Legal status in Kuwait

Per-substance legal status for Kuwait, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

35 confirmed substances50 not individually verifiedLast updated August 25, 2026

Confirmed legal status

Adderall

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic. Adderall is mixed amphetamine salts - roughly three parts dextroamphetamine to one part levoamphetamine - and has no separate legal identity in Kuwait; it is regulated through the amfetamine and dexamfetamine entries of the 1971 Convention schedules as implemented by Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, whose Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987. CORRECTION: this cell previously cited the decree as No. 159 of 2025; the state news agency report gives 59 of 2025.
Consequences if caught: Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 provides death or life imprisonment plus fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million for trafficking, production or cultivation intended for trafficking, and death for organising an international trafficking operation. The published account of the decree names no substance and no gram threshold, so Adderall's position in that tier is not confirmed from a primary text.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensable on prescription. The dexamfetamine line is the one that matters for Adderall, and Kuwait furnished INCB a dexamfetamine assessment of 3,000 g for 2026 alongside amfetamine at 3,000 g. A US Adderall prescription is not a Kuwaiti one: bring it through the Ministry of Health permit route or leave it behind.
Documentation: Kuwait's Ministry of Health controls import permits for controlled medicines under the 2025 decree; its own site did not respond during this pass, so no permit rule is quoted here from the regulator. Confirm with the Kuwaiti embassy before travel.

Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, Chapter Nine and Arts. 82-84 (KUNA, via Kuwait Times): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/36271/kuwait/amiri-decree-issued-on-combating-drugs-psychotropic-substances-regulating-use-trafficking/ · INCB, Assessments of Annual Medical and Scientific Requirements for Psychotropic Substances, as at 21 August 2026: https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Psychotropics/assessment/psy_assessments_20260821_F.txt · Updated August 25, 2026

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Alcohol

Legal status: Prohibited — alcohol (ethanol) is under a total national ban (since 1965); production, import, sale, possession and consumption are all criminal offences.
Consequences if caught: Violations bring imprisonment, heavy fines and deportation for foreigners; there are no licensed outlets of any kind.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine (medicinal/industrial ethanol tightly controlled).
Documentation: No legal sale anywhere; alcohol may not be imported and is confiscated at the border. Even airline transit passengers must not carry it into the country.

loc.gov · Updated July 14, 2026

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Amphetamine

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic. Kuwait's governing statute is now Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, whose Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987 and merged them into one 84-article framework. CORRECTION: this cell previously cited the decree as No. 159 of 2025; the state news agency report gives the number as 59 of 2025.
Consequences if caught: Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 provides the death penalty or life imprisonment, plus fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million, for trafficking, production or cultivation intended for trafficking, and makes organising an international drug-trafficking operation punishable by death. The published account of the decree does not tie capital exposure to any named substance or gram threshold, so amphetamine's position within that tier is not confirmed from a primary text.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription through controlled medical channels. Kuwait furnished INCB an amfetamine assessment of 3,000 g and a dexamfetamine assessment of 3,000 g for 2026, within a 24-substance psychotropic return that also covers methylphenidate at 15,000 g. Carrying amphetamine without a Kuwaiti prescription or import permit still risks arrest.
Documentation: Kuwait's Ministry of Health licenses and controls the supply chain under the 2025 decree. The Ministry's own site (moh.gov.kw) did not respond during this pass, so no traveller import rule is quoted here from the regulator itself - confirm requirements with the Kuwaiti embassy before travel.

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Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are controlled psychotropic substances under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), implementing 1971 Convention Schedules II–IV (phenobarbital Schedule IV, secobarbital Schedule II, amobarbital/pentobarbital Schedule III). As a lower medicinal-tier substance it sits below the drugs to which capital sentences are applied in practice; the statutory capital reach (Article 44) to this tier, and any quantity threshold, are left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital and other barbiturate medicines are prescribable in Kuwait only under controlled-medicine rules; a traveller or patient importing them needs Kuwait Ministry of Health prior authorization — advance clearance of a certified medical report or prescription before arrival (regime under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025, in force December 2025), with supply capped at roughly one month of treatment.
Documentation: Bring an official prescription and a physician's medical report pre-certified by a Kuwaiti embassy or consulate and cleared with the Kuwait Ministry of Health before travel; uncertified papers are held by Customs pending airport-clinic certification within 24 hours. Non-nationals risk arrest for any scheduled substance carried without this clearance.

