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Legality · DOM

Is DOM legal in Armenia?

Confirmed against a primary sourceVerified September 21, 2026
Legal status
Controlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to 4, prints the entry «ԴՕՄ», and record ARM-36 matches it to DOM on Chemical Abstracts number 15588-95-1. The row relied on is that printed line and not point 1 of the decision, which only directs that the list be approved and names no substance. The version read was the current incorporation of N 1129-Ն read together with amendment N 334-Ն of 26 March 2026, which took effect on 27 March 2026. The terms this row was searched under were «DOM», «STP» and «dimetoksimetilamfetamin», all of them Latin script, and the line they reached is printed in Armenian script, so the logged term set does not by itself explain how the line was found and the search record is incomplete. That does not weaken the finding, because the finding rests on the printed entry and its registry number rather than on the search that reached them. The annex prints only a three letter abbreviation in Armenian script, with no chemical name and no synonym on the line, so the Chemical Abstracts number in the record is what fixes which molecule the abbreviation denotes.
Consequences if caught
Capital exposure: none. Armenia has abolished the death penalty and Article 393 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia provides no life sentence for a drug offence, so the real exposure is a term of years. The ceiling is 12 years' imprisonment under Article 393(3), and Article 393(4) to (6) measures the significant, large and especially large bands from the minimum small amount figure the Government sets, so the band rather than the raw weight is what the article prices. The placement is the printed annex line «ԴՕՄ», record ARM-36. Armenia states no lawful personal use allowance beneath that placement. This pass carries no printed small amount figure for it, so the number those bands multiply is not stated here and no band can be computed from this cell. An abbreviation only entry is the thinnest kind of printed line, and the identification rests on the number rather than on the words.
If prescribed or medical
Armenia states no lawful personal use allowance for a scheduled substance, and Article 393(4) to (6) measures its significant, large and especially large bands from the minimum small amount figure the Government sets, which is a criminal threshold and never a traveller quota. A scheduled medicine must in addition satisfy the law on medicines, «Դեղերի մասին» Հայաստանի Հանրապետության օրենք, together with the prescription, packaging, import and customs rules that law carries. That is the country rule, and the placement it attaches to for DOM is the printed annex line «ԴՕՄ», at controlled lists 1 to 4, record ARM-36. The dossier read for Armenia states no separate traveller allowance, no personal import quota and no per substance medical route, so none is stated here and anything beyond the country rule is left to the Armenian Ministry of Health. The enquiry must quote the registry number, because the annex line is an abbreviation alone and an abbreviation can be read onto more than one molecule.
Documentation
Carry the prescription and the original dispensing packaging for any medicine containing DOM, with a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and put the question to the Armenian Ministry of Health or the nearest Armenian embassy in writing before travelling rather than at the border. The placement carried against is the printed annex line «ԴՕՄ», record ARM-36, Chemical Abstracts number 15588-95-1. It was read on 20 September 2026 against the current incorporation of N 1129-Ն read together with amendment N 334-Ն of 26 March 2026, which took effect on 27 March 2026. The paperwork should quote the registry number, because the annex line is an abbreviation and an abbreviation alone will not identify the molecule to an officer.
Primary sources
  • Armenia, printed annex entry «ԴՕՄ», record ARM-36, Chemical Abstracts number 15588-95-1
  • the annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, controlled lists 1 to 4
  • version read is the current incorporation of N 1129-Ն read together with amendment N 334-Ն of 26 March 2026, which took effect on 27 March 2026
  • penalties at the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, Article 393(3) for the 12 year ceiling and Article 393(4) to (6) for the significant, large and especially large bands measured from the Government's minimum small amount figure
  • search set as recorded in the source, «DOM», «STP» and «dimetoksimetilamfetamin», all Latin script
  • official current incorporation of Decision N 1129-Ն at https://www.arlis.am/hy/acts/205965
  • official amendment N 334-Ն of 26 March 2026 at https://www.arlis.am/en/acts/222947
  • official Criminal Code Article 393 at https://www.arlis.am/hy/acts/153080
  • official narcotics law «Թմրամիջոցների և հոգեմետ նյութերի մասին» at https://www.arlis.am/hy/acts/181155
  • read as at 20 September 2026

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