Is Delta-8-THC legal in India?
- Legal status
- Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the NDPS Act 1985 and its psychotropic/manufactured-drug lists, which schedule tetrahydrocannabinols; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from the NDPS 'cannabis' definition, which is plant-form (charas/ganja) and excludes bhang — an isolated tetrahydrocannabinol is not bhang. No death penalty for a first offence.
- Consequences if caught
- Illegal; NDPS possession/trafficking penalties are quantity-tiered (small quantity to commercial quantity), with rigorous imprisonment for commercial quantities.
- If prescribed or medical
- No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.
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