Is Crack Cocaine legal in Romania?

Legal status

Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Romania: it is controlled AS cocaine under Legea 143/2000 privind prevenirea si combaterea traficului si consumului ilicit de droguri, arts. 2, 3 and 4, whose scheduling of cocaine reaches its salts, preparations and therefore the base/freebase form. Crack is prohibited identically to cocaine.

Consequences if caught

Legea 143/2000 separates risk drugs from high-risk drugs. Article 2(2): trafficking acts involving high-risk drugs are punished with 5 to 15 years and prohibition of certain rights. Article 3(2): introducing or removing high-risk drugs from the country without right, 10 to 20 years and prohibition of certain rights.

If prescribed or medical

Cocaine has at most narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed. Licit narcotics circulate under Legea 339/2005; a prohibited street drug has no prescribable form.

Documentation

No prescription documentation exists for this substance. Carry prescribed medicines in original packaging with the prescription; a Schengen art. 75 certificate is required for controlled medicines.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Romania’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.