Is Crack Cocaine legal in Venezuela?

Legal status

Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Venezuela: it is controlled AS cocaine under Ley Organica de Drogas, Gaceta Oficial No. 39.510 of 15 September 2010, arts. 149 and 153, whose scheduling of cocaine reaches its salts, preparations and therefore the base/freebase form. Crack is prohibited identically to cocaine.

Consequences if caught

Article 149: trafficking, sale, supply, distribution, concealment, transport or storage is punished with 15 to 25 years. Where the quantity does not exceed 5,000 g of marihuana, 1,000 g of cocaine or cocaine-based narcotic substances, 60 g of poppy derivatives or 500 units of synthetic drugs, the penalty is 12 to 18 years. Where the quantity exceeds the art. 153 limits but not 500 g of marihuana, 50 g of cocaine, 10 g of poppy derivatives or 100 units of synthetic drugs, the penalty is 8 to 12 years.

If prescribed or medical

Cocaine has at most narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed. The Ley Organica de Drogas confines licit handling to authorised medical and scientific channels; there is no ordinary prescription route for a prohibited street drug.

Documentation

No prescription documentation exists for this substance. No lawful personal-import route for a controlled narcotic; licit medicines require the authorisation regime of the Ley Organica de Drogas.

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