LegalityAlcohol in Cambodia, full detail →Barbiturates in Cambodia, full detail →Buprenorphine in Cambodia, full detail →Cannabis / THC in Cambodia, full detail →Cathinone in Cambodia, full detail →CBD in Cambodia, full detail →Clonazepam in Cambodia, full detail →Cocaine in Cambodia, full detail →Codeine in Cambodia, full detail →Crack Cocaine in Cambodia, full detail →Delta-8-THC in Cambodia, full detail →Diazepam in Cambodia, full detail →Ephedrine in Cambodia, full detail →Heroin in Cambodia, full detail →Hydrocodone in Cambodia, full detail →Ketamine in Cambodia, full detail →Khat in Cambodia, full detail →Lorazepam in Cambodia, full detail →MDA in Cambodia, full detail →MDMA in Cambodia, full detail →Mephedrone (4-MMC) in Cambodia, full detail →Methadone in Cambodia, full detail →Methamphetamine in Cambodia, full detail →Methylphenidate in Cambodia, full detail →Morphine in Cambodia, full detail →Nicotine in Cambodia, full detail →Oxycodone in Cambodia, full detail →Pink Cocaine / Tusi in Cambodia, full detail →Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) in Cambodia, full detail →Tramadol in Cambodia, full detail →Xanax (Alprazolam) in Cambodia, full detail →
Legal status in Cambodia
Per-substance legal status for Cambodia, 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.
Confirmed legal status
Alcohol
- Legal status
- Legal, alcohol (ethanol) is a lightly-regulated, freely-sold beverage, not a controlled drug; no strictly enforced national minimum age.
- Consequences if caught
- No penalty for adult consumption; enforcement of any age limit is minimal.
- If prescribed / medical
- n/a, a beverage, not a medicine.
- Documentation
- Openly available in shops, bars and markets; no traveller permit required.
who.int · The power that moves this list is article 6 of the Law on Drug Control, which authorises the Ministry of Health to modify the annex tables by Prakas after consultation with the National Authority for Combating Drugs, and this project's Cambodia substance dossier checked on 18 September 2026 records that the later Prakas chain could not be closed. No version of the tables later than the enacted 2012 annex is established, so the finding stated above is anchored to that annex alone, and it does not rule out a later amendment made or commenced since. · Updated September 21, 2026
Barbiturates
- Legal status
- Barbiturates are controlled psychotropic prescription substances under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011), transposing the 1971 Convention tiers; individual compounds are not separately enumerated in the accessible annex.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is punishable under the 2011 Law (imprisonment); barbiturate-specific tiers are not individually published.
- If prescribed / medical
- Phenobarbital is handled as a controlled prescription antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine); the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are tightly controlled.
- Documentation
- No clearly published personal-import allowance, carry a prescription and original packaging and confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
Buprenorphine
- Legal status
- Buprenorphine is a controlled narcotic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011) in a lighter tier than methadone, but it is not available domestically, OST is minimal, run methadone-only at a single pilot site.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is punishable under the 2011 Law (imprisonment).
- If prescribed / medical
- Not dispensed domestically; the only OST site uses methadone.
- Documentation
- Carrying prescribed buprenorphine effectively requires prior authorisation plus a prescription and original packaging, confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Cannabis / THC
- Legal status
- Group I narcotic (no soft/hard split, alongside heroin/meth); illegal; possession ~2-5 years (small <1 g up to 1 year); trafficking up to LIFE; NO death penalty
- Consequences if caught
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional), there is NO death penalty for any drug offence; the maximum is LIFE imprisonment. Cannabis is a Group I narcotic with NO soft/hard distinction (treated alongside heroin and methamphetamine) and no medical/recreational/industrial provision. Possession or 'keeping' carries about 2-5 years (up to 10); a small amount (<1 g) up to 1 year plus about a US$500 fine, and more than 10 g up to 5 years; trafficking (Art 40) up to life. ENFORCEMENT: a 2017 anti-drug campaign sharply increased arrests and post-2019 tourist-area enforcement tightened, foreigners are routinely jailed, and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED.
- If prescribed / medical
- No medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision exists; cannabis is a Group I narcotic.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005, 2011/2012), Arts 40/45 · UNODC and Amnesty International (corroborative) · cdc.gov.kh · unodc.org · Updated June 26, 2026
Cathinone
- Legal status
- Controlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and falls within the psychotropic tables of the Law on Drug Control, which mirror the UN conventions. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition (convention-mirroring), named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, not separately named) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc. caught by the same convention-mirrored annex) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder Schedule-III metabolite. Cambodia has no death penalty, no capital exposure.
- Consequences if caught
- Controlled psychotropic: possession and supply of the alkaloid are offences under the Drug Control Law; maximum penalties are custodial, not capital.
- If prescribed / medical
- 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
- Documentation
- No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 14, 2026
CBD
- Legal status
- CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis, cannabis and its derivatives are listed narcotic substances in the tables of the Law on the Control of Drugs (2012), with no CBD exemption or THC threshold; there is no consumer or supplement category.
- Consequences if caught
- Possession is a drug offence under the 2012 Law, arrest, prosecution, imprisonment and fines, with severe enforcement.
- If prescribed / medical
- There is no established CBD/Epidiolex scheme; medical exceptions are narrow and case-by-case.
- Documentation
- No documentation legalises CBD, controlled as cannabis; medical exceptions are narrow and case-by-case.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
Clonazepam
- Legal status
- Clonazepam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011); the exact table placement is not individually published in the accessible annex.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is punishable under the 2011 Law (imprisonment); benzodiazepine-specific tiers are not individually published.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
- Documentation
- No clearly published personal-import allowance, carry a prescription and original packaging and confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
nacd.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Cocaine
- Legal status
- Group I narcotic under the Law on the Control of Drugs, illegal; possession up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking up to LIFE; NO death penalty
- Consequences if caught
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional), there is NO death penalty for any drug offence; the maximum is LIFE imprisonment. Possession of a hard drug (methamphetamine/heroin/ecstasy) can carry up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking (Art 40) carries 2-20 years up to life. ENFORCEMENT: a 2017 anti-drug campaign sharply increased arrests and post-2019 tourist-area enforcement tightened, foreigners are routinely jailed, and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED.
- If prescribed / medical
- Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005, 2011/2012), Arts 40/45 · UNODC and Amnesty International (corroborative) · cdc.gov.kh · unodc.org · Updated June 26, 2026
Codeine
- Legal status
- Codeine is a controlled drug - use or possession outside a medical prescription is prohibited under the Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005/2011); codeine seizures are documented.
- Consequences if caught
- Drug offences can draw 5 years to life imprisonment; unauthorised possession is criminal.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
- Documentation
- Carry the original prescription and documentation; enforcement is harsh, so confirm import rules with Cambodian authorities before travel.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Crack Cocaine
- Legal status
- Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Cambodia: it is controlled AS cocaine, a Group I narcotic under the Law on the Control of Drugs, whose scheduling covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. Crack is an illegal Group I narcotic on the same terms as cocaine.
- Consequences if caught
- Possession of crack (as cocaine) can draw 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking carries up to life imprisonment (no death penalty).
- If prescribed / medical
- Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Cambodia; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
- Documentation
- No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
Delta-8-THC
- Legal status
- Controlled, as a party to the 1971 Convention, Cambodia schedules tetrahydrocannabinols and their isomers under the Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005/2011), so delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as an isomer of THC; the specific national listing instrument is left to confirmation. Distinct from cannabis, a Group I narcotic (no soft/hard split). No death penalty.
- Consequences if caught
- Illegal; possession and trafficking penalties under the drug law (possession ~2-5 years; trafficking up to life; no death penalty).
- If prescribed / medical
- No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
Diazepam
- Legal status
- Diazepam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011); the exact table placement is not individually published in the accessible annex.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is punishable under the 2011 Law (imprisonment); benzodiazepine-specific tiers are not individually published.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
- Documentation
- No clearly published personal-import allowance, carry a prescription and original packaging and confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
nacd.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Ephedrine
- Legal status
- Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I, a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; ephedrine falls in the precursor/chemical schedule (aligned to 1988 Table I) under the Law on Drug Control, subject to NACD import/export licensing. Also usable as a pharmacy medicine.