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Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under Kuwait's narcotics law (Law No. 74 of 1983, as amended) — a lighter tier than methadone; capital punishment is reserved for aggravated trafficking, not prescribed use.
Consequences if caught: Drug trafficking is death-eligible and actively enforced (a drug execution was carried out in 2023), but that reaches aggravated trafficking of narcotic-table substances — prescribed/personal buprenorphine is non-capital.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine with prior Ministry of Health authorisation.
Documentation: Advance clearance/authorisation to import controlled medicine is required; carry a certified prescription.

hri.global · Updated July 13, 2026

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Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Fully prohibited under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law — no medical or recreational use; DEATH or life for trafficking (Arts 42–43)
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is fully prohibited with zero medical or recreational provision. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: No medical or recreational cannabis exists; cannabis is fully prohibited.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law, replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), Arts 42/43/44 · exact decree number reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify · Official Gazette and KUNA (corroborative) · kuwaittimes.com · Updated June 26, 2026

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Cathinone

Legal status: Illegal — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is controlled under Kuwait's narcotics law (Decree-Law 159/2025 replacing Law 74/1983) via the GCC-unified narcotics list. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition (GCC unified list), named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, separately prohibited) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc.) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). Capital is reachable at judicial discretion — trafficking carries death or life under the 2025 law, with no substance-specific threshold.
Consequences if caught: Zero-tolerance controlled substance: trafficking of the alkaloid can be capital at judicial discretion (no fixed threshold). Extreme risk.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No personal-carry or import route; trafficking of the alkaloid carries death exposure.

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CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis — narcotics legislation prohibits cannabis and its derivatives with no hemp/CBD carve-out or THC threshold, and no CBD product is registered; the statute-line treatment of CBD is left to confirmation while the zero-tolerance prohibition is settled.
Consequences if caught: Couriered CBD oils, gummies and vapes are routinely intercepted by Customs under strict-liability treatment; possession/personal use can mean about 2 years plus fines, with the death penalty available in the most serious cases (CBD-specific capital exposure left to confirmation).
If prescribed / medical: No CBD prescription route is registered.
Documentation: No documentation legalises CBD — controlled as cannabis; a foreign prescription does not permit entry.

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Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a Schedule 4 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987, which carry the UN Convention schedules), implementing 1971 Convention Schedule IV. As a lower medicinal-tier substance it sits below the drugs to which capital sentences are applied in practice; the statutory capital reach (Article 44) to this tier, and any quantity threshold, are left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Clonazepam is prescribable in Kuwait only under controlled-medicine rules; a traveller or patient importing it needs Kuwait Ministry of Health prior authorization — advance clearance of a certified medical report or prescription before arrival (regime under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025, in force December 2025), with supply capped at roughly one month of treatment.
Documentation: Bring an official prescription and a physician's medical report pre-certified by a Kuwaiti embassy or consulate and cleared with the Kuwait Ministry of Health before travel; uncertified papers are held by Customs pending airport-clinic certification within 24 hours. Non-nationals risk arrest for any scheduled substance carried without this clearance.

unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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Cocaine

Legal status: Prohibited under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law — DEATH or life for trafficking (Arts 42–43), mandatory death in aggravated cases (Art 44); no medical or recreational use
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is a prohibited controlled drug under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine; a prohibited controlled drug.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Codeine

Legal status: Codeine is a controlled narcotic under Law No. 74 of 1983 (as amended); low-dose codeine is below the capital tier absent trafficking intent. Kuwait carries out drug executions (its first in a decade in April 2023; at least 12 drug death sentences in 2023), but capital exposure attaches to aggravated narcotic trafficking, not therapeutic codeine.
Consequences if caught: Aggravated narcotic trafficking is death-eligible; unauthorised possession or supply of codeine draws imprisonment, while prescribed use is lawful.
If prescribed / medical: Licit medical supply exists but is very small: Kuwait's INCB estimated requirement for codeine for 2026 is 2,000 g (morphine 2,500 g). For a traveller this is stricter than it sounds — Kuwait's own competent authority (Narcotic and Psychotropic Licensing Control, Drug and Food Control Sector, Ministry of Health, sheet dated 10 March 2024) states: "Narcotic drugs are currently not allowed." Codeine is a 1961 Convention narcotic. Psychotropics are capped at 30 days with a valid prescription. Contact the Ministry of Health before carrying codeine into Kuwait.
Documentation: Ministry of Health prior authorisation is required to import controlled medicines - carry prescription documentation.

hri.global · INCB Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (April update): https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Status-of-Estimates/2026/EstApr26.pdf · incb.org · Updated August 24, 2026

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Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Kuwait: it is controlled AS cocaine under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (replacing Law No. 74 of 1983), whose schedule covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The capital trafficking regime carries over to crack whether powder or base.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking crack (as cocaine) carries the death penalty or life imprisonment (Arts 42-43), with mandatory death in aggravated cases (Art 44); possession/use draws imprisonment.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Kuwait; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

loc.gov · Updated July 14, 2026

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Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law, which schedules cannabis and THC; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis, fully prohibited (death or life for trafficking, Arts. 42–43). The capital reach of a pure delta-8 isomer is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Zero tolerance; possession and trafficking are serious offences; trafficking carries death or life.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.

moh.gov.kw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a Schedule 4 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987, which carry the UN Convention schedules), implementing 1971 Convention Schedule IV. As a lower medicinal-tier substance it sits below the drugs to which capital sentences are applied in practice; the statutory capital reach (Article 44) to this tier, and any quantity threshold, are left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Diazepam is prescribable in Kuwait only under controlled-medicine rules; a traveller or patient importing it needs Kuwait Ministry of Health prior authorization — advance clearance of a certified medical report or prescription before arrival (regime under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025, in force December 2025), with supply capped at roughly one month of treatment.
Documentation: Bring an official prescription and a physician's medical report pre-certified by a Kuwaiti embassy or consulate and cleared with the Kuwait Ministry of Health before travel; uncertified papers are held by Customs pending airport-clinic certification within 24 hours. Non-nationals risk arrest for any scheduled substance carried without this clearance.

unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; a precursor (Table I) / restricted medicine under the unified Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 (which defines 'chemical precursors').
Consequences if caught: No confirmed capital exposure — the death/life tier is for commercial-purpose trafficking of scheduled narcotic/psychotropic substances; precursors are a distinct category. Precursor diversion / unlicensed medicine: imprisonment + fines.
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

incb.org · Updated July 13, 2026

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GHB

Legal status: GHB is a Schedule 2 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987, which carry the UN Convention schedules), implementing 1971 Convention Schedule II. Capital exposure attaches to aggravated trafficking, importation or production under Article 44; the drug-specific quantity threshold is left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Kuwait recognizes no legitimate medical or prescription use for GHB; the controlled-medicine import-permit route does not extend to it, and any quantity is treated as illicit.
Documentation: No lawful import route exists for this substance in Kuwait; it is not a prescribable medicine, the controlled-medicine clearance procedure does not extend to it, and Customs treats any quantity as a narcotics offence.

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Heroin

Legal status: Prohibited under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law — DEATH or life for trafficking (Arts 42–43), mandatory death in aggravated cases (Art 44); no medical or recreational use
Consequences if caught: Heroin is a prohibited controlled drug under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine; a prohibited controlled drug.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Hydrocodone

Legal status: Controlled narcotic. Hydrocodone is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I opioid and Kuwait furnishes annual estimates to INCB under it. The governing statute is Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, which by Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the law this cell previously cited as current.
Consequences if caught: Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 sets death or life imprisonment with fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million for trafficking, and death for organising an international trafficking operation. No published gram floor attaches to hydrocodone specifically.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription, contrary to the previous statement in this cell that hydrocodone is not marketed in Kuwait. Kuwait furnished INCB a hydrocodone estimate of 150 g for 2026. That is a genuine if minor requirement - small beside oxycodone at 6,000 g, but not the token single-gram figure that would mean no supply.
Documentation: Ministry of Health prior authorisation is required to import controlled medicines. Carry the prescription and documentation.

Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, Chapter Nine and Arts. 82-84 (KUNA, via Kuwait Times): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/36271/kuwait/amiri-decree-issued-on-combating-drugs-psychotropic-substances-regulating-use-trafficking/ · INCB, Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (July update): https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Status-of-Estimates/2026/EstJul26_rev.pdf · Updated August 25, 2026

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Khat

Legal status: Illegal — alkaloids and plant controlled as a narcotic under Decree-Law No. 159/2025 (replacing Law 74/1983). Mechanism: NAMED/class (plant + alkaloid). Trafficking carries death or life under 159/2025, but personal khat sits in the sub-10-year possession band — below the realistic capital tier.
Consequences if caught: Treated as a controlled narcotic under the new 2025 law with harsh penalties, but personal-quantity khat is a possession-band offence, not capital.
If prescribed / medical: Khat is traditional plant material with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; leaf is a controlled narcotic under the 2025 law and seized at the border.

