day validity, up to a 60-day supply).
Consequences if caught: Outside the special-control regime it is an ANVISA infraction; trafficking falls under Lei 11.343/2006.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a List B1 benzodiazepine on the blue Receita B.
Documentation: Non-residents may import a personal supply with a prescription or report; domestically the blue Notificação B is required.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xylazine

Legal status: Xylazine (cloridrato de xilazina) is regulated in Brazil as a veterinary medicine subject to special control by MAPA: it is listed among substances of veterinary use under special control (Instrução Normativa SDA/MAPA nº 35/2017, Anexo I; framework updated 2025), dispensed via controlled veterinary prescription, and is not scheduled as a human narcotic/psychotropic under ANVISA's Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised trade in xylazine is a veterinary-products / sanitary offence under MAPA special-control rules rather than a human narcotics offence, as it is not on the ANVISA human controlled-substances lists.
If prescribed / medical: Sold only on a special-control veterinary prescription (receita de controle especial) for sedation/analgesia in animals; xylazine has no human authorisation.
Documentation: Xylazine veterinary products are registered with MAPA and, as a special-control substance, require credentialed veterinary prescription and record-keeping.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Zolpidem

Legal status: Zolpidem is a List B1 psychotropic under Anvisa Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998, transposing its 1971 Convention Schedule IV status; since 1 August 2024 all zolpidem products must be prescribed via the blue Notificacao de Receita B, removing the prior lower-strength exception.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised supply of this List B1 psychotropic is an offence under Brazil's controlled-substances rules; a prescribed personal supply is lawful.
If prescribed / medical: Zolpidem is prescribed short-term for insomnia and dispensed only against the blue Notificacao de Receita B, with the prescriber registered with the local health-surveillance authority.
Documentation: A traveller carries prescribed zolpidem with the blue-prescription documentation; personal-use import for treatment is permitted within List B1 limits.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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