Controlled in Moldova. Cannabis is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin substanțe stupefiante și psihotrope utilizabile în scopuri medicale, supuse unui control strict», Lista nr. 1, narcotic substances of Single Convention Schedules I and II: item 16, «Canabis (planta de Cannabis», then «cânepă, inclusiv speciile și varietățile care conțin tetrahidrocanabinol (THC)), rășină de Cannabis (hașiș), extracte și tincturi de Cannabis, precum și preparate sau amestecuri obținute din aceasta, inclusiv inflorescențe, frunze, ulei de Cannabis și marijuana» (gazette pages 24 to 25). It is in the table usable in medicine under strict control, not in Table I. Law 201/2025 Article 2 point 5 separates industrial or horticultural hemp, a plant of the genus with no more than 0.3 per cent THC. The lists of Tables I and II, and the psychotropic lists of Table III, carry an extension, «Controlul substanțelor din acest tabel se extinde și asupra» (Table I, Lista nr. 1 words it «din prezentul tabel», and one list prints «derivațiilor»), to isomers, ethers and esters, salts, and «derivaților structurali ai acestor substanțe, în toate cazurile în care aceștia pot exista»; Table III's Lista nr. 1 of medicines carries none, and Table IV's precursor lists extend only to stereoisomers and salts. Law 201/2025 on the circulation of narcotic and psychotropic substances (Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025) repealed Law 382/1999 and came into force on 28 August 2026: its Article 80(1) as enacted read six months from publication, and Law 22/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026) replaced «6 luni» with «12 luni». Government Decision 479/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026) approves the national tables of controlled substances, repeals Government Decision 1088/2004 at its point 2, and by its point 3 entered into force with Law 201/2025. This is the position under Decision 479/2026 as published, read on page images, as at 3 October 2026. The contents list of every Monitorul Oficial issue from 28 August 2026 to 3 October 2026, nr. 398-400 to nr. 498-499, was read for any act touching the tables, and the only one is Government Decision 480/2026 (nr. 439, 9 September 2026), which sets the procedure for updating the tables and changes no entry in them.
Moldova, Law 201/2025, Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025, read as page images at https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3146 (Article 2, Article 19, Article 37 at gazette page 42, Article 80 at gazette page 49) · Law 22/2026 amending Article 80, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3236 · Law 173/2026 adding Criminal Code Articles 216^1 and 217^7, replacing Articles 217 to 217^6, 218, 219 and 248(6) to (8) and Contravention Code Article 85, and setting Criminal Code Article 134^1, in force 28 August 2026, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 390-393, item 418, 25 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3322 · Government Decision 479/2026 and its Annex 1 national tables, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3324 · superseded and not re-read: Legea nr. 382/1999 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1088/2004 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 79/2006 (quantities, made under Law 382/1999), Legea nr. 1409/1997 cu privire la medicamente · legis.md answered with an anti-bot challenge on 3 October 2026 and was not read · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled in Moldova. Delta-8-THC is named by its chemical structure in Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin substanțe stupefiante și psihotrope interzise, inutilizabile în scopuri medicale», Lista nr. 2, psychotropic substances of 1971 Convention Schedule I: item 18, «Tetrahidrocanabinol, izomerii următori și variantele lor stereochimice», whose list includes «(6aR,10aR)-6a,7,10,10a-tetrahidro-6,6,9-trimetil-3-pentil-6H-dibenzo[b,d]piran-1-ol», the delta-8 isomer (gazette pages 11 to 12); Lista nr. 1 item 45 also lists «Tetrahidrocanabinol (izomeri ai Δ⁹-tetrahidrocanabinolului)» (gazette page 11). The lists of Tables I and II, and the psychotropic lists of Table III, carry an extension, «Controlul substanțelor din acest tabel se extinde și asupra» (Table I, Lista nr. 1 words it «din prezentul tabel», and one list prints «derivațiilor»), to isomers, ethers and esters, salts, and «derivaților structurali ai acestor substanțe, în toate cazurile în care aceștia pot exista»; Table III's Lista nr. 1 of medicines carries none, and Table IV's precursor lists extend only to stereoisomers and salts. Law 201/2025 on the circulation of narcotic and psychotropic substances (Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025) repealed Law 382/1999 and came into force on 28 August 2026: its Article 80(1) as enacted read six months from publication, and Law 22/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026) replaced «6 luni» with «12 luni». Government Decision 479/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026) approves the national tables of controlled substances, repeals Government Decision 1088/2004 at its point 2, and by its point 3 entered into force with Law 201/2025. This is the position under Decision 479/2026 as published, read on page images, as at 3 October 2026. The contents list of every Monitorul Oficial issue from 28 August 2026 to 3 October 2026, nr. 398-400 to nr. 498-499, was read for any act touching the tables, and the only one is Government Decision 480/2026 (nr. 439, 9 September 2026), which sets the procedure for updating the tables and changes no entry in them.
Moldova, Law 201/2025, Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025, read as page images at https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3146 (Article 2, Article 19, Article 37 at gazette page 42, Article 80 at gazette page 49) · Law 22/2026 amending Article 80, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3236 · Law 173/2026 adding Criminal Code Articles 216^1 and 217^7, replacing Articles 217 to 217^6, 218, 219 and 248(6) to (8) and Contravention Code Article 85, and setting Criminal Code Article 134^1, in force 28 August 2026, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 390-393, item 418, 25 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3322 · Government Decision 479/2026 and its Annex 1 national tables, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3324 · superseded and not re-read: Legea nr. 382/1999 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1088/2004 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 79/2006 (quantities, made under Law 382/1999), Legea nr. 1409/1997 cu privire la medicamente · legis.md answered with an anti-bot challenge on 3 October 2026 and was not read · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled in Moldova. HHC is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin substanțe stupefiante și psihotrope utilizabile în scopuri medicale, supuse unui control strict», Lista nr. 2, psychotropic substances of 1971 Convention Schedule II: item 15, «Hexahidrocanabinol», «HHC», CAS 946512-74-9 (gazette page 27). The lists of Tables I and II, and the psychotropic lists of Table III, carry an extension, «Controlul substanțelor din acest tabel se extinde și asupra» (Table I, Lista nr. 1 words it «din prezentul tabel», and one list prints «derivațiilor»), to isomers, ethers and esters, salts, and «derivaților structurali ai acestor substanțe, în toate cazurile în care aceștia pot exista»; Table III's Lista nr. 1 of medicines carries none, and Table IV's precursor lists extend only to stereoisomers and salts. Law 201/2025 on the circulation of narcotic and psychotropic substances (Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025) repealed Law 382/1999 and came into force on 28 August 2026: its Article 80(1) as enacted read six months from publication, and Law 22/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026) replaced «6 luni» with «12 luni». Government Decision 479/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026) approves the national tables of controlled substances, repeals Government Decision 1088/2004 at its point 2, and by its point 3 entered into force with Law 201/2025. This is the position under Decision 479/2026 as published, read on page images, as at 3 October 2026. The contents list of every Monitorul Oficial issue from 28 August 2026 to 3 October 2026, nr. 398-400 to nr. 498-499, was read for any act touching the tables, and the only one is Government Decision 480/2026 (nr. 439, 9 September 2026), which sets the procedure for updating the tables and changes no entry in them.
Moldova, Law 201/2025, Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025, read as page images at https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3146 (Article 2, Article 19, Article 37 at gazette page 42, Article 80 at gazette page 49) · Law 22/2026 amending Article 80, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3236 · Law 173/2026 adding Criminal Code Articles 216^1 and 217^7, replacing Articles 217 to 217^6, 218, 219 and 248(6) to (8) and Contravention Code Article 85, and setting Criminal Code Article 134^1, in force 28 August 2026, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 390-393, item 418, 25 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3322 · Government Decision 479/2026 and its Annex 1 national tables, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3324 · superseded and not re-read: Legea nr. 382/1999 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1088/2004 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 79/2006 (quantities, made under Law 382/1999), Legea nr. 1409/1997 cu privire la medicamente · legis.md answered with an anti-bot challenge on 3 October 2026 and was not read · Verified October 4, 2026
Synthetic cannabinoids is a class label, not one substance, and that is the settled treatment of the row here. Moldova lists them compound by compound. Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin substanțe stupefiante și psihotrope interzise, inutilizabile în scopuri medicale», Lista nr. 3, «Substanțe și plante aflate sub control național»: hundreds of entries, among them «AB-FUBINACA izomer 2-fluorobenzil» item 232, «ADB-PINACA» item 239 (gazette page 17), «MDMB-CHMCZCA» item 440 and «MDMB-FUBICA» item 441 (gazette page 21); and a smaller number sit in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin substanțe stupefiante și psihotrope utilizabile în scopuri medicale, supuse unui control strict», Lista nr. 2, psychotropic substances of 1971 Convention Schedule II, «AM-2201» item 7, «JWH-018» item 16 and «MDMB-FUBINACA» item 19 (gazette page 27). A product is answered by the compound it contains; one printed in neither place is reached, if at all, as a structural derivative or as an analogue under Criminal Code Article 134^1(6). The lists of Tables I and II, and the psychotropic lists of Table III, carry an extension, «Controlul substanțelor din acest tabel se extinde și asupra» (Table I, Lista nr. 1 words it «din prezentul tabel», and one list prints «derivațiilor»), to isomers, ethers and esters, salts, and «derivaților structurali ai acestor substanțe, în toate cazurile în care aceștia pot exista»; Table III's Lista nr. 1 of medicines carries none, and Table IV's precursor lists extend only to stereoisomers and salts. Law 201/2025 on the circulation of narcotic and psychotropic substances (Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025) repealed Law 382/1999 and came into force on 28 August 2026: its Article 80(1) as enacted read six months from publication, and Law 22/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026) replaced «6 luni» with «12 luni». Government Decision 479/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026) approves the national tables of controlled substances, repeals Government Decision 1088/2004 at its point 2, and by its point 3 entered into force with Law 201/2025. This is the position under Decision 479/2026 as published, read on page images, as at 3 October 2026. The contents list of every Monitorul Oficial issue from 28 August 2026 to 3 October 2026, nr. 398-400 to nr. 498-499, was read for any act touching the tables, and the only one is Government Decision 480/2026 (nr. 439, 9 September 2026), which sets the procedure for updating the tables and changes no entry in them.
Moldova, Law 201/2025, Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025, read as page images at https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3146 (Article 2, Article 19, Article 37 at gazette page 42, Article 80 at gazette page 49) · Law 22/2026 amending Article 80, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3236 · Law 173/2026 adding Criminal Code Articles 216^1 and 217^7, replacing Articles 217 to 217^6, 218, 219 and 248(6) to (8) and Contravention Code Article 85, and setting Criminal Code Article 134^1, in force 28 August 2026, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 390-393, item 418, 25 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3322 · Government Decision 479/2026 and its Annex 1 national tables, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3324 · superseded and not re-read: Legea nr. 382/1999 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1088/2004 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 79/2006 (quantities, made under Law 382/1999), Legea nr. 1409/1997 cu privire la medicamente · legis.md answered with an anti-bot challenge on 3 October 2026 and was not read · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled in Moldova. THC-P is reached by a reading of Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin substanțe stupefiante și psihotrope interzise, inutilizabile în scopuri medicale», Lista nr. 1, narcotic substances of Single Convention Schedules I and IV: item 45, «Tetrahidrocanabinol (izomeri ai Δ⁹-tetrahidrocanabinolului)» (gazette page 11). THC-P, tetrahydrocannabiphorol, is THC with a seven carbon side chain in place of five; it is not an isomer of THC, but it is a structural derivative of it, and the list's extension reaches «derivaților structurali». It is not printed by name anywhere in the tables. Delta-9-THC is also listed in Table III, Lista nr. 2, Schedule III sub-list, item 7, «Dronabinol», «Delta-9-tetrahidrocanabinol și variantele ei stereochimice» (gazette page 29), and the related «Hexahidrocanabinol» is in Table II, Lista nr. 2, item 15; so which table a derivative falls in, and with it the Table I aggravation and any medical route, is unsettled. The reading is stated as such. The lists of Tables I and II, and the psychotropic lists of Table III, carry an extension, «Controlul substanțelor din acest tabel se extinde și asupra» (Table I, Lista nr. 1 words it «din prezentul tabel», and one list prints «derivațiilor»), to isomers, ethers and esters, salts, and «derivaților structurali ai acestor substanțe, în toate cazurile în care aceștia pot exista»; Table III's Lista nr. 1 of medicines carries none, and Table IV's precursor lists extend only to stereoisomers and salts. Law 201/2025 on the circulation of narcotic and psychotropic substances (Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025) repealed Law 382/1999 and came into force on 28 August 2026: its Article 80(1) as enacted read six months from publication, and Law 22/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026) replaced «6 luni» with «12 luni». Government Decision 479/2026 (Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026) approves the national tables of controlled substances, repeals Government Decision 1088/2004 at its point 2, and by its point 3 entered into force with Law 201/2025. This is the position under Decision 479/2026 as published, read on page images, as at 3 October 2026. The contents list of every Monitorul Oficial issue from 28 August 2026 to 3 October 2026, nr. 398-400 to nr. 498-499, was read for any act touching the tables, and the only one is Government Decision 480/2026 (nr. 439, 9 September 2026), which sets the procedure for updating the tables and changes no entry in them.
Moldova, Law 201/2025, Monitorul Oficial 2025 nr. 448-451, item 619, 28 August 2025, read as page images at https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3146 (Article 2, Article 19, Article 37 at gazette page 42, Article 80 at gazette page 49) · Law 22/2026 amending Article 80, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 104, item 65, 27 February 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3236 · Law 173/2026 adding Criminal Code Articles 216^1 and 217^7, replacing Articles 217 to 217^6, 218, 219 and 248(6) to (8) and Contravention Code Article 85, and setting Criminal Code Article 134^1, in force 28 August 2026, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 390-393, item 418, 25 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3322 · Government Decision 479/2026 and its Annex 1 national tables, Monitorul Oficial 2026 nr. 398-400, Part II, item 473, 28 August 2026, https://monitorul.gov.md/ro/monitor/3324 · superseded and not re-read: Legea nr. 382/1999 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1088/2004 (repealed), Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 79/2006 (quantities, made under Law 382/1999), Legea nr. 1409/1997 cu privire la medicamente · legis.md answered with an anti-bot challenge on 3 October 2026 and was not read · Verified October 4, 2026
