Is DOM legal in United Arab Emirates?

Legal status

The substance known as DOM is placed in Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «DOM؛ STP؛ 2،5-ثنائي ميثوكسي-4-ميثيل أمفيتامين». The entry carries three designations at once, the abbreviation, the older street name and the Arabic chemical description of the 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl amphetamine, so the placement does not depend on which of the names a report happens to use. Schedule 5 is the most restrictive psychotropic schedule used by this instrument, which is what puts the row in the Article 57 group rather than the Schedule 6 to 8 group carrying Article 58. The row runs through Articles 10, 41 and 57, with Schedule 10 carrying the quantity bands. The placement was read on 20 September 2026.

Consequences if caught

Schedule 5 is one of the four schedule groups Article 57 names, and this entry is in Schedule 5, so the harsher of the two trafficking articles reaches the row. The dossier records Article 57 as stating mandatory death for its trafficking or promotion trigger and Article 58, which governs the other schedule group, as offering death or life imprisonment as alternatives; this substance is on the mandatory side. Article 57 states no quantity, and the dossier records that the Schedule 10 bands do not gate it, so there is no weight at which the route opens or closes. Article 41 carries the personal use route for this branch, with no tariff stated in the dossier.

If prescribed or medical

The dossier records at the modafinil row that a 268 entry ministry travellers list was checked and expressly not used as a schedule. Attached to this substance: the Schedule 5 placement at the three name entry, with no medicinal product, prescribing route or permit recorded against it anywhere in the dossier. The medical question is deferred rather than reasoned out of the Schedule 5 branch.

Documentation

No documentation route is recorded for this substance. Provenance: the entry «DOM؛ STP؛ 2،5-ثنائي ميثوكسي-4-ميثيل أمفيتامين» and its Schedule 5 placement were read on 20 September 2026, and the capital analysis rests on Article 57 rather than on the Schedule 10 bands. Because the entry prints three names for one substance, a report using any of them is describing the same placement and none of the three is a safer description than the others.

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