Legality
Crack Cocaine legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Crack Cocaine has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Crack Cocaine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Aceh: it is controlled AS...
- AlbaniaCrack cocaine is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic...
- American Samoa (US)Crack cocaine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act,...
- AngolaControlled. Cocaína is in table I-B of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is a...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is a Class A drug. It is printed in Part I of the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act,...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 337 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaControlled as cocaine. Crack is cocaine free base, and no Commonwealth instrument read names it separately....
- AustriaDesignated a Suchtgift in Austria, and therefore on the narcotics rather than the psychotrope side of the...
- BahamasControlled, as cocaine. Chapter 228 nowhere prints the word crack and draws no distinction between cocaine...
- BahrainControlled. Crack cocaine is reached through cocaine, of which it is the freebase form. The entry relied on...
- BangladeshCrack has no separate identity in the Act. It is cocaine in its base form, and Class 'ka' serial 4 of the...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control», as cocaine; there is no...
- BelarusCrack cocaine is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumCrack cocaine has no entry of its own in the Belgian lists and is controlled through what it contains. The...
- BelizeCocaine is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule II paragraph 1, in the Misuse of Drugs...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Crack cocaine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the...
- BoliviaControlled through the entry for the substance, not through an entry of its own. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 22 of lista F1, narcotic substances within lista F, the list of...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class A drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Crack is cocaine in its...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Crack cocaine is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията...
- Cabo VerdeControlled. Crack cocaine is in Table II, part A of Lei n.º 78/IV/93, printed on page 529 of Boletim Oficial...
- CambodiaCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Cambodia: it is controlled...
- CanadaCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Canada: it is controlled...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Crack cocaine is named in Part...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in China: it is controlled AS...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45: Crack...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. Crack cocaine is not named in...
- CubaControlled in Cuba through cocaine. Crack is cocaine in its free base form, and article 236(a) names...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaControlled as the same listed substance as its parent entry rather than by a row of its own. „Kokain“ is...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation as a preparation of a placed substance: it is not named...
- DominicaCrack cocaine is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Crack is cocaine in its freebase form, and it is reached through the entry «Cocaína» at number 6...
- EcuadorCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Ecuador: it is controlled...
- EgyptControlled as cocaine, a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) -...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaCrack cocaine is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class A controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Crack is cocaine in its free base form, and Part 1 of the...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Crack is the base form of cocaine, and cocaine is named on liste B nr. 101...
- FinlandControlled. Crack is cocaine in base form and the decree names cocaine. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus...
- FranceCrack cocaine is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the...
- GeorgiaCrack cocaine is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624,...
- GermanyCrack is a physical form rather than a separate substance, and the German schedules do not list forms, so...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). The entry relied on for crack cocaine...
- Gibraltar (UK)Class A controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Crack cocaine is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled through the cocaine entry, which is not qualified by form. Crack cocaine is not named in the...
- GrenadaControlled. It is the base form of the substance listed at Part I of the First Schedule, the List of Narcotic...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HondurasControlled. Crack cocaine is reached through the substances it contains, and the entries read were NC 004,...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. The street form is not itself an entry, and it is not named in any of the six jegyzékek. What is...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland, and the route to that answer is not the printed name of this row. The word crack is...
- IndiaControlled in India, but not under this name: it is not named in the Act's Schedule, and the matched entry...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: the cocaine entry...
- IranCrack cocaine is placed by name. Named in the opening of Article 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which reads «هر...
- IraqControlled through the entry its active substance occupies. The street term crack it is not named in any...
- IrelandCrack cocaine is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; S.I....
- IsraelControlled as cocaine; חלק ב' סימן א' פרט 19 names the molecule, not the preparation
- ItalyControlled as a form of cocaine. The Ministry of Health compilation carries «cocaina», and crack is a...
- JamaicaCrack cocaine is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of...
- JapanCrack cocaine is a 麻薬, a narcotic, named in the Act's own 別表第一 in Japan. The entry is...
- JordanCrack cocaine is not a separate Jordanian schedule entry, and it does not need one. It is cocaine base, so...
- KazakhstanCrack cocaine is listed as a controlled substance in Kazakhstan, through the cocaine base entry. The first of...
- KenyaControlled in part under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245: the drug...
- KiribatiControlled. Crack cocaine is not named in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, but it is cocaine, which...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Crack cocaine is listed at Group 1, table 1, serial N1-19,...
- LaosCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Laos: it is controlled AS...
- LatviaCrack cocaine is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into...
- LebanonControlled. Crack cocaine is a form of cocaine base and that name is not named in the four tables annexed to...
- LibyaCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Libya: it is controlled AS...
