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Legality · Delta-8-THC

Delta-8-THC in Kiribati: not individually verified

Also known as: d8

Not individually verified

We have not confirmed that Delta-8-THC specifically is scheduled in Kiribati, so this page gives no legal status. Publishing a guess here would be worse than publishing nothing. What we do know is the governing national drug law, below.

What is on record
Not confirmed. No schedule read names delta-8-THC, so the Ordinance could reach it only through the paragraph 7 words 'Any extract or tincture of cannabis' or the plant, resin and preparation words of section 4(1), and the text does not say whether a named compound or a manufactured product is such an extract. Absence from the schedules read is not a finding that delta-8-THC is uncontrolled: the Minister may modify Schedule 2 by order under section 13(2) (page 8), the Secretary may add to the Poisons List by order under section 53(3) of Cap. 70, and no order made under either power was read. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance was read as in force in the 1977 Revised Edition as amended to the Acts of 1995 and 2001, and this text does not rule out a later amendment or a later order under section 13(2).

Confirm directly with Kiribati’s national drug authority or your own embassy before you rely on anything.

What Kiribati HAS confirmed for related substances

These are related compounds, not Delta-8-THC. Their status may or may not reflect Delta-8-THC’s. Confirm Delta-8-THC directly with Kiribati's national drug authority or your embassy.

  • Cannabis / THCa related compound, not Delta-8-THC

    Controlled. Cannabis is within the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised Edition 1977, in three forms addressed apart. The plant: section 2, printed page 5, defines "Indian hemp" as "either of the plants Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica or any portion thereof", and Part II section 4(1), printed page 6, applies Part II to "Indian hemp and resins obtained from Indian hemp and preparations of which such resins form the base". Extracts and tinctures: Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 7, printed page 26, prints "Any extract or tincture of cannabis.", and section 13(1) applies Part IV to the substances specified in Part I. Other preparations that are neither resin based nor an extract or tincture are not named, and are not stated here to be controlled. Version read: Revised Edition 1977, as amended by the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Acts 1995 and 2001, which insert section 8A and add datura metel to Part II and were not read to change the Indian hemp provisions. Model B: section 13(2) lets the Minister by order modify Schedule 2. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance was read as in force in the 1977 Revised Edition as amended to the Acts of 1995 and 2001, and this text does not rule out a later amendment or a later order under section 13(2).

    Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised Edition 1977, sections 2, 4 to 8, 13, 14, 20 and 39 and Schedule 2 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Dangerous Drugs Regulations L.N. 19/80, regulation 6 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 1995 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2001 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, Cap. 70, 1977 Edition, Schedule 3 Poisons List · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Medical Services Act 1996, section 42 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Customs Act 2019, Schedules 3 and 4 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Verified October 7, 2026

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