Is Khat legal in Brunei?
- Legal status
- Controlled. ALKALOID NAMED: cathinone is a Class A drug in the First Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27); the Catha edulis plant is not named. Mechanism: NAMED (alkaloid); plant grey. Below tier: the mandatory-death trafficking presumptions are drug-specific (heroin 15g, meth 50g, cocaine 30g, opium 1.2kg) and exclude cathinone, so khat has no weight route to capital.
- Consequences if caught
- Singapore-style zero tolerance; khat is a controlled Class A drug but sits outside the capital threshold list — serious non-capital exposure.
- If prescribed or medical
- Khat is traditional plant material with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal-import route; leaf caught via its Class-A cathinone content.
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