Legality
GBL legal status by country
Also known as: blue nitro
Countries where the legal status of GBL has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for GBL in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and neither is the substance it converts to. This is a positive finding of absence and not a...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 509 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaControlled as a drug, not only as a precursor. GBL (gamma-butyrolactone) is listed by the Criminal Code...
- AustriaControlled in Austria under the new psychoactive substances regime, and not as a narcotic or a psychotrope....
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. GBL is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to Bahrain's Law...
- BangladeshGamma-butyrolactone is not named. GHB is, in Class 'kha' at serial 4 as «GHB [Gama-Hydroxybutyric Acid]», and...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelgiumGBL is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints it...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Gamma butyrolactone is named in Schedule 2 Part I,...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 48 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. GBL is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaGBL (gamma-butyrolactone) is precursor-only, a Class A precursor listed in Schedule VI to the Controlled...
- ChileControlled as a chemical, not as a drug. The placement is established: this substance lies outside both...
- ColombiaNot listed. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026 carries no entry for GBL, gamma-butirolactona or...
- CroatiaGBL is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CzechiaGBL is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o seznamech...
- DenmarkNot a placed substance under the Danish euphoriants legislation: it is not named in liste A, B, C, D or E of...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. GBL has no entry. Neither it nor GHB, the substance it converts to in the body, appears anywhere...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, not as a Table 1 narcotic substance. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض...
- EstoniaGBL is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- FinlandControlled, though not as a narcotic. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus kuluttajamarkkinoilta kielletyistä...
- FranceGBL is not carried by either French closed list. The dossier's finding for this row is recorded in the...
- GermanyGBL is placed by the Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetz through a named line in Anlage 2, which is a different...
- GhanaControlled as a Class A precursor under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019), not as a...
- GreeceNot listed in the Greek narcotics tables. GBL is printed at no entry of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, Β, Γ or Δ in the Ministry...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. GBL, searched also as...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. GBL is a named entry of the P1 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Gamma-Butyrolactone", with "GBL, 4-butyrolactone" in...
- IndiaNo Indian placement was found for it: it is not named in the Act's Schedule (list of psychotropic...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranGBL has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics Law,...
- IraqControlled narcotic. Statement 33 of 2023 added «gamma-butyrolactone (GBL» to Schedule Four at serial 19,...
- IrelandNot a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: No controlled-drug schedule; 2010...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק א'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «GBL» as an operative...
- JapanGBL is not a controlled substance in Japan. Gamma butyrolactone, oxolan-2-one, is the lactone of GHB, and GHB...
- JordanGBL is a chemical precursor under Law No. 23 of 2016 and not a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance, and...
- KazakhstanGBL is controlled in Kazakhstan as a precursor rather than as a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance....
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. GBL is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-88, named on...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names GBL in its...
- LatviaGBL is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LithuaniaGBL is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names GBL. The entry relied on reads «Gama-butirolaktonas (GBL,...
- MacauNot listed in Macau. GBL is named in none of Tables I to VI of Law 17/2009 as replaced in full by Law 18/2023...
- MalaysiaGBL is not named, and it does not need to be. «Gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)» is named in Part III of the...
- MaltaWhich Maltese ordinance governs GBL is not established. Malta runs two drug ordinances and a cell that...
- MexicoGBL is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the fourth of the five groups of article 245 of the Ley...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova as a precursor, not as a drug. GBL is in Table IV, Lista nr. 5, «Substanțe...
- NetherlandsGamma-butyrolactone is not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II. The substance it converts to is: lijst I...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. GBL is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14...
- OmanNot listed in the annex to the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165, by a national listing, with a conflict in the Board's own list. Board...
- PolandNot named in the Polish national list. A search of all three annexes for gamma-butyrolactone and for its...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2, added by Decision 2 of 2025 of Law No. 9 of 1987. Article 2 of Ministerial...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists GBL at the entry «гамма-Бутиролактон» (in English,...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- Saudi ArabiaGBL is both named in the schedules and governed by a special prohibition in Saudi Arabia. It appears at...
- SlovakiaGBL is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names GBL. The entry relied on reads «GBL,...
- SpainNot a controlled substance on the text read: GBL is not named in Anexo 1 or Anexo 2 of Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SwedenNot named in the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter (LVFS 2011:10) om...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries GBL in list a, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanNot controlled as a narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例): absent from all four...
- ThailandGBL is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and by...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own name as a psychotropic substance whose circulation is restricted, with one...
- United Arab EmiratesGamma-butyrolactone is expressly listed at Schedule 8, item 39 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug. Part II of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesNot a scheduled controlled substance. A listed chemical under the Controlled Substances Act, regulated by...
- UruguayControlled. Gamma butyrolactone is named in its own right in the replacement national list, which the earlier...
- VietnamControlled as a tiền chất, a precursor, rather than as a narcotic substance. GBL is printed in List IVB of...
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Not individually verified
For these 149 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that GBL specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe