Is Crack Cocaine legal in Nigeria?
- Legal status
- Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Nigeria: it is controlled AS cocaine, an illegal controlled drug under the NDLEA Act (Cap N30, 2004), whose scheduling covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. Crack is treated identically to cocaine.
- Consequences if caught
- Possession or use of crack (as cocaine) draws 15-25 years (Secs 11/19); trafficking carries up to life imprisonment under the NDLEA Act.
- If prescribed or medical
- Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Nigeria; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
- Documentation
- No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.
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