Is DMT legal in Guam (US)?

Also known as: dimitri, the spirit molecule

Legal status

DMT is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7435, listed as Dimethyltryptamine, and separately controlled under the Guam Uniform Controlled Substances Act, 9 Guam Code Annotated chapter 67.

Consequences if caught

The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7435, listed as Dimethyltryptamine. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The Guam Uniform Controlled Substances Act, 9 Guam Code Annotated chapter 67 applies as well. Section 67.401.2 of that chapter makes possession unlawful and grades it by substance. Read verbatim: possession of 'any controlled substance except marijuana shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree'; more than one ounce of marijuana 'shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor'; and one ounce or less 'shall be guilty of a violation and punished by a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)'. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Guam felony of the third degree. The difference is which statute is charged.

If prescribed or medical

There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.

Documentation

Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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