Legal status in Jamaica
Per-substance legal status for Jamaica, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Alcohol
- Legal status
- Alcohol is not among the drugs to which Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act applies. The scope search recorded for this row, «alcohol; etanol», returned no entry, and section 10(1) names only medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine. Part IIIA of the Act reaches ganja alone. The row reserves beverage and ethanol controls instead of assigning a narcotics-list offence. The Dangerous Drugs Act is a narcotics statute of Geneva and Hague Convention vintage and it is not the instrument that regulates this product in Jamaica; excise, customs, food, tobacco and medicines law are reserved, and this citation does not reach them. No controlled drug offence is assigned to it here.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. No controlled drug penalty attaches to this substance under the Dangerous Drugs Act at all, because it is not a drug to which Part IV applies and it is not ganja. The scope search recorded was «alcohol; etanol», and the row reserves beverage and ethanol controls instead of assigning a narcotics-list offence. That is a statement about this Act and not a statement that the product is unregulated: excise, customs, food, tobacco, licensing and public health law sit outside this instrument and are not cited here. Section 22(5), the residual penalty for an offence against this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars or two years, and it has nothing to bite on where no offence is created.
- If prescribed / medical
- There is no Jamaican controlled drug authorisation to obtain for Alcohol, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it at all. Any import restriction on it comes from customs, excise, food or tobacco law, which this Act does not supply and which this cell does not attempt to state. No schedule placement attaches to this row under this Act. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «alcohol; etanol», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which reserves beverage and ethanol controls instead of assigning a narcotics-list offence.
- Documentation
- No Jamaican controlled drug document is needed for this substance, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it. Any paperwork that is needed comes from customs, excise or product law, which this citation does not cover, so do not treat this row as clearance for a quantity carried for sale. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that reserves beverage and ethanol controls instead of assigning a narcotics-list offence. The scope search relied on here, «alcohol; etanol», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «alcohol schedule | alcohol penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «alcohol · etanol». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it reserves beverage and ethanol controls instead of assigning a narcotics-list offence. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Caffeine
- Legal status
- Caffeine is not among the drugs to which Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act applies. The scope search recorded for this row, «cafeína», returned no entry, and section 10(1) names only medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine. The term recorded for the search, CAFEÍNA, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Part IIIA of the Act reaches ganja alone. The row reserves food and medicine regulation outside the criminal controlled-drug schedule. The Dangerous Drugs Act is a narcotics statute of Geneva and Hague Convention vintage and it is not the instrument that regulates this product in Jamaica; excise, customs, food, tobacco and medicines law are reserved, and this citation does not reach them. No controlled drug offence is assigned to it here.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. No controlled drug penalty attaches to this substance under the Dangerous Drugs Act at all, because it is not a drug to which Part IV applies and it is not ganja. The scope search recorded was «cafeína», and the row reserves food and medicine regulation outside the criminal controlled-drug schedule. That is a statement about this Act and not a statement that the product is unregulated: excise, customs, food, tobacco, licensing and public health law sit outside this instrument and are not cited here. Section 22(5), the residual penalty for an offence against this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars or two years, and it has nothing to bite on where no offence is created.
- If prescribed / medical
- There is no Jamaican controlled drug authorisation to obtain for Caffeine, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it at all. Any import restriction on it comes from customs, excise, food or tobacco law, which this Act does not supply and which this cell does not attempt to state. No schedule placement attaches to this row under this Act. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «cafeína», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which reserves food and medicine regulation outside the criminal controlled-drug schedule.
- Documentation
- No Jamaican controlled drug document is needed for this substance, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it. Any paperwork that is needed comes from customs, excise or product law, which this citation does not cover, so do not treat this row as clearance for a quantity carried for sale. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that reserves food and medicine regulation outside the criminal controlled-drug schedule. The scope search relied on here, «cafeína», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «caffeine schedule | caffeine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «cafeína». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it reserves food and medicine regulation outside the criminal controlled-drug schedule. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Cannabis / THC
- Legal status
- Cannabis is governed in Jamaica as ganja, under Part IIIA of the Dangerous Drugs Act rather than under the Part IV list. Section 2 defines ganja to include «all parts of the plant known as cannabis sativa from which the resin has not been extracted and includes any resin obtained from that plant, but does not include medicinal preparations made from that plant», and section 10(1)(b) separately brings «any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa» within Part IV. The row checks plant, resin and statutory THC wording without collapsing them into CBD. Part IIIA runs from section 7A, export and import, through section 7B, cultivating, selling, dealing in or transporting, to section 7C, possession, and section 7D, smoking. Section 7C(2) provides that «no conviction for the offence of possession of two ounces (0.057kg) or less of ganja, or such other amount as the Minister may by order prescribe, shall be recorded on the criminal record of the offender». That removes the record, not the offence: section 7C(1) still makes possession an offence at any quantity. The Part IIIA pages in this consolidation are authorized by L.N. 192A/2017.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. Part IIIA prices ganja by the ounce. Section 7B(d) sets, on conviction before a Circuit Court, a fine of not less than two hundred dollars for each ounce the Court is satisfied is the subject matter of the offence or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty five years, and section 7B(e)(i) sets a summary fine of not less than one hundred and not more than two hundred dollars an ounce capped at five hundred thousand dollars, or three years. Section 7C(1)(a) makes possession punishable before a Circuit Court by a fine or up to five years, and section 7C(1)(b) summarily by one hundred dollars an ounce capped at fifteen thousand dollars, or three years. Section 7D punishes smoking and the keeping of pipes summarily, five thousand dollars or twelve months on a first conviction and ten thousand dollars or two years afterwards. Section 7C(2) and section 7D(2) stop a conviction being recorded, for two ounces or less and for the smoking and utensil limbs; neither one stops the prosecution, and neither one applies to export, which section 7A treats as its own offence.
