Legality
Ketamine legal status by country
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)....
- AustraliaSchedule 8 (Controlled Drug) medicine under the Poisons Standard (SUSMP), enforced through State/Territory...
- BrazilControlled substance under Portaria SVS/MS nº 344/1998 (ANVISA), Brazil's federal drug-control ordinance; the...
- BruneiClass B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27).
- 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.
- ChinaCategory I psychotropic substance (氯胺酮) under the Regulation on the Administration of Narcotic and...
- CubaListed as 'Ketamina' on MINSAP Resolution 25/2022 (national list of substances with drug-like effects subject...
- FranceStupéfiant (narcotic) — placed under the narcotics regime of the Code de la santé publique (injectable...
- GermanyPrescription-only medicine under the Arzneimittelgesetz (AMG) — NOT a scheduled narcotic; ketamine is not...
- GreeceControlled substance under the Greek narcotics law (Codified Law on Narcotics, Law 4139/2013), administered...
- Hong KongDangerous drug (First Schedule) under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134) — possession (Sec 8) up to 7...
- IndiaControlled narcotic/psychotropic under the NDPS Act 1985 — illegal; quantity-graded penalties
- IndonesiaRegulated as a controlled medicine ('Obat-obatan Tertentu' / certain-medicines under BPOM regulation) — NOT a...
- IranControlled under the Law on Combating Narcotics (1988, amended 2017) and the Psychotropic Substances Law...
- IrelandControlled drug — Schedule 3 under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017, made under the Misuse of Drugs Act...
- 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,...
- ItalyScheduled narcotic-medicine — listed in the Tabella dei medicinali, Sezione A under art. 14 of DPR 309/1990...
- JapanClassified as a narcotic (麻薬) under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act (controlled since 2007),...
- JordanControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 23 of 2016 (amended by Law No. 24 of...
- MalaysiaPsychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952 (Poisons (Psychotropic Substances) Regulations 1989, Third...
- MexicoPsychotropic substance under Article 245, Fracción III of the Ley General de Salud (therapeutic value but a...
- NetherlandsPrescription-only medicine (UR-geneesmiddel) under the Geneesmiddelenwet — NOT scheduled as a narcotic;...
- New ZealandClass C controlled drug — Schedule 3 Part 4 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (added by the Misuse of Drugs...
- NigeriaControlled substance in NAFDAC's 'Nationally Controlled Drugs' category (alongside tramadol) — not the...
- PhilippinesDangerous drug under RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act 2002), classified via Dangerous Drugs Board...
- PolandControlled psychotropic substance, Group II-P, under the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii (Act on...
- PortugalControlled substance under Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93 (narcotics/psychotropics regime); the exact table placement...
- RomaniaHigh-risk drug under Law No. 143/2000 — personal-use possession 6 months–3 years; trafficking (Art 2) 10–20...
- RussiaControlled — forbidden even for veterinary use (since 2004)
- Saudi ArabiaControlled under Royal Decree M/39 (2005) as a nationally/locally controlled substance (Schedule 2, Category...
- SingaporeControlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act
- South KoreaControlled — substance under the Narcotics Control Act
- SpainControlled psychotropic substance — added to the medicinal-psychotropics list under Real Decreto 2829/1977 by...
- Sri LankaControlled dangerous drug under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (1929, as amended by Act No....
- SwedenScheduled narcotic (narkotika) — listed in Läkemedelsverket's schedules (LVFS 2011:10) under the Narcotic...
- SwitzerlandControlled narcotic-medicine — listed in Verzeichnis b under the Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BetmG), available as...
- TaiwanCategory 3 (Schedule III) narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (four categories).
- ThailandSchedule II psychotropic (Psychotropic Substances Act) — not under the Narcotics Code
- Trinidad and TobagoFully prohibited under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Chap. 11:25, as amended 2019) — trafficking heavy fines + up...
- TurkeyControlled psychotropic drug dispensed on the green-prescription (yeşil reçete) system under Turkey's...
- United Arab EmiratesControlled psychotropic (MOHAP Controlled Drug, CD) under Federal Decree-Law 30/2021, corresponding to the...
- United KingdomClass B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
- VietnamListed as a List III narcotic substance (permitted for medical/veterinary use) on Vietnam's official lists of...
Not individually verified
For these 180 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
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe