Legality
Delta-8-THC legal status by country
Also known as: d8
Countries where the legal status of Delta-8-THC 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 Delta-8-THC in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is a Narkotika Golongan I substance under national Law No. 35 of 2009...
- AlbaniaDelta-8-THC is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- American Samoa (US)Delta-8-THC is a tetrahydrocannabinol and is controlled territorially under the entry 'Tetrahydrocannabinols'...
- AngolaControlled. Tetraidrocanabinol is in table II-B of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. Isolated, it reads as a Class A cannabinol derivative. No entry names it, and it is reached by a...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 359 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...
- AustraliaProhibited. Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol is an isomer of delta-9-THC, differing only in the position of one...
- AustriaA Suchtgift in Austrian law, listed rather than inferred. In the Suchtgiftverordnung, Annex V.1 lists...
- BahamasControlled, by chemical name rather than by the label delta 8. Substances in Schedule I of the Psychotropic...
- BahrainControlled. Delta-8-THC is placed in Group II Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on...
- BangladeshDelta-8-THC reads onto a named entry in Class 'ka' of the First Schedule, the heaviest class, on the face of...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control», among seven...
- BelarusDelta-8-THC is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumDelta-8-THC is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeDelta-8-THC is a Class A controlled drug in Belize when it is not contained in cannabis or cannabis resin, as...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry TETRAHIDROCANABINOLES (Todos los...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 180 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178, as a Class A drug or as cannabis. Part IV of...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Delta-8-THC is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Cabo VerdeControlled. Delta-8-THC is in Table I, part B of Lei n.º 78/IV/93, printed on page 532 of Boletim Oficial I...
- CambodiaControlled, as a party to the 1971 Convention, Cambodia schedules tetrahydrocannabinols and their isomers...
- CanadaControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as an isomer of THC: the Cannabis Act and CDSA Schedule II define...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under China's list of controlled...
- 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:...
- CroatiaDelta-8-THC is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari...
- CubaControlled in Cuba as a cannabis derivative. Article 236(b) covers «Cannabis, conocida por marihuana, o sus...
- CzechiaDelta-8-THC is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- DominicaDelta-8-THC is controlled in Dominica by derivation, and material still inside the plant is controlled...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Delta-8-THC is reached by the plural entry «Tetrahidrocanabinoles» at number 21 of acápite III of...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in Egypt's Table 1, by two readings of the table, neither of which prints...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaDelta-8-THC 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. Delta-8-THC is a tetrahydro derivative of cannabinol, one of...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands as one of the isomers of a listed row rather than under its own name. Liste B...
- FinlandControlled. Delta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston...
- FranceDelta-8-THC is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- GeorgiaDelta-8-THC is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624,...
- GermanyListed by name in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the non-marketable tier. Delta-8-THC has an entry...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). Sixth Schedule A names «Cannabis, its...
- GreeceControlled through the tetrahydrocannabinol entry and the isomer clause. Delta 8 THC is not named in the...
- GrenadaControlled. It is a tetrahydrocannabinol, and the entry at Part II of the First Schedule, the List of...
- 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. Delta-8-THC is named in Lista I del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong, through the words of the cannabinol entry. Part I of the First Schedule to the...
- HungaryControlled. Delta-8-THC is a named entry of the P1 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.)...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Δ8-THC", with "Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol" in the Annað...
- 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...
- IranDelta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol is placed at entry 27 of Schedule 1 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted...
- IraqControlled as an isomer of a listed substance, and under its own name it is not named in any Iraqi schedule....
- IrelandDelta-8-THC is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I....
- IsraelControlled on the face of the entry; חלק א' סימן ב' פרט 4 lists the delta-tetrahydrocannabinols in the plural
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «delta-8-THC» as an...
- JapanDelta-8-THC is a 麻薬, a narcotic, named in the Act's own 別表第一 in Japan. The entry is...
- JordanDelta-8-THC is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and...
- KazakhstanDelta-8-THC sits inside a class entry in Kazakhstan's controlled list rather than carrying an entry of its...
- KenyaControlled in part under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245: the schedule...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Delta 8 THC is listed at Group 2, table 1, serial P1-13,...
- LaosControlled, as a party to the 1971 Convention, Laos schedules tetrahydrocannabinols and their isomers through...
- LatviaDelta-8-THC is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol is not named in the four tables annexed to Law 673 of 16 March 1998,...
- LibyaControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under Law No. 7 of 1990 on narcotics and...
- LithuaniaDelta-8-THC is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names delta-8-THC. The entry relied on reads...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-B, item 16, prints «delta-8-THC /...
- MalaysiaDelta-8-THC is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 in terms, as...
- MaldivesControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011),...
- MaltaDelta-8-THC is controlled in Malta, covered by the Part A THC-isomer entry. Delta-8-THC is governed by both...
- MexicoDelta-8-THC is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the second of the five groups of article 245 of the...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Delta-8-THC is named by its chemical structure in Table I, «Tabelul național I....
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Delta-8-THC is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 1, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Delta-8-THC falls within lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, through the...
- New ZealandControlled through the open analogue limb rather than by a schedule name. Delta-8-THC, a tetrahydrocannabinol...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Tetrahidrocannabinol», printed among the lists and tables...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places delta-8-THC under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Delta-8-THC is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Delta-8-THC is named in Group II, Table 1, serial 32 of the...
- PakistanDelta-8-THC is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Delta-8-THC is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through a class entry rather than by its own name....
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Delta-8-THC is printed as "delta-8-THC" on page 14 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled, and named expressly rather than caught by inference since 28 July 2026. «Tetrahydrokannabinole»...
- PortugalControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the tables of Decreto-Lei 15/93,...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 1-B item 13 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints item 13 as...
- RomaniaDelta-8-THC is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Tetrahydrocannabinol», located at Legea...
- RussiaControlled in Russia through a derivative entry, not by name. The dossier places delta-8-THC under the Decree...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b), as a cannabinol derivative under Part I of Schedule 2....
- SamoaDelta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol is caught by Second Schedule item 6 of the Narcotics Act 1967,...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled, as a 1971 Convention party Saudi Arabia schedules tetrahydrocannabinols and their isomers under...
- SerbiaDelta-8-THC 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...
- SlovakiaDelta-8-THC is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names delta-8-THC. The entry relied on...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names tetrahidrokanabinol in...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Narcotics Control Act, which...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica, through the generic tetrahydrocannabinol entry rather than...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SudanControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Narcotic Drugs and...
- SurinameControlled through the tetrahydrocannabinol entry, on a reading of its footnote that is set out below and...
- SwedenControlled. delta-8-THC is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled as a THC isomer. BetmVV-EDI does not name Delta 8 THC on its own; it carries a single list d entry...
- SyriaControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Narcotic Drugs Law No. 2 of...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), reached not by a named...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. Item 26 of Перечень 2, psychotropic substances, of the National List approved by...
- TanzaniaControlled by its chemical name. Schedule I of the 1971 Convention list in the First Schedule of the Drug...
- ThailandControlled by THC content, under the Narcotics Code (B.E. 2564) and the 2022 cannabis reform, any...
- Timor-LesteNamed. Tabela II-B, item 14, of Anexo II to Lei n.º 2/2017, de 25 de Janeiro ("Lei de Combate ao Tráfico...
- TongaCaught by Schedule 1's own isomer clause, not by name. Tetrahydrocannabinol is named directly on page 21 of...
- Trinidad and TobagoDelta-8-THC is named in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table headed...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Delta-8-THC is controlled federally, subject to a contested hemp carve out. By its own name it is a...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine through the isolated cannabinoid heading. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV,...
- United Arab EmiratesDelta-8-THC is reached through the tetrahydrocannabinol and isomer entry in Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug through a generic definition. It is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(31). Reached by a class...
- UruguayControlled, by an express entry rather than by inference. The replacement annex prints "Delta-8-THC" as an...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. List I of Resolution 330, the list of narcotic drugs whose circulation is...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Delta 8 THC is printed in List IB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenControlled, delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under Law No. 3 of 1993 on narcotics and...
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Not individually verified
For these 96 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Delta-8-THC 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
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- 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)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe