Legality
Ketamine legal status by country
Also known as: ket, special k
Countries where the legal status of Ketamine 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 Ketamine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Indonesia's national Law No. 35/2009 applies (ketamine is a non-narcotic controlled medicine, as nationally)....
- AlbaniaKetamine is not listed in the narcotic, psychotropic and plant tables annexed to Ligji nr. 7975, datë...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and no arylcyclohexylamine is. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 561 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaControlled medicine. Ketamine is named in Schedule 8 of F2026L01327 as «KETAMINE.», and its single enantiomer...
- AustriaControlled in Austria under the new psychoactive substances regime, and not as a narcotic or a psychotrope....
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. Ketamine is placed in Group I Schedule 3 of the annex, by Decision 39 of 2016, in Bahrain's Law...
- BangladeshKetamine is named in Class 'ka' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, between Hydromorphine and Mitragynine....
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusKetamine is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumKetamine is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Ketamine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 17 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- BruneiClass B controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Ketamine is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaControlled substance listed in Table 3 (psychotropic substances) of the Law on Drug Control (2012),...
- CanadaSchedule I substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA); regulated as a medicine.
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Ketamine is named in Part 1 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaCategory I psychotropic substance (氯胺酮) under the Regulation on the Administration of Narcotic and...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- CroatiaKetamine is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaKetamine is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Ketamine has no entry in the Categorías. The arylcyclohexylamine entries the law does carry are...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, not as a Table 1 narcotic substance. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaKetamine 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. Ketamine is named on liste B nr. 259 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandNot a narcotic in Finland. Ketamine is not named in any annex of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceKetamine is a listed psychotropic substance in France, on the psychotropics list rather than the narcotics...
- GeorgiaKetamine is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyKetamine is not a scheduled narcotic in Germany on the text searched, which is a genuine divergence from many...
- GhanaKetamine is not a controlled drug under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): it is not named...
- Gibraltar (UK)Class C controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Ketamine is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Ketamine is entry 129 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Γ, the third table, an entry that...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasNot a controlled drug for the purposes of Articles 311 to 313 of the Código Penal. Ketamine, searched also as...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Ketamine is a named entry of the P2 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Ketamine", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110A KETAMINE 2-(2-cholorphenyl)-2-(methyl amino)...
- IndonesiaNot a narkotika and not a psikotropika under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika...
- IranKetamine has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqNot listed as at 22 September 2026. The arylcyclohexylamine family is the decisive comparison: phencyclidine...
- IrelandKetamine is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 3; S.I. 173/2017,...
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)Ketamine is a Class B controlled drug under the Isle of Man's Misuse of Drugs Act (Schedule 2), possession,...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק ב'...
- ItalyControlled as a medicinal substance. The Ministry of Health compilation carries «ketamina» and routes it...
- JapanKetamine 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...
- JordanKetamine is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanKetamine is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No....
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names ketamine in its...
- LatviaKetamine is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Ketamine is placed in Table 2 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LithuaniaKetamine is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names ketamine. The entry relied on reads «Ketaminas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-C, item 7, prints «氯胺酮 / Ketamina». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaKetamine is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, between Isotonitazene...
- MaltaKetamine is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoKetamine is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the third of the five groups of article 245 of the Ley...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Ketamine is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroNot listed in Montenegro's narcotics and psychotropics schedule, and placed instead under Zakon o ljekovima,...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Ketamine is listed at the Myanmar-specific portion of Notification 25/2025, and that...
- NetherlandsKetamine is not named in lijst I, lijst IA or lijst II. Two of its analogues are: lijst I prints...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NigeriaControlled nationally, not by treaty. Ketamine is not in a 1961 or 1971 Convention schedule and is not named...
- North MacedoniaNot a controlled drug under the classification lists. The lists carry no row for кетамин, and the instrument...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Ketamine is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- ParaguayControlled under national control. Named on the Lista de Sustancias Psicoactivas de Control Nacional that...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the list of nuevas sustancias psicoactivas...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165, by a national listing. Board Regulation No. 3, Series of 2005, adopted 19...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «KETAMINA» is entry lp. 19 in group II-P of...
- PortugalControlled substance under Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93 (narcotics/psychotropics regime); the exact table placement...
- QatarKetamine is not named in Table 1, Table 2 or Table 4 of Law No. 9 of 1987, and it is on none of the three...
- RomaniaKetamine is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Ketamina», located at Legea 143/2000, Tabelul...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists ketamine at the entry «Кетамин» (in English, ketamine), and the...
- 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 ArabiaControlled under Royal Decree M/39 (2005) as a nationally/locally controlled substance (Schedule 2, Category...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaKetamine is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names ketamine. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaNot named in the annex. A search of every named row of the annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaControlled, substance under the Narcotics Control Act
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Ketamine is entry 33 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, prints in Tabel III the category 'Ketamine and...
- SwedenControlled. Ketamin is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries ketamine in list b, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan as a potent substance in the hydrochloride form the list names, not as a narcotic or...
- ThailandKetamine is a Category 2 psychotropic substance in Thailand. The Ministry of Public Health naming...
- Timor-LesteKetamine is named at Table II-C, item 7, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II, printed in English inside an otherwise...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoKetamine is a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25 from 3 February 2020. Legal Notice No. 345 of 2019, by clause...
- TurkeyKetamine is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name ketamine, a...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Ketamine is controlled federally. Federal Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name, and it is a working hospital and veterinary anaesthetic at the same time....
- United Arab EmiratesKetamine is placed at Schedule 6, item 7 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed entry «كيتامين؛...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug. Part II of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(7). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Ketamine is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VietnamControlled. Ketamine is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 117 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Ketamine 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.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe