Is Khat legal in Slovakia?

Legal status

Khat is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 does not name khat as such. The entry relied on reads «Katinón, chemicky (-)-2-aminopropiofenón», which is a constituent, so the result turns on proving that constituent in the material. The source is careful that this does not erase the natural-mixture exclusion at section 2(4)(a) of the Act, which is a separate question from whether the constituent is listed. The entry sits in Group I of Annex 1, among the psychotropic substances. Two statutes divide the work. Act No. 139/1998 decides whether a substance is in the three-group list at Annex 1, and section 3(1) classifies narcotic and psychotropic substances by their effects on health into those three groups. The Criminal Code, No. 300/2005, decides the amount category through sections 135c to 135f and supplies the offences at sections 171 to 173. This reading is stated as in force on 18 September 2026. The consolidation of Act No. 139/1998 read was effective 1 January 2026 and incorporates amendment No. 293/2025; the Criminal Code consolidation read was effective 18 August 2026 and incorporates amendments through No. 168/2026.

Consequences if caught

Capital and life exposure. Slovakia has no death penalty, but it is the one country in this set whose drug ceiling is life imprisonment rather than a fixed term: Criminal Code section 173(5) reaches 10 to 25 years or life for unauthorised manufacture and trafficking, and it applies to khat. The scale runs from one year to life. Section 171 covers unauthorised possession: one year for a negligible amount of cannabis or tetrahydrocannabinol, two years for another drug in a negligible amount, three years for a small amount, and six years in the aggravated form. Section 172 covers cultivation and reaches fifteen years at subsection (7). Section 173 covers unauthorised manufacture and trafficking, reaching 8 to 20 years at subsection (4) and 10 to 25 years or life imprisonment at subsection (5). Neither the printed table nor the statutory residual gives a figure for this row as the source reads it, so the amount has to be taken from the identified member or constituent. Section 135d then scales everything from the negligible amount by fixed multiples: five for a small amount, 250 for a larger one, 1,500 for a substantial one and 5,000 for a large one, with anything above 5,000 classed as extraordinarily large.

If prescribed or medical

Whether there is a lawful route for khat is a question this row does not answer, and the source says why: it is a schedule and penalty verification, not advice about licensing, medicines, precursors, food, tobacco or other regulatory regimes. What is established is the control status under Act No. 139/1998 and the amount category under the Criminal Code. Annex 2 to the Act is the exempt preparations list and is a separate question again. The State Institute for Drug Control is the body that states the prescribing and dispensing conditions for khat. Treat the route as unread rather than as absent.

Documentation

Carry the prescription and the original dispensing packaging for khat, and get the State Institute for Drug Control to confirm the position in writing before you travel rather than at the border. That is the carriage answer and it is short because no traveller permit scheme, declaration form or carriage allowance for khat appears anywhere in what was read for this row, and an absence in what was read is not proof that no scheme exists. Provenance follows. Act No. 139/1998 and Criminal Code No. 300/2005 were read on Slov-Lex, the official legal information portal, on 18 September 2026, in the consolidations effective 1 January 2026 and 18 August 2026. The basis recorded for this row is a proved constituent, subject to the natural-mixture exclusion at section 2(4)(a).

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Slovakia’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.