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Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is a Schedule 4 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987, which carry the UN Convention schedules), implementing 1971 Convention Schedule IV. As a lower medicinal-tier substance it sits below the drugs to which capital sentences are applied in practice; the statutory capital reach (Article 44) to this tier, and any quantity threshold, are left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Lorazepam is prescribable in Kuwait only under controlled-medicine rules; a traveller or patient importing it needs Kuwait Ministry of Health prior authorization — advance clearance of a certified medical report or prescription before arrival (regime under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025, in force December 2025), with supply capped at roughly one month of treatment.
Documentation: Bring an official prescription and a physician's medical report pre-certified by a Kuwaiti embassy or consulate and cleared with the Kuwait Ministry of Health before travel; uncertified papers are held by Customs pending airport-clinic certification within 24 hours. Non-nationals risk arrest for any scheduled substance carried without this clearance.

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MDA

Legal status: Controlled. MDA is a 1971 Convention Schedule I substance. Kuwait's governing statute is now Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, which by Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the law this cell previously cited - and Law No. 48 of 1987, merging both into one 84-article framework. The decree's substance schedules are not published in the available account, so MDA's schedule entry is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 provides the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million for trafficking, production or cultivation intended for trafficking, and makes organising an international drug-trafficking operation punishable by death outright, with participation drawing life. Capital exposure is by trafficking determination; no gram threshold is published.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful prescription route. MDA is a Schedule I substance under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances - the schedule reserved for substances with no recognised medical use - and no country anywhere furnished INCB an MDA assessment for 2026, while the closely related MDMA and MDPV each appear dozens of times in the same return. There is no licit MDA supply to prescribe from.
Documentation: No lawful personal import. Only licensed entities may trade in or dispense controlled substances under the 2025 decree.

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MDMA

Legal status: Prohibited under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law — DEATH or life for trafficking (Arts 42–43), mandatory death in aggravated cases (Art 44); no medical or recreational use
Consequences if caught: MDMA is a prohibited controlled drug under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine; a prohibited controlled drug.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — TREATY-floor (via the GCC unified narcotics list). Mephedrone is captured by national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II addition through the GCC unified narcotics list. Capital is reachable at judicial discretion — Kuwaiti drug law permits death for trafficking, with no substance-specific threshold.
Consequences if caught: Zero-tolerance controlled substance: trafficking can be capital at judicial discretion (no fixed threshold). Extreme risk.
If prescribed / medical: Controlled psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No personal-carry or import route; trafficking carries death exposure.

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Methadone

Legal status: Controlled narcotic. Methadone is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I opioid and Kuwait furnishes annual estimates to INCB under it. The governing statute is Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, whose Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the statute this cell previously cited as current.
Consequences if caught: Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 provides death or life imprisonment plus fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million for trafficking, and death for organising an international trafficking operation. Chapter Ten grants immunity from prosecution to addicts who seek treatment before charges are filed. No published threshold attaches capital exposure to methadone by name.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a controlled narcotic, with opioid substitution treatment access limited. Kuwait's 2026 INCB estimated requirement for methadone is 400 g - a small figure that is consistent with restricted rather than routine substitution prescribing.
Documentation: Ministry of Health prior authorisation is required to import controlled medicines. Carry prescription documentation.

Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, Chapter Nine and Arts. 82-84 (KUNA, via Kuwait Times): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/36271/kuwait/amiri-decree-issued-on-combating-drugs-psychotropic-substances-regulating-use-trafficking/ · INCB, Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (July update): https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Status-of-Estimates/2026/EstJul26_rev.pdf · Updated August 25, 2026

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Methamphetamine

Legal status: Prohibited under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law — DEATH or life for trafficking (Arts 42–43), mandatory death in aggravated cases (Art 44); no medical or recreational use
Consequences if caught: Methamphetamine is a prohibited controlled drug under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine; a prohibited controlled drug.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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Methylphenidate

Legal status: Scheduled psychotropic under Amiri Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025; a controlled medicine (limited personal supply with a certified prescription).
Consequences if caught: Trafficking of a scheduled psychotropic is death/life eligible; methylphenidate is a licit medicine — carry a certified prescription/report and a permit.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Amiri Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 (scheduled psychotropic) · hri.global · Updated July 13, 2026

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Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription-only medicine (MoH Ministerial Decree 102/2020 names modafinil); limited personal supply allowed with a certified prescription/report.
Consequences if caught: Possession without a prescription / unpermitted import: fines, detention, deportation. No capital exposure (a POM, not a scheduled narcotic/psychotropic).
If prescribed / medical: Carry a certified prescription and medical report.
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

MoH Ministerial Decree 102/2020 (POM) · moh.gov.kw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Morphine

Legal status: Controlled narcotic. Morphine is a Schedule I substance under the 1961 Single Convention and Kuwait files annual narcotic estimates with INCB under it. Kuwait's governing statute is now Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, whose Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the law this cell previously cited as current.
Consequences if caught: Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 provides death or life imprisonment plus fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million for trafficking, and death for organising an international trafficking operation. No published gram threshold ties morphine to that tier; capital exposure turns on the trafficking determination, not on a stated weight.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription as a controlled narcotic. Kuwait's INCB estimated requirement of morphine for 2026 is 2,500 g, inside a 16-substance narcotic return that Kuwait furnished itself. Supply is real but small - this is a country that plans for kilograms, not tonnes, of morphine.
Documentation: Ministry of Health prior authorisation is required to import controlled narcotics. Carry the prescription and original packaging.

Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, Chapter Nine and Arts. 82-84 (KUNA, via Kuwait Times): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/36271/kuwait/amiri-decree-issued-on-combating-drugs-psychotropic-substances-regulating-use-trafficking/ · INCB, Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (July update): https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Status-of-Estimates/2026/EstJul26_rev.pdf · Updated August 25, 2026

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Oxycodone

Legal status: Controlled narcotic. Oxycodone is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I opioid and Kuwait furnishes annual estimates to INCB under it. The governing statute is Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, which by Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the statute previously cited in this cell as current.
Consequences if caught: Under Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 trafficking carries death or life imprisonment with fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million, and organising an international trafficking operation is punishable by death. The published account names no substance and no gram floor, so oxycodone's place in that tier is a determination, not a published threshold.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed on prescription as a controlled narcotic, and it is the opioid Kuwait plans for most heavily: the 2026 INCB estimated requirement for oxycodone is 6,000 g, more than double Kuwait's morphine figure of 2,500 g.
Documentation: TRAVELLER TRAP: advance Ministry of Health clearance is required to import controlled medicines. Carry a certified prescription or medical report.

Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, Chapter Nine and Arts. 82-84 (KUNA, via Kuwait Times): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/36271/kuwait/amiri-decree-issued-on-combating-drugs-psychotropic-substances-regulating-use-trafficking/ · INCB, Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (July update): https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Status-of-Estimates/2026/EstJul26_rev.pdf · Updated August 25, 2026

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Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — Kuwait prohibits MDMA under its 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983), which reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled component, so an MDMA-containing tusi sample carries capital exposure.
Consequences if caught: An MDMA-positive mixture is a prohibited-narcotic offence where trafficking is punishable by death or life (Arts 42–43) with mandatory death in aggravated cases (Art 44); possession and use are separately criminal.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; MDMA has no accepted medical or recreational use, and ketamine, where present, is a controlled medicine.
Documentation: Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers and travellers cannot know whether death-eligible MDMA is present, so capital-level legal exposure is unknowable at purchase.

refworld.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a controlled prescription medicine in Kuwait under the national narcotics/controlled-medicines framework, requiring advance clearance to import — an abuse-driven Gulf control stricter than ordinary prescription status; a pregabalin-specific capital tier is not established.
Consequences if caught: Importing without advance clearance leads to confiscation and possible prosecution; pregabalin is treated as a controlled medicine.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Obtain advance written/electronic clearance before boarding and carry a certified prescription or medical report with a limited personal supply.

hri.global · Updated July 14, 2026

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Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under Kuwait's unified Anti-Drug Law (2025, replacing Law No. 74 of 1983), which schedules controlled substances and incorporates the synthetic cannabinoids added to Schedule II of the 1971 Convention. Capital exposure is via the general trafficking regime (death or life for trafficking); synthetic-cannabinoid-specific reach is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; trafficking is death- or life-eligible under the Anti-Drug Law. Do NOT carry.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Kuwait.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a scheduled controlled narcotic in Kuwait under Decree-Law 159/2025 on Combating Narcotics (in force 15 December 2025) and its annexed schedules, requiring advance clearance to import; the 2025 law retains death for trafficking, though tramadol-specific capital exposure is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Importing without advance clearance leads to confiscation and possible prosecution; the tramadol-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: PRESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY NOT CONFIRMED. Tramadol is not scheduled under the 1961 or 1971 Conventions, so no INCB estimate or assessment covers it and there is no international dataset to read. Kuwait's Ministry of Health drug registry and national price list did not respond (connection timed out), so no Kuwaiti medicines-regulator source was reachable. The control status above is what is established. On carrying medicines generally, Kuwait's own INCB sheet (10 March 2024) permits 30 days of psychotropics with a valid prescription and states: "Narcotic drugs are currently not allowed."
Documentation: Obtain advance written/electronic clearance (via embassy/consulate) before boarding and carry a certified prescription/medical report; supply is limited to roughly 15 days.

hri.global · incb.org · Updated August 24, 2026

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Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a Schedule 4 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987, which carry the UN Convention schedules), implementing 1971 Convention Schedule IV. As a lower medicinal-tier substance it sits below the drugs to which capital sentences are applied in practice; the statutory capital reach (Article 44) to this tier, and any quantity threshold, are left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Alprazolam is prescribable in Kuwait only under controlled-medicine rules; a traveller or patient importing it needs Kuwait Ministry of Health prior authorization — advance clearance of a certified medical report or prescription before arrival (regime under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025, in force December 2025), with supply capped at roughly one month of treatment.
Documentation: Bring an official prescription and a physician's medical report pre-certified by a Kuwaiti embassy or consulate and cleared with the Kuwait Ministry of Health before travel; uncertified papers are held by Customs pending airport-clinic certification within 24 hours. Non-nationals risk arrest for any scheduled substance carried without this clearance.

unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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Zolpidem

Legal status: Zolpidem is a Schedule 4 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (in force December 2025, superseding Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987, which carry the UN Convention schedules), implementing 1971 Convention Schedule IV. As a lower medicinal-tier substance it sits below the drugs to which capital sentences are applied in practice; the statutory capital reach (Article 44) to this tier, and any quantity threshold, are left to confirmation until the law's Executive Regulation is issued.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking, importation or production with intent under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 carries the death penalty or life imprisonment plus fines up to KD 2 million (Article 44 aggravators include sale to minors, dealing near schools or places of worship, abuse of office, and international trafficking operations); simple possession or use draws imprisonment and fines, with deportation for non-nationals.
If prescribed / medical: Zolpidem is prescribable in Kuwait only under controlled-medicine rules; a traveller or patient importing it needs Kuwait Ministry of Health prior authorization — advance clearance of a certified medical report or prescription before arrival (regime under Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025, in force December 2025), with supply capped at roughly one month of treatment.
Documentation: Bring an official prescription and a physician's medical report pre-certified by a Kuwaiti embassy or consulate and cleared with the Kuwait Ministry of Health before travel; uncertified papers are held by Customs pending airport-clinic certification within 24 hours. Non-nationals risk arrest for any scheduled substance carried without this clearance.

unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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Not individually verified

For these 50 substances the governing national drug law is cited, but we have not verified that the substance specifically is scheduled under it. Treat them as unanswered, not as legal. Confirm with Kuwait’s drug authority or your embassy.

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

3-MMC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Etizolam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Ketamine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Kratom

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

MDPV

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Methylone

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Mitragynine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Quetiapine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Kuwait's authorities (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: KUWAIT IS A DEATH-PENALTY COUNTRY for drug trafficking. This specific substance was not named in the reachable Kuwaiti sources (2025 unified Anti-Drug Law) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Kuwait retains the DEATH penalty. Under Kuwait's 2025 unified Anti-Drug Law (Amiri Decree-Law replacing Law No. 74 of 1983 and Law No. 48 of 1987), import/smuggling/manufacture/cultivation with trafficking intent (Art 42) or possession/sale/purchase/promotion with trafficking intent (Art 43) can bring DEATH or life plus very large fines; Art 44 makes death MANDATORY in aggravating circumstances (recidivism, supplying or exploiting minors, abuse of official position). Personal-use (non-trafficking) possession carries up to 10 years plus a fine. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. The sources set NO specific per-drug gram threshold — confirm the exact quantity that distinguishes trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Kuwait retains the death penalty for drug trafficking, with mandatory death in aggravating circumstances (Art 44: recidivism, supplying/exploiting minors, abuse of official position). There is zero medical or recreational cannabis. 2025 additions include random drug testing for military/civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver's-license and marriage applicants, immediate arrest powers, and compulsory hospitalization for addicts; addicts who voluntarily seek treatment are granted immunity. Foreigners are DEPORTED after sentence. NOTE: the exact 2025 decree number is reported as both 59/2025 and 159/2025 — verify. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

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

Before you travel

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If you’re detained or arrested abroad

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