- If prescribed / medical
- This is plant or preparation material rather than a dispensed medicine, so a foreign prescription is unlikely to exist for it and would not in any event be a Jamaican authorisation. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IIIA, which is a separate regime from the Part IV authorisation route and which the Act does not equip with a traveller permit of its own. Section 15 requires a dangerous drug brought to the Island in transit to be accompanied by a valid and subsisting export authorization or diversion certificate. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «cannabis; resina DE cannabis; tetrahidrocannabinol», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which checks plant, resin and statutory THC wording without collapsing them into CBD.
- Documentation
- Carry nothing across the border on the strength of the two ounce rule. Section 7C(2) removes the record of a conviction, not the offence, and it says nothing about export, which section 7A treats separately. For anything carried as a medicine, bring the original dispensing packaging, the prescription and a letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and ask before travelling rather than on arrival. When you confirm this row, ask the question it turns on, namely whether the answer checks plant, resin and statutory THC wording without collapsing them into CBD. The Part IIIA text relied on here was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 2, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D and 10, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «cannabis schedule | cannabis penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «cannabis · resina DE cannabis · tetrahidrocannabinol». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it checks plant, resin and statutory THC wording without collapsing them into CBD. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Cocaine
- Legal status
- Cocaine is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to which Part IV applies is set out in section 10(1), and section 10(1)(d) prints «cocaine (including synthetic cocaine) and ecgonine and their respective salts, and the esters of ecgonine and their respective salts». The row uses the cocaine entry and keeps coca leaf, salts and preparations analytically distinct. The term recorded for the search, COCAÍNA, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Section 8 creates the import and export offence, section 8A the sale and distribution offence and section 8B the possession offence, each of them opening with a saving for conduct authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act. Section 11(2) and 11(3) let the Minister extend Part IV by order, so section 10 is a floor rather than a closed set, and orders of that kind are published as separate Legal Notices which this consolidation does not reproduce. There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act: the Schedule it carries is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, so the placement rests on section 10 itself. The page carrying section 10 is authorized by L.N. 60/1976.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. For a Part IV drug the operative pair is section 8A and section 8B. Section 8A(1) reaches selling or distributing, using premises for manufacture, sale or distribution, and using a conveyance for carrying or for sale or distribution, and section 8A(2)(a) makes that punishable «on conviction before a Circuit Court to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty-five years or to both such fine and imprisonment», with a summary alternative of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or five years. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession save as authorized, and section 8B(2) carries the same thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling and the same summary alternative, so possession and supply share a maximum and are separated by the court and by the facts rather than by the statute. Section 8 adds the import and export offence. No quantity threshold is printed for this substance anywhere in the Act, and the searches recorded for this row were «cocaína». The limb is reached only on the row's own footing, which uses the cocaine entry and keeps coca leaf, salts and preparations analytically distinct.
- If prescribed / medical
- Where this substance is carried as a prescribed medicine, the question Jamaican law asks is not the quantity but the authorisation. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession of a Part IV drug save as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act, section 9(1)(c) provides for regulations «for regulating the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any such drug and the dispensing of any such prescription», and section 19 provides that licences, permits and authorities «issued or granted by the Chief Medical Officer» carry whatever terms the Minister prescribes. A foreign prescription is not a Jamaican authorisation and does not become one on arrival. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IV itself, reached through section 10(1) for the listed drugs and through a section 11 order for anything added to them. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «cocaína», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which uses the cocaine entry and keeps coca leaf, salts and preparations analytically distinct.
- Documentation
- Carry the medicine in its original dispensing packaging with the prescription and a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and ask the Ministry of Health and Wellness or the nearest Jamaican mission before travelling rather than on arrival. A foreign prescription is evidence of why you hold it; it is not a Jamaican licence, permit or authority of the kind section 19 has the Chief Medical Officer issue. When you confirm this row, ask the question it is drawn around, which is the one that uses the cocaine entry and keeps coca leaf, salts and preparations analytically distinct. The instrument relied on here was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 8, 8A, 8B, 10 and 11, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «cocaine schedule | cocaine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «cocaína». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it uses the cocaine entry and keeps coca leaf, salts and preparations analytically distinct. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Codeine
- Legal status
- Codeine is the one row in this table that the Dangerous Drugs Act addresses by excluding it. Section 10(1)(h) brings in «thebaine and its salts, and (with the exception of methylmorphine, commonly known as codeine, and of ethylmorphine, commonly known as dionin, and their respective salts) benzylmorphine and the other ethers of morphine and their respective salts», so the ether of morphine limb expressly excepts it. The only route by which Part IV reaches it is section 11(3), under which the Minister may by order apply Part IV to «methylmorphine (commonly known as codeine), ethylmorphine (commonly known as dionin) and their respective salts, preparations and admixtures». Whether such an order is in force is not shown by this instrument, and orders of that kind are separate Legal Notices this consolidation does not reproduce. The term recorded for the search, CODEÍNA, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. The row checks a named opiate while preserving applicable preparation and concentration exceptions. An earlier working note recorded a printed schedule entry for this row; the printed words say the opposite, and this cell follows the statute.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. No penalty limb is assigned to this row, because the Act excepts it from section 10(1)(h) and reaches it only if a section 11(3) order has been made. If such an order is in force, sections 8A and 8B apply with their thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling and their summary alternative of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or five years, subject to whatever modifications the order specifies, since section 11(3) allows the Part to be applied «with such modifications as may be specified in the order». If no order is in force, this Act creates no offence for it and any restriction is a medicines and pharmacy question. The search terms recorded were «codeína».
- If prescribed / medical
- Where this substance is carried as a prescribed medicine, the question Jamaican law asks is not the quantity but the authorisation. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession of a Part IV drug save as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act, section 9(1)(c) provides for regulations «for regulating the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any such drug and the dispensing of any such prescription», and section 19 provides that licences, permits and authorities «issued or granted by the Chief Medical Officer» carry whatever terms the Minister prescribes. A foreign prescription is not a Jamaican authorisation and does not become one on arrival. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IV itself, reached through section 10(1) for the listed drugs and through a section 11 order for anything added to them. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «codeína», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which checks a named opiate while preserving applicable preparation and concentration exceptions.
- Documentation
- Carry the medicine in its original dispensing packaging with the prescription and a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and ask the Ministry of Health and Wellness or the nearest Jamaican mission before travelling rather than on arrival. A foreign prescription is evidence of why you hold it; it is not a Jamaican licence, permit or authority of the kind section 19 has the Chief Medical Officer issue. When you confirm this row, ask the question it is drawn around, which is the one that checks a named opiate while preserving applicable preparation and concentration exceptions. The instrument relied on here was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 10, 11 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «codeine schedule | codeine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «codeína». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it checks a named opiate while preserving applicable preparation and concentration exceptions. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Crack Cocaine
- Legal status
- Crack cocaine is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to which Part IV applies is set out in section 10(1), and section 10(1)(d) prints «cocaine (including synthetic cocaine) and ecgonine and their respective salts, and the esters of ecgonine and their respective salts». The row resolves the dosage form only after analytical identification as cocaine. The term recorded for the search, COCAÍNA, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Section 8 creates the import and export offence, section 8A the sale and distribution offence and section 8B the possession offence, each of them opening with a saving for conduct authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act. Section 11(2) and 11(3) let the Minister extend Part IV by order, so section 10 is a floor rather than a closed set, and orders of that kind are published as separate Legal Notices which this consolidation does not reproduce. There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act: the Schedule it carries is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, so the placement rests on section 10 itself. The page carrying section 10 is authorized by L.N. 60/1976.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. For a Part IV drug the operative pair is section 8A and section 8B. Section 8A(1) reaches selling or distributing, using premises for manufacture, sale or distribution, and using a conveyance for carrying or for sale or distribution, and section 8A(2)(a) makes that punishable «on conviction before a Circuit Court to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty-five years or to both such fine and imprisonment», with a summary alternative of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or five years. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession save as authorized, and section 8B(2) carries the same thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling and the same summary alternative, so possession and supply share a maximum and are separated by the court and by the facts rather than by the statute. Section 8 adds the import and export offence. No quantity threshold is printed for this substance anywhere in the Act, and the searches recorded for this row were «cocaína». The limb is reached only on the row's own footing, which resolves the dosage form only after analytical identification as cocaine.
- If prescribed / medical
- No prescription route is described for this substance in the Dangerous Drugs Act, and the Act supplies the only traveller rule this citation can carry: possession of a Part IV drug is lawful only as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under section 9, and section 15 governs a dangerous drug brought to the Island in transit. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IV itself, reached through section 10(1) for the listed drugs and through a section 11 order for anything added to them. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «cocaína», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which resolves the dosage form only after analytical identification as cocaine.
- Documentation
- Do not read the absence of an entry as permission. Ask the Ministry of Justice or the nearest Jamaican mission whether a Ministerial order under section 11, or any medicines or pharmacy instrument outside this Act, reaches this substance, and ask before travelling rather than on arrival. If you carry it as a medicine, bring the original packaging, the prescription and a letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period. When you confirm this row, ask the question it turns on, namely whether the answer resolves the dosage form only after analytical identification as cocaine. The searches relied on here, «cocaína», were read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 8, 8A, 8B, 10 and 11, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «crack-cocaine schedule | crack-cocaine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «cocaína». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it resolves the dosage form only after analytical identification as cocaine. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Heroin
- Legal status
- Heroin is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to which Part IV applies is set out in section 10(1), and section 10(1)(c) prints «morphine and its salts, and diacetylmorphine (commonly known as diamorphine or heroin) and the other esters of morphine and their respective salts». The row uses the diacetylmorphine synonym and does not substitute the morphine entry. Section 8 creates the import and export offence, section 8A the sale and distribution offence and section 8B the possession offence, each of them opening with a saving for conduct authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act. Section 11(2) and 11(3) let the Minister extend Part IV by order, so section 10 is a floor rather than a closed set, and orders of that kind are published as separate Legal Notices which this consolidation does not reproduce. There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act: the Schedule it carries is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, so the placement rests on section 10 itself. The page carrying section 10 is authorized by L.N. 60/1976.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. For a Part IV drug the operative pair is section 8A and section 8B. Section 8A(1) reaches selling or distributing, using premises for manufacture, sale or distribution, and using a conveyance for carrying or for sale or distribution, and section 8A(2)(a) makes that punishable «on conviction before a Circuit Court to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty-five years or to both such fine and imprisonment», with a summary alternative of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or five years. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession save as authorized, and section 8B(2) carries the same thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling and the same summary alternative, so possession and supply share a maximum and are separated by the court and by the facts rather than by the statute. Section 8 adds the import and export offence. No quantity threshold is printed for this substance anywhere in the Act, and the searches recorded for this row were «heroína; diacetilmorfina». The limb is reached only on the row's own footing, which uses the diacetylmorphine synonym and does not substitute the morphine entry.
- If prescribed / medical
- No prescription route is described for this substance in the Dangerous Drugs Act, and the Act supplies the only traveller rule this citation can carry: possession of a Part IV drug is lawful only as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under section 9, and section 15 governs a dangerous drug brought to the Island in transit. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IV itself, reached through section 10(1) for the listed drugs and through a section 11 order for anything added to them. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «heroína; diacetilmorfina», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which uses the diacetylmorphine synonym and does not substitute the morphine entry.
- Documentation
- Do not read the absence of an entry as permission. Ask the Ministry of Justice or the nearest Jamaican mission whether a Ministerial order under section 11, or any medicines or pharmacy instrument outside this Act, reaches this substance, and ask before travelling rather than on arrival. If you carry it as a medicine, bring the original packaging, the prescription and a letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period. When you confirm this row, ask the question it turns on, namely whether the answer uses the diacetylmorphine synonym and does not substitute the morphine entry. The searches relied on here, «heroína; diacetilmorfina», were read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 8, 8A, 8B, 10 and 11, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «heroin schedule | heroin penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «heroína · diacetilmorfina». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it uses the diacetylmorphine synonym and does not substitute the morphine entry. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Morphine
- Legal status
- Morphine is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to which Part IV applies is set out in section 10(1), and section 10(1)(c) prints «morphine and its salts, and diacetylmorphine (commonly known as diamorphine or heroin) and the other esters of morphine and their respective salts». The row uses the parent opiate entry and checks salts and preparations only within printed coverage. The term recorded for the search, MORFINA, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Section 8 creates the import and export offence, section 8A the sale and distribution offence and section 8B the possession offence, each of them opening with a saving for conduct authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act. Section 11(2) and 11(3) let the Minister extend Part IV by order, so section 10 is a floor rather than a closed set, and orders of that kind are published as separate Legal Notices which this consolidation does not reproduce. There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act: the Schedule it carries is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, so the placement rests on section 10 itself. The page carrying section 10 is authorized by L.N. 60/1976.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. For a Part IV drug the operative pair is section 8A and section 8B. Section 8A(1) reaches selling or distributing, using premises for manufacture, sale or distribution, and using a conveyance for carrying or for sale or distribution, and section 8A(2)(a) makes that punishable «on conviction before a Circuit Court to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty-five years or to both such fine and imprisonment», with a summary alternative of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or five years. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession save as authorized, and section 8B(2) carries the same thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling and the same summary alternative, so possession and supply share a maximum and are separated by the court and by the facts rather than by the statute. Section 8 adds the import and export offence. No quantity threshold is printed for this substance anywhere in the Act, and the searches recorded for this row were «morfina». The limb is reached only on the row's own footing, which uses the parent opiate entry and checks salts and preparations only within printed coverage.
- If prescribed / medical
- Where this substance is carried as a prescribed medicine, the question Jamaican law asks is not the quantity but the authorisation. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession of a Part IV drug save as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act, section 9(1)(c) provides for regulations «for regulating the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any such drug and the dispensing of any such prescription», and section 19 provides that licences, permits and authorities «issued or granted by the Chief Medical Officer» carry whatever terms the Minister prescribes. A foreign prescription is not a Jamaican authorisation and does not become one on arrival. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IV itself, reached through section 10(1) for the listed drugs and through a section 11 order for anything added to them. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «morfina», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which uses the parent opiate entry and checks salts and preparations only within printed coverage.
- Documentation
- Carry the medicine in its original dispensing packaging with the prescription and a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and ask the Ministry of Health and Wellness or the nearest Jamaican mission before travelling rather than on arrival. A foreign prescription is evidence of why you hold it; it is not a Jamaican licence, permit or authority of the kind section 19 has the Chief Medical Officer issue. When you confirm this row, ask the question it is drawn around, which is the one that uses the parent opiate entry and checks salts and preparations only within printed coverage. The instrument relied on here was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 8, 8A, 8B, 10 and 11, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «morphine schedule | morphine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «morfina». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it uses the parent opiate entry and checks salts and preparations only within printed coverage. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Nicotine
- Legal status
- Nicotine is not among the drugs to which Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act applies. The scope search recorded for this row, «nicotina», returned no entry, and section 10(1) names only medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine. The term recorded for the search, NICOTINA, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Part IIIA of the Act reaches ganja alone. The row reserves tobacco and nicotine-product law outside the cited narcotics schedule. The Dangerous Drugs Act is a narcotics statute of Geneva and Hague Convention vintage and it is not the instrument that regulates this product in Jamaica; excise, customs, food, tobacco and medicines law are reserved, and this citation does not reach them. No controlled drug offence is assigned to it here.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. No controlled drug penalty attaches to this substance under the Dangerous Drugs Act at all, because it is not a drug to which Part IV applies and it is not ganja. The scope search recorded was «nicotina», and the row reserves tobacco and nicotine-product law outside the cited narcotics schedule. That is a statement about this Act and not a statement that the product is unregulated: excise, customs, food, tobacco, licensing and public health law sit outside this instrument and are not cited here. Section 22(5), the residual penalty for an offence against this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars or two years, and it has nothing to bite on where no offence is created.
- If prescribed / medical
- There is no Jamaican controlled drug authorisation to obtain for Nicotine, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it at all. Any import restriction on it comes from customs, excise, food or tobacco law, which this Act does not supply and which this cell does not attempt to state. No schedule placement attaches to this row under this Act. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «nicotina», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which reserves tobacco and nicotine-product law outside the cited narcotics schedule.
- Documentation
- No Jamaican controlled drug document is needed for this substance, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it. Any paperwork that is needed comes from customs, excise or product law, which this citation does not cover, so do not treat this row as clearance for a quantity carried for sale. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that reserves tobacco and nicotine-product law outside the cited narcotics schedule. The scope search relied on here, «nicotina», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «nicotine schedule | nicotine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «nicotina». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it reserves tobacco and nicotine-product law outside the cited narcotics schedule. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Opium
- Legal status
- Opium is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to which Part IV applies is set out in section 10(1), and section 10(1)(a) prints «medicinal opium». The row keeps raw opium, prepared opium and poppy plant provisions analytically separate. The term recorded for the search, OPIO, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Section 8 creates the import and export offence, section 8A the sale and distribution offence and section 8B the possession offence, each of them opening with a saving for conduct authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act. Section 11(2) and 11(3) let the Minister extend Part IV by order, so section 10 is a floor rather than a closed set, and orders of that kind are published as separate Legal Notices which this consolidation does not reproduce. There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act: the Schedule it carries is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, so the placement rests on section 10 itself. The page carrying section 10 is authorized by L.N. 60/1976.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. For a Part IV drug the operative pair is section 8A and section 8B. Section 8A(1) reaches selling or distributing, using premises for manufacture, sale or distribution, and using a conveyance for carrying or for sale or distribution, and section 8A(2)(a) makes that punishable «on conviction before a Circuit Court to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty-five years or to both such fine and imprisonment», with a summary alternative of a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars or five years. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession save as authorized, and section 8B(2) carries the same thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling and the same summary alternative, so possession and supply share a maximum and are separated by the court and by the facts rather than by the statute. Section 8 adds the import and export offence. No quantity threshold is printed for this substance anywhere in the Act, and the searches recorded for this row were «opio». The limb is reached only on the row's own footing, which keeps raw opium, prepared opium and poppy plant provisions analytically separate.
- If prescribed / medical
- Where this substance is carried as a prescribed medicine, the question Jamaican law asks is not the quantity but the authorisation. Section 8B(1) prohibits possession of a Part IV drug save as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under the Act, section 9(1)(c) provides for regulations «for regulating the issue by medical practitioners of prescriptions containing any such drug and the dispensing of any such prescription», and section 19 provides that licences, permits and authorities «issued or granted by the Chief Medical Officer» carry whatever terms the Minister prescribes. A foreign prescription is not a Jamaican authorisation and does not become one on arrival. The placement that attaches to this row is Part IV itself, reached through section 10(1) for the listed drugs and through a section 11 order for anything added to them. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «opio», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which keeps raw opium, prepared opium and poppy plant provisions analytically separate.
- Documentation
- Carry the medicine in its original dispensing packaging with the prescription and a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and ask the Ministry of Health and Wellness or the nearest Jamaican mission before travelling rather than on arrival. A foreign prescription is evidence of why you hold it; it is not a Jamaican licence, permit or authority of the kind section 19 has the Chief Medical Officer issue. When you confirm this row, ask the question it is drawn around, which is the one that keeps raw opium, prepared opium and poppy plant provisions analytically separate. The instrument relied on here was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 8, 8A, 8B, 10 and 11, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «opium schedule | opium penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «opio». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it keeps raw opium, prepared opium and poppy plant provisions analytically separate. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Pink Cocaine / Tusi
- Legal status
- Pink cocaine is a label rather than a single scheduled molecule, and Jamaican law is applied to what the material is found to be. The compilation records it as «cocaína rosa; tusi; tucibi», and the row requires laboratory constituents because the colour and street name define no composition. The term recorded for the search, cocaína rosa; tusi; tucibi, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Section 10(1) lists medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine, section 2 defines ganja by reference to the plant and its resin, and an entry can only be matched against an identified constituent. Until a laboratory result names the constituent, no entry in this Act can be applied and no penalty limb can be selected. This is a settled treatment of the row and not an open question about Jamaican law: the law is clear that it operates on identified substances, and it is the material that is undefined.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. Which limb applies depends entirely on the constituent the certificate names. If the identified material is ganja or a resin from the plant, Part IIIA applies and the ounce based scale in sections 7B and 7C governs. If it is a drug to which Part IV applies, sections 8A and 8B carry a thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling. If it is neither, the Act creates no offence for it and the residual in section 22(5) has nothing to attach to. The compilation records this row as «cocaína rosa; tusi; tucibi», and because the row requires laboratory constituents because the colour and street name define no composition. no single ceiling can be stated for the label as sold.
- If prescribed / medical
- No prescription route is described for this substance in the Dangerous Drugs Act, and the Act supplies the only traveller rule this citation can carry: possession of a Part IV drug is lawful only as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under section 9, and section 15 governs a dangerous drug brought to the Island in transit. No schedule placement attaches to this row until a constituent is identified, and the authorisation question follows the constituent. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «cocaína rosa; tusi; tucibi», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which requires laboratory constituents because the colour and street name define no composition.
- Documentation
- There is no document that makes this label lawful, because Jamaican law operates on the identified constituent and not on the name the product is sold under. If any part of the mixture is a Part IV drug or is ganja, the authorisation rules for that constituent apply in full. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that requires laboratory constituents because the colour and street name define no composition. The label record relied on here, «cocaína rosa; tusi; tucibi», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 7C, 8B, 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «pink-cocaine schedule | pink-cocaine penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is not applicable, and the terms it records as searched are «cocaína rosa · tusi · tucibi». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it requires laboratory constituents because the colour and street name define no composition. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Poppers
- Legal status
- Poppers is a label rather than a single scheduled molecule, and Jamaican law is applied to what the material is found to be. The compilation records it as «poppers; nitritos DE alquilo», and the row requires the exact alkyl nitrite because the product label is chemically open ended. Section 10(1) lists medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine, section 2 defines ganja by reference to the plant and its resin, and an entry can only be matched against an identified constituent. Until a laboratory result names the constituent, no entry in this Act can be applied and no penalty limb can be selected. This is a settled treatment of the row and not an open question about Jamaican law: the law is clear that it operates on identified substances, and it is the material that is undefined.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. Which limb applies depends entirely on the constituent the certificate names. If the identified material is ganja or a resin from the plant, Part IIIA applies and the ounce based scale in sections 7B and 7C governs. If it is a drug to which Part IV applies, sections 8A and 8B carry a thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling. If it is neither, the Act creates no offence for it and the residual in section 22(5) has nothing to attach to. The compilation records this row as «poppers; nitritos DE alquilo», and because the row requires the exact alkyl nitrite because the product label is chemically open ended. no single ceiling can be stated for the label as sold.
- If prescribed / medical
- This is an inhaled product rather than a dispensed medicine, so there is normally no prescription to carry for it and no Jamaican authorisation form that matches it. No schedule placement attaches to this row until a constituent is identified, and the authorisation question follows the constituent. Anything a traveller carries in a pressurised or sealed container is separately a customs and aviation question that the Dangerous Drugs Act does not answer. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «poppers; nitritos DE alquilo», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which requires the exact alkyl nitrite because the product label is chemically open ended.
- Documentation
- There is no document that makes this label lawful, because Jamaican law operates on the identified constituent and not on the name the product is sold under. If any part of the mixture is a Part IV drug or is ganja, the authorisation rules for that constituent apply in full. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that requires the exact alkyl nitrite because the product label is chemically open ended. The label record relied on here, «poppers; nitritos DE alquilo», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 7C, 8B, 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «poppers schedule | poppers penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is not applicable, and the terms it records as searched are «poppers · nitritos DE alquilo». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it requires the exact alkyl nitrite because the product label is chemically open ended. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)
- Legal status
- Synthetic cannabinoids is a label rather than a single scheduled molecule, and Jamaican law is applied to what the material is found to be. The compilation records it as «cannabinoides sintéticos», and the row requires the exact molecule because receptor activity does not define one schedule entry. The term recorded for the search, cannabinoides sintéticos, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Section 10(1) lists medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine, section 2 defines ganja by reference to the plant and its resin, and an entry can only be matched against an identified constituent. Until a laboratory result names the constituent, no entry in this Act can be applied and no penalty limb can be selected. This is a settled treatment of the row and not an open question about Jamaican law: the law is clear that it operates on identified substances, and it is the material that is undefined.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. Which limb applies depends entirely on the constituent the certificate names. If the identified material is ganja or a resin from the plant, Part IIIA applies and the ounce based scale in sections 7B and 7C governs. If it is a drug to which Part IV applies, sections 8A and 8B carry a thirty five year Circuit Court ceiling. If it is neither, the Act creates no offence for it and the residual in section 22(5) has nothing to attach to. The compilation records this row as «cannabinoides sintéticos», and because the row requires the exact molecule because receptor activity does not define one schedule entry. no single ceiling can be stated for the label as sold.
- If prescribed / medical
- No prescription route is described for this substance in the Dangerous Drugs Act, and the Act supplies the only traveller rule this citation can carry: possession of a Part IV drug is lawful only as authorized by a licence or under regulations made under section 9, and section 15 governs a dangerous drug brought to the Island in transit. No schedule placement attaches to this row until a constituent is identified, and the authorisation question follows the constituent. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «cannabinoides sintéticos», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which requires the exact molecule because receptor activity does not define one schedule entry.
- Documentation
- There is no document that makes this label lawful, because Jamaican law operates on the identified constituent and not on the name the product is sold under. If any part of the mixture is a Part IV drug or is ganja, the authorisation rules for that constituent apply in full. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that requires the exact molecule because receptor activity does not define one schedule entry. The label record relied on here, «cannabinoides sintéticos», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 7C, 8B, 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «synthetic-cannabinoids schedule | synthetic-cannabinoids penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is not applicable, and the terms it records as searched are «cannabinoides sintéticos». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it requires the exact molecule because receptor activity does not define one schedule entry. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
Tobacco
- Legal status
- Tobacco is not among the drugs to which Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act applies. The scope search recorded for this row, «tabaco», returned no entry, and section 10(1) names only medicinal opium, any extract or tincture of the plant cannabis sativa, morphine and its salts, diacetylmorphine and the other esters of morphine, cocaine and ecgonine with their salts and esters, the dihydrocodeinone and morphine N oxide group, and thebaine with the ethers of morphine. The term recorded for the search, TABACO, is not English language wording and it appears nowhere in this English language statute; the search record holds its terms in Spanish language and Latin binomial forms, which is a property of that record rather than of the instrument, so no part of it is offered here as a quotation from the Act. Part IIIA of the Act reaches ganja alone. The row reserves the tobacco statute instead of assigning a controlled-drug trafficking penalty. The Dangerous Drugs Act is a narcotics statute of Geneva and Hague Convention vintage and it is not the instrument that regulates this product in Jamaica; excise, customs, food, tobacco and medicines law are reserved, and this citation does not reach them. No controlled drug offence is assigned to it here.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. The words death, capital and hanging appear nowhere in the 43 page consolidated Dangerous Drugs Act, and every penalty limb in it stops at imprisonment: thirty five years on conviction before a Circuit Court under sections 7B, 8A and 8B, and five years or less on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate. No controlled drug penalty attaches to this substance under the Dangerous Drugs Act at all, because it is not a drug to which Part IV applies and it is not ganja. The scope search recorded was «tabaco», and the row reserves the tobacco statute instead of assigning a controlled-drug trafficking penalty. That is a statement about this Act and not a statement that the product is unregulated: excise, customs, food, tobacco, licensing and public health law sit outside this instrument and are not cited here. Section 22(5), the residual penalty for an offence against this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars or two years, and it has nothing to bite on where no offence is created.
- If prescribed / medical
- There is no Jamaican controlled drug authorisation to obtain for Tobacco, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it at all. Any import restriction on it comes from customs, excise, food or tobacco law, which this Act does not supply and which this cell does not attempt to state. No schedule placement attaches to this row under this Act. The term recorded for this row in the compilation is «tabaco», and the identification question that has to be settled before any authorisation answer is given is the one this row was drawn around, which reserves the tobacco statute instead of assigning a controlled-drug trafficking penalty.
- Documentation
- No Jamaican controlled drug document is needed for this substance, because the Dangerous Drugs Act does not reach it. Any paperwork that is needed comes from customs, excise or product law, which this citation does not cover, so do not treat this row as clearance for a quantity carried for sale. When you confirm this row, put to them the question this row is drawn around, which is the one that reserves the tobacco statute instead of assigning a controlled-drug trafficking penalty. The scope search relied on here, «tabaco», was read on 20 September 2026.
Jamaica, the Dangerous Drugs Act, consolidated text, sections 10 and 22, read at https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-dangerous-drugs-act/download, the Ministry of Justice laws of Jamaica library · the download is a 43 page scan of the consolidation whose latest amendment notes are L.N. 3/2001 and, on the Part IIIA pages, L.N. 192A/2017, and five of its pages carry no text layer and were read as page images. This citation is document level and not per substance: the links column of the compilation for this row holds the constructed text «tobacco schedule | tobacco penalty» rather than an address, and the single hyperlink target in the whole document is the download named above, so no per row source exists and none is implied. The compilation's own outcome for this row is VERIFIED, and the terms it records as searched are «tabaco». There is no First Schedule of substances in this Act · its Schedule is the set of licence Forms A, B and D, and the list of drugs to which Part IV applies is in section 10(1). The row boundary the read was carried out against is recorded as follows: it reserves the tobacco statute instead of assigning a controlled-drug trafficking penalty. Read as at 20 September 2026. · Updated September 21, 2026
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Not individually verified
74 substances are not individually verified for Jamaica
For these the governing national drug law is cited, but we have not verified that the substance specifically is scheduled under it. Treat them as unanswered, not as legal. Confirm with Jamaica’s drug authority or your embassy.
| Substance | What we found |
|---|---|
| 1P-LSD | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 1P-LSD was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 2-FDCK | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 2-FDCK was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 25I-NBOMe | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 25I-NBOMe was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 2C-B | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 2C-B was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| 2C-E | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 2C-E was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| 2C-I | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 2C-I was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| 2C-T-7 | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 2C-T-7 was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 3-MMC | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 3-MMC was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 4-AcO-DMT | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 4-AcO-DMT was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 4-HO-MET | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 4-HO-MET was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad) | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 5-MeO-DMT was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 6-APB | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 6-APB was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) | Not confirmed. No current named entry for 7-hydroxymitragynine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches... |
| Adderall | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Adderall was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Amanita muscaria | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Amanita muscaria was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches... |
| Amphetamine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Amphetamine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Amyl Nitrite | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Amyl nitrite was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Ayahuasca | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Ayahuasca was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Barbiturates | Not confirmed. The member by member check for this class was run against Jamaica's own schedule, which is the list... |
| Benzodiazepines | Not confirmed. No entry for Benzodiazepines was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. This row resolves member by... |
| Buprenorphine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Buprenorphine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Cannabinol | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Cannabinol was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The two cannabis... |
| Cathinone | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Cathinone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| CBD | Not confirmed. No current named entry for CBD was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The two cannabis wordings the... |
| Clonazepam | Not confirmed. No entry for Clonazepam was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The member check was run on this name... |
| Delta-8-THC | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Delta-8-THC was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The two cannabis... |
| Diazepam | Not confirmed. No entry for Diazepam was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The member check was run on this name... |
| DMT | Not confirmed. No current named entry for DMT was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| DOM | Not confirmed. No current named entry for DOM was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| DXM | Not confirmed. No current named entry for DXM was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| Ephedrine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Ephedrine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Etizolam | Not confirmed. No entry for Etizolam was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The member check was run on this name... |
| Fentanyl | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Fentanyl was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Gabapentin | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Gabapentin was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| GBL | Not confirmed. No current named entry for GBL was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| GHB | Not confirmed. No current named entry for GHB was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| HHC | Not confirmed. No current named entry for HHC was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The two cannabis wordings the... |
| Hydrocodone | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Hydrocodone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Ketamine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Ketamine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Khat | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Khat was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| Kratom | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Kratom was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Lorazepam | Not confirmed. No entry for Lorazepam was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The member check was run on this name... |
| LSA (Morning Glory) | Not confirmed. No current named entry for LSA was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| LSD | Not confirmed. No current named entry for LSD was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| MDA | Not confirmed. No current named entry for MDA was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| MDMA | Not confirmed. No current named entry for MDMA was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| MDPV | Not confirmed. No current named entry for MDPV was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| Memantine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Memantine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Mephedrone (4-MMC) | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Mephedrone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Mescaline | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Mescaline was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Methadone | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Methadone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Methamphetamine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Methamphetamine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches... |
| Methaqualone (Quaaludes) | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Methaqualone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Methylone | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Methylone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Methylphenidate | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Methylphenidate was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches... |
| Mitragynine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Mitragynine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Modafinil | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Modafinil was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| MXE | Not confirmed. No current named entry for MXE was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| Nimetazepam | Not confirmed. No entry for Nimetazepam was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The member check was run on this name... |
| Nitrous Oxide | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Nitrous oxide was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Oxycodone | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Oxycodone was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| PCP | Not confirmed. No current named entry for PCP was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for this... |
| Peyote | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Peyote was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Phenibut | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Phenibut was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Pregabalin | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Pregabalin was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Psilocybin | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Psilocybin was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Quetiapine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Quetiapine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| Salvia divinorum | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Salvia divinorum was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches... |
| Scopolamine (Devil's Breath) | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Scopolamine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded... |
| THC-P | Not confirmed. No current named entry for THC-P was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The two cannabis wordings the... |
| Tramadol | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Tramadol was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Xanax (Alprazolam) | Not confirmed. No entry for Alprazolam was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The member check was run on this name... |
| Xylazine | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Xylazine was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
| Zolpidem | Not confirmed. No current named entry for Zolpidem was proved in the Dangerous Drugs Act. The searches recorded for... |
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