Is Cathinone legal in Samoa?
- Legal status
- Controlled as a Class B narcotic. Second Schedule item 8 of the Narcotics Act 1967 (official version as at 31 December 2023) names "CATHINONE (2-amino-1-phenylpropan-1-one)" directly. No later consolidation or section 5 amending order, through 7 October 2026, was located, so this finding rests on the version read.
- Consequences if caught
- Section 18 makes dealing in, possessing, supplying or using a Class B narcotic punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years; sections 17 and 18A carry the same 14-year maximum for unlicensed import, export or manufacture. The section 18 proviso (a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, or both) applies only to a non-wilful or procedural contravention.
- If prescribed or medical
- No medical or prescription use of isolated cathinone is documented. Section 7(2)(c) exempts supply by, or on the prescription of, a Chief Executive Officer licensee authorised to supply or prescribe narcotics; no such authorisation was located.
- Documentation
- Import or export of a Class B narcotic requires a Chief Executive Officer licence under sections 10 and 11; no personal-import exemption was located in the text read.
- Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No.3), official version as at 31 December 2023, Second Schedule item 8, printed p24, https://www.ag.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Narcotics-Act-1967.pdf, read 2026-10-07
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