- Consequences if caught
- Diversion/illicit trafficking of a scheduled precursor is an offence under the Law on Drug Control (imprisonment + fine), separate from controlled-narcotic offences.
- If prescribed / medical
- Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
nacd.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Heroin
- Legal status
- Group I narcotic under the Law on the Control of Drugs, illegal; possession up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking up to LIFE; NO death penalty
- Consequences if caught
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional), there is NO death penalty for any drug offence; the maximum is LIFE imprisonment. Possession of a hard drug (methamphetamine/heroin/ecstasy) can carry up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking (Art 40) carries 2-20 years up to life. ENFORCEMENT: a 2017 anti-drug campaign sharply increased arrests and post-2019 tourist-area enforcement tightened, foreigners are routinely jailed, and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED.
- If prescribed / medical
- Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005, 2011/2012), Arts 40/45 · UNODC and Amnesty International (corroborative) · cdc.gov.kh · unodc.org · Updated June 26, 2026
Hydrocodone
- Legal status
- Hydrocodone falls in the Table II narcotic tier under the Law on Drug Control (2011); it is not marketed in Cambodia (opioid access is very limited) but sits in the same Table II strong-opioid tier as morphine and oxycodone, left to confirmation.
- Consequences if caught
- Unlawful possession is criminal; trafficking penalties are severe (long imprisonment).
- If prescribed / medical
- No marketed Cambodian hydrocodone product; a Table II narcotic is tightly restricted.
- Documentation
- Carry a doctor's letter and original packaging; import of controlled medicines is tightly restricted, confirm with the authorities before travel.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Ketamine
- Legal status
- Controlled substance listed in Table 3 (psychotropic substances) of the Law on Drug Control (2012), administered by the NACD.
- Consequences if caught
- Unlawful use or possession is criminalised; trafficking of controlled substances carries severe penalties up to life imprisonment.
- If prescribed / medical
- Limited legitimate medical/veterinary use; otherwise controlled.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Law on Drug Control (2012), Table 3 (psychotropic substances) · cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Khat
- Legal status
- Controlled (inferred), ALKALOIDS via UN-mirrored tables. The Law on Drug Control classifies narcotics/psychotropics in Tables I-IV tracking the UN conventions, so cathinone (1971 Sch I) and cathine (1971 Sch III) fall within its psychotropic tables; the Catha edulis plant is not separately named. Mechanism: GENERIC/class (convention-mirroring); plant grey. No realistic capital exposure, khat leaf sits below any weight threshold.
- Consequences if caught
- Leaf carries convention-scheduled cathinone and should be assumed prohibited; a plant-specific listing is left to confirmation but the alkaloid control is firm.
- 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 convention-scheduled cathinone content.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 14, 2026
Lorazepam
- Legal status
- Lorazepam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011); the exact table placement is not individually published in the accessible annex.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is punishable under the 2011 Law (imprisonment); benzodiazepine-specific tiers are not individually published.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
- Documentation
- No clearly published personal-import allowance, carry a prescription and original packaging and confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
nacd.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
MDA
- Legal status
- Controlled, MDA is a scheduled narcotic (Table I) under the Law on Drug Control 2012 (1971 Schedule I transposition). NAMED mechanism.
- Consequences if caught
- Table I narcotic: trafficking up to life imprisonment.
- If prescribed / medical
- Table I narcotic, no recognised medical use, no lawful prescription route.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal import of a scheduled narcotic.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
MDMA
- Legal status
- Group I narcotic under the Law on the Control of Drugs, illegal; possession up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking up to LIFE; NO death penalty
- Consequences if caught
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional), there is NO death penalty for any drug offence; the maximum is LIFE imprisonment. Possession of a hard drug (methamphetamine/heroin/ecstasy) can carry up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking (Art 40) carries 2-20 years up to life. ENFORCEMENT: a 2017 anti-drug campaign sharply increased arrests and post-2019 tourist-area enforcement tightened, foreigners are routinely jailed, and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED.
- If prescribed / medical
- Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005, 2011/2012), Arts 40/45 · UNODC and Amnesty International (corroborative) · cdc.gov.kh · unodc.org · Updated June 26, 2026
Mephedrone (4-MMC)
- Legal status
- Controlled, TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Convention Schedule II addition (2015) into the psychotropic annex of Cambodia's Drug Control Law (2012); no standalone named Cambodian amendment is confirmable, so national listing left to confirmation.
- Consequences if caught
- Treated as a controlled psychotropic: possession and supply offences. Cambodia has no death penalty.
- If prescribed / medical
- Controlled psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
- Documentation
- No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
Methadone
- Legal status
- Methadone is a controlled narcotic under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011); OST is minimal, available only through a single pilot MMT clinic (Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, since 2010).
- Consequences if caught
- Unlawful possession or trafficking is punishable under the 2011 Law (long imprisonment for trafficking).
- If prescribed / medical
- Methadone maintenance exists only at one pilot site; national scale-up has been repeatedly delayed.
- Documentation
- Carrying methadone effectively requires prior authorisation plus a prescription; confirm with Cambodian authorities/embassy before travel.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Methamphetamine
- Legal status
- Group I narcotic under the Law on the Control of Drugs, illegal; possession up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking up to LIFE; NO death penalty
- Consequences if caught
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional), there is NO death penalty for any drug offence; the maximum is LIFE imprisonment. Possession of a hard drug (methamphetamine/heroin/ecstasy) can carry up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent; trafficking (Art 40) carries 2-20 years up to life. ENFORCEMENT: a 2017 anti-drug campaign sharply increased arrests and post-2019 tourist-area enforcement tightened, foreigners are routinely jailed, and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED.
- If prescribed / medical
- Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
- Documentation
- Cambodia ABOLISHED the death penalty in 1989 (constitutional); the maximum penalty for any drug offence is LIFE imprisonment. There is no medical, recreational, or industrial cannabis provision. Enforcement tightened sharply after a 2017 anti-drug campaign and post-2019 in tourist areas, foreigners are routinely jailed and the old 'smokers' paradise' reputation is OUTDATED. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
Law on the Control of Drugs (1996, amended 2005, 2011/2012), Arts 40/45 · UNODC and Amnesty International (corroborative) · cdc.gov.kh · unodc.org · Updated June 26, 2026
Methylphenidate
- Legal status
- Controlled psychotropic (UN-Convention schedule) under the Law on Drug Control (2012); import only for treatment with Ministry of Health authorisation.
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking of controlled substances carries heavy penalties; no confirmed capital tier for methylphenidate.
- If prescribed / medical
- Import for treatment needs Ministry of Health authorisation; carry the prescription + doctor's letter.
Law on Drug Control (2012), psychotropic schedule · nacd.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Morphine
- Legal status
- Morphine is a Table II narcotic under the Law on Drug Control (2011), prescription-controlled; opioid access is limited in practice.
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking penalties are severe (long imprisonment); unlawful possession is criminal.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a Table II controlled narcotic for severe and cancer pain where available.
- Documentation
- Carry a doctor's letter and original packaging; import of controlled medicines is tightly restricted, confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Nicotine
- Legal status
- Nicotine is legal in Cambodia in combustible tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine DELIVERY product is banned. National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) circular No. 001/14 (2014) ordered authorities to cease the import, sale and use of e-cigarettes and shisha, and the ban has been reinforced by subsequent directives; it remains in force.
- Consequences if caught
- Import, sale and use of e-cigarettes are prohibited and products are subject to confiscation; enforcement authorities are directed to terminate all sales and imports. Nicotine in combustible tobacco is unaffected.
- If prescribed / medical
- Nicotine-replacement therapy is available as a medicine; there is no lawful medical or prescription route to a vape.
- Documentation
- No permit is issued for e-cigarettes, they are prohibited goods.
extranet.who.int · Updated July 14, 2026
Oxycodone
- Legal status
- Oxycodone is a Table II narcotic (1961 Schedule I/II) under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011), a controlled strong opioid; domestic opioid availability is limited.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is criminal; trafficking carries long imprisonment.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a Table II controlled narcotic; access to strong opioids is constrained.
- Documentation
- Carry a doctor's letter and original packaging; import of controlled narcotics is tightly restricted, confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
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, Cambodia lists MDMA as a Group I narcotic and ketamine as a Table 3 psychotropic under the Law on Drug Control, which reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled component, so an MDMA-containing tusi sample is a Group I offence.
- Consequences if caught
- An MDMA-positive mixture is a Group I narcotic offence (possession up to 10-20 years even without trafficking intent, trafficking up to life under Arts 40/45); a ketamine-only mixture is a psychotropic offence.
- If prescribed / medical
- No lawful supply of the mixture; ketamine is a Table 3 controlled medicine, whereas MDMA is a Group I narcotic with no accepted medical use.
- Documentation
- Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know whether Group I MDMA is present, so legal exposure is unknowable at purchase.
cdc.gov.kh · The power that moves this list is article 6 of the Law on Drug Control, which authorises the Ministry of Health to modify the annex tables by Prakas after consultation with the National Authority for Combating Drugs, and this project's Cambodia substance dossier checked on 18 September 2026 records that the later Prakas chain could not be closed. No version of the tables later than the enacted 2012 annex is established, so the finding stated above is anchored to that annex alone, and it does not rule out a later amendment made or commenced since. · Updated September 21, 2026
Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)
- Legal status
- Controlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under the Law on the Control of Drugs, whose schedules are updated to include new psychoactive substances and the synthetic cannabinoids added to Schedule II of the 1971 Convention (Cambodia being a party); this substance class is not subject to the death penalty in Cambodia.
- Consequences if caught
- Illegal; possession and trafficking carry imprisonment under the drug-control law. No death penalty in Cambodia.
- If prescribed / medical
- These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Cambodia.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.
unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026
Tramadol
- Legal status
- Tramadol is handled as a controlled prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (four Tables set by MoH Prakas); its precise domestic Table placement is left to confirmation, and in practice it is often sold over the counter.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised supply or possession is punishable under the Law on Drug Control; tramadol-specific tiers are not individually published.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
- Documentation
- Prescription enforcement is uneven and counterfeit product is common, carry your own prescribed supply with a doctor's letter rather than buy locally.
cdc.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
Xanax (Alprazolam)
- Legal status
- Alprazolam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011); the exact table placement is not individually published in the accessible annex.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised possession or supply is punishable under the 2011 Law (imprisonment); benzodiazepine-specific tiers are not individually published.
- If prescribed / medical
- Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
- Documentation
- No clearly published personal-import allowance, carry a prescription and original packaging and confirm with Cambodian authorities before travel.
nacd.gov.kh · Updated July 13, 2026
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Not individually verified
57 substances are not individually verified for Cambodia
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 Cambodia’s drug authority or your embassy.
| Substance | What we found |
|---|---|
| 1P-LSD | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 2-FDCK | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 25I-NBOMe | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 2C-B | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 2C-E | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 2C-I | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 2C-T-7 | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 3-MMC | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 4-AcO-DMT | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 4-HO-MET | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad) | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 6-APB | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Adderall | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Amanita muscaria | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Amphetamine | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Amyl Nitrite | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Ayahuasca | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Benzodiazepines | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Caffeine | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Cannabinol | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| DMT | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| DOM | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| DXM | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Etizolam | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Fentanyl | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Gabapentin | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| GBL | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| GHB | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| HHC | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Kratom | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| LSA (Morning Glory) | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| LSD | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| MDPV | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Memantine | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Mescaline | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Methaqualone (Quaaludes) | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Methylone | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Mitragynine | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Modafinil | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| MXE | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Nimetazepam | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Nitrous Oxide | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Opium | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| PCP | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Peyote | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Phenibut | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Poppers | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Pregabalin | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Psilocybin | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Quetiapine | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Salvia divinorum | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Scopolamine (Devil's Breath) | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| THC-P | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Tobacco | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Xylazine | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
| Zolpidem | Not confirmed, status not individually verified; confirm with Cambodia's authorities (Law on the Control of Drugs) /... |
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 →