Legality
HHC legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of HHC 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 HHC in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaHHC is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and plant...
- AngolaControlled through what it contains rather than under its own name. Hexahydrocannabinol is not named. Table...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It reads as a Class B cannabis derivative, and the Part IV route does not reach it. No entry...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 523 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaProhibited by structure, though not named. Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is not named in F2026L01327, in the...
- BahrainControlled. HHC is reached, where it is made synthetically, through the undefined class entry that Decision...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusHHC is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- BelgiumHHC is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints it...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 125 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the...
- BruneiClass of this substance is unsettled on the face of the Act. It is neither named nor plainly outside the...
- BulgariaControlled. HHC is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45: HHC is...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. HHC is not named in the Popis...
- CubaControlled in Cuba as a cannabis derivative. Article 236(b) covers «Cannabis, conocida por marihuana, o sus...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaHHC is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o seznamech...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1, by group and not by name, with a...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaHHC is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. HHC is named on liste B nr. 219 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj 2026...
- FinlandControlled. HHC is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceHHC is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GermanyControlled narcotic. Hexahydrocannabinol is named in Anlage II of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the schedule of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. HHC is entry 16 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Β, the second table, an entry that opens...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasControlled. HHC is named in Lista II del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal (Decreto...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong, by the printed words of the cannabinol entry. Part I of the First Schedule to...
- HungaryControlled. HHC is a named entry of the új pszichoaktív anyagok jegyzéke carried in the 3. melléklet to...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Hexahydrocannabinol", with "HHC" in the Annað nafn...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110ZZJ Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranHHC has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics Law,...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 347 of 2025 added Hexahydrocannabinol to Schedule Six at serial 36,...
- IrelandHHC is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 438/2026, reg....
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «HHC» as an operative...
- JapanHHC is a 麻薬, a narcotic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第一第七十七号. The entry is...
- JordanHHC is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanHHC is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No. 470...
- 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. HHC is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-90, added by...
- LatviaHHC is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LithuaniaHHC is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names HHC. The entry relied on reads «HHC (Heksahidrokanabinolis,...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-B, item 43, prints «六氫大麻酚 / Hexahydrocannabinol, HHC». The dossier...
- MalaysiaHexahydrocannabinol is named nowhere in the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and nowhere in the...
- MaltaHHC is expressly listed in Chapter 31 Part A and Chapter 101 Fifth Schedule Part III, making it a controlled...
- MexicoHHC is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General de...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. HHC is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. HHC is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row prints...
- New ZealandControlled through the open analogue limb rather than by a schedule name. HHC, a hydrogenated cannabinoid,...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places HHC under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. HHC is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. HHC is named in Group II, Table 2, serial 28 of the annex...
- PakistanHHC is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za) defines the...
- PanamaControlled. HHC is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical annex....
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista II of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PolandControlled, and the group changed on 28 July 2026. «HHC» is entry lp. 83 in group II-P of Załącznik nr 1, the...
- QatarControlled in Qatar where the material answers a limb that names it by description rather than by name, and...
- RomaniaHHC is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists HHC at the entry «Гексагидроканнабинол» (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 ArabiaHHC is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category B of the schedules...
- SerbiaHHC is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak psihoaktivnih...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaHHC is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names HHC. The entry relied on reads «HHC,...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names heksahidrokanabinol...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. HHC is entry 64 of Lista II in...
- SwedenControlled. Hexahydrocannabinol is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries HHC in list e, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- ThailandHHC is a Category 1 psychotropic substance in Thailand, by name. The Ministry of Public Health notification...
- Timor-LesteNot named anywhere in Anexo II to Lei n.º 2/2017, de 25 de Janeiro, and not an isomer of...
- Trinidad and TobagoHHC is placed in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, by name, by the Dangerous Drugs...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)HHC is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(115),...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own name as a psychotropic substance whose circulation is restricted. The list...
- United Arab EmiratesHexahydrocannabinol is in Schedule 1 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 as a current national addition made in the...
- United KingdomNot a controlled drug. HHC, hexahydrocannabinol, is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(115). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. HHC is printed in List IIB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 141 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that HHC 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
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- 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
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe