Is Ketamine legal in Indonesia?
- Legal status
- Regulated as a controlled medicine ('Obat-obatan Tertentu' / certain-medicines under BPOM regulation) — NOT a narcotic (narkotika) under Law No. 35/2009; a proposal to reclassify it as psikotropika had not yet been enacted as of confirmation.
- Consequences if caught
- Illegal distribution or possession is handled under health/pharmacy law (Law 36/2009) with imprisonment and fines; because ketamine is outside the Golongan I narcotics list, the capital penalty under Law 35/2009 does NOT apply to it.
- If prescribed or medical
- Available as a controlled medicine through licensed medical channels.
- Documentation
- Original prescription stating your name, the medication, dosage, and purpose; a doctor's letter; original packaging; declare on the customs form. Prescriptions for more than 14 days may not be honoured. Foreign origin or ignorance of the law is not a defence, and the zero-tolerance regime applies equally to foreigners.
- Law No. 35/2009 (ketamine is non-narcotic)
- BPOM 'Obat-obatan Tertentu' regulation
- capital penalty applies only to Golongan I narcotics
- unodc.org
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