Is Crack Cocaine legal in Sri Lanka?
- Legal status
- Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Sri Lanka: it is controlled AS cocaine under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, whose scheduling covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The capital regime (Sec 54A) applies by the Third Schedule quantity threshold and carries over to crack, so trafficking above the threshold is death- or life-eligible whether powder or base (under an execution moratorium).
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking crack (as cocaine) above the Third Schedule threshold carries death or life (non-mandatory, moratorium in force); lesser possession draws imprisonment.
- If prescribed or medical
- Cocaine has only narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
- Documentation
- No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Sri Lanka’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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