- LithuaniaCrack cocaine is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names crack cocaine. The entry relied on reads...
- MacauControlled in Macau as cocaine. Crack is a cocaine base preparation and is not a separate name in the tables;...
- MalaysiaCrack has no separate identity in Malaysian law. It is cocaine in its base form, and «Cocaine» is named in...
- MaldivesCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in the Maldives: it is...
- MaltaCrack cocaine is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and not by the Medical and Kindred...
- MexicoCrack cocaine is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Crack is cocaine base and has no entry of its own; cocaine is in Table II, «Tabelul...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MoroccoControlled as a narcotic. The dahir of 2 December 1922 on substances vénéneuses prints « Cocaïne, ses sels et...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Crack cocaine is cocaine in its base form, and cocaine is listed at Notification 24/2025,...
- NetherlandsControlled as cocaine, which is named. Crack is the freebase form of cocaine and that name is not named in...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Cocaina», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigeriaControlled through its constituent. The Nigeria dossier places crack cocaine under sections 11, 20 and 52 of...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for cocaine,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Crack cocaine is not a separate row on the narkotikaliste, and it does not need to be....
- OmanControlled through being a form of cocaine, and inside the death penalty article. Crack cocaine is not itself...
- PakistanCrack cocaine is a narcotic drug under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has its own row in...
- PanamaControlled. Crack cocaine is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the estupefacientes sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165, as cocaine. Crack is the base form of cocaine and carries no entry of its...
- PolandControlled, on exactly the terms that reach cocaine, because the freebase has no separate identity in the...
- PortugalCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Portugal: it is controlled...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-A item 17 of Law No. 9 of 1987. Crack is cocaine base rather than a separate...
- RomaniaCrack cocaine is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Cocaine = methyl ester de benzoylecgonine;...
- RussiaControlled as cocaine. The dossier's explanation for this row reads: “Cocaine base is reached by the cocaine...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b). No entry of this name is printed anywhere in Schedule 2, and...
- SamoaControlled as a Class A narcotic through its constituent, cocaine. First Schedule item 5 of the Narcotics Act...
- Saudi ArabiaCrack has no separate entry in the Saudi schedules, and it does not need one. Crack is cocaine free base, so...
- SerbiaCrack cocaine is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaCrack cocaine is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names crack cocaine. The entry relied on...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names kokain at Group II, row...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. 'Crack' is not a word used in any instrument read, so the answer rests on the compound. Cocaine...
- South AfricaControlled as a dangerous dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part II of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in South Korea: it is...
- SpainControlled in Spain as an estupefaciente, by incorporation of the 1961 Convention lists rather than by a...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SudanCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Sudan: it is controlled AS...
- SurinameIllegal, once it is identified as cocaine. No entry of this name appears, and none needs to: crack is cocaine...
- SwedenControlled, but not on its own row. Crack is the freebase form of cocaine, and it is not named in the Swedish...
- SwitzerlandControlled as a form of cocaine. Crack is a preparation of cocaine rather than a separate entry, and...
- SyriaCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Syria: it is controlled AS...
- TaiwanCategory 1 narcotic (第一級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), reached not by a named...
- TajikistanControlled as cocaine. Item 16 of List 1 of Перечень 1, narcotic drugs, of the National List approved by...
- TanzaniaControlled through the First Schedule entry «Cocaine» of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E....
- ThailandCrack cocaine is a Category II narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table updated 15 September 2025 prints the...
- Timor-LesteCrack cocaine is cocaine's own alkaloid prepared as a freebase, not a separately scheduled compound, and that...
- TongaNAMED, via cocaine and the Schedule 1 chapeau's extension to preparations. Schedule 1, Class A, from Schedule...
- Trinidad and TobagoThe Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, does not use the word crack. What reaches it is item 2 of the First...
- TurkeyCrack cocaine is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier maps it to the same schedule name as the...
- TuvaluCrack cocaine is a controlled drug in Tuvalu on this site's reading, controlled through the named entry for...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Crack cocaine is controlled federally. It is sold as a form of cocaine base, an identification this run did...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine, and controlled as the same substance rather than as a separate one. Record UKR-32...
- United Arab EmiratesCrack has no separate compound entry in Decision No. 158 of 2025. The dossier resolves the row through the...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class A drug, as cocaine. Crack is cocaine in its free base form, and the free base is the...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(4). Named inside a parent...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Crack is cocaine in base form [Likely; chemistry brought from outside the text]....
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Crack cocaine is printed in List IIA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force...
- YemenCrack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Yemen: it is controlled AS...
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Not individually verified
For these 86 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Crack Cocaine specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe