Legal status in Malaysia

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

Last updated: 2026-07-14

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

3-MMC

Legal status: 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled, caught by the cathinones added to the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and by Malaysia's 1971 Convention obligation; the exact 3-MMC-specific entry is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: DDA offences carry heavy imprisonment and caning, but 3-MMC is BELOW the capital tier: the s.39B mandatory-death list is drug-specific (heroin, morphine, monoacetylmorphine, cocaine, methamphetamine quantities) and cathinones/3-MMC are not among the s.39B capital drugs.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled dangerous drug.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: 7-Hydroxymitragynine, a kratom alkaloid, is controlled together with the plant/mitragynine (no separate isolate carve-out): mitragynine is the named Poisons Act 1952 poison capturing ketum, and 7-OH shares that status as a constituent of the leaf. 7-OH is not separately named — its individual listing is left to confirmation. As a Poisons Act (not Dangerous Drugs Act) matter, it is not death-eligible.
Consequences if caught: Processing, possession, sale, import or export of ketum draws Poisons Act s.30 penalties — a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years; it sits outside the Dangerous Drugs Act capital regime.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful consumer medical route — mitragynine is a scheduled poison; the living tree may be grown but the leaf may not be processed or used.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for ketum/mitragynine as a Poisons Act substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234), First Schedule; s.37(da)(xii) presumes trafficking at ≥50 g of amphetamine.
Consequences if caught: Possession up to ~5 years/fine. TRAFFICKING amphetamine is DEATH-PENALTY-ELIGIBLE under s.39B (presumed at ≥50 g) — discretionary (death OR life + ≥12 strokes) since the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023. Amphetamine carries capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Alcohol

Legal status: Legal for non-Muslims / Sharia-prohibited for Muslims — alcohol (ethanol) is a licensed, age-regulated beverage (minimum age 21) for the non-Muslim majority; Muslims are barred from consumption under state Sharia codes.
Consequences if caught: No penalty for non-Muslim adult drinking; Muslims who consume alcohol face Sharia-court penalties (fines, imprisonment, and caning in states such as Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu).
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: Non-Muslims buy at licensed shops, supermarkets and bars on proof of age (21+); Muslim residents may not purchase or consume.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amphetamine

Legal status: Dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234), First Schedule; s.37(da)(xii) presumes trafficking at ≥50 g of amphetamine.
Consequences if caught: Possession up to ~5 years/fine. TRAFFICKING amphetamine is DEATH-PENALTY-ELIGIBLE under s.39B (presumed at ≥50 g) — discretionary (death OR life + ≥12 strokes) since the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023. Amphetamine carries capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are prescription-controlled substances under the Poisons Act 1952 (psychotropic transposition of the 1971 Convention); they are not among the narcotics/ATS of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule.
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act s.30 penalties: a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years. Malaysia's mandatory death penalty (DDA s.39B) applies only to First-Schedule dangerous drugs (narcotics/ATS) — barbiturates are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital is dispensed as a prescription antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine); the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are tightly controlled.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine — internationally a 1971 Schedule III opioid, a lighter tier than methadone — is a controlled substance in Malaysia but is not a named s.37 trafficking-presumption drug; it sits below the capital tier, confirmed.
Consequences if caught: Controlled-substance possession/supply is penalised under the Poisons Act / Dangerous Drugs Act, but buprenorphine carries no s.39B mandatory-death presumption weight (the ≥15 g presumption covers only heroin/morphine/monoacetylmorphine) — not death-eligible, confirmed.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine (buprenorphine/naloxone is used for opioid substitution).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Prohibited (recreational) — dangerous drug under the DDA 1952; medical use only under a tight 2022 licence regime
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is a scheduled dangerous drug; recreational use is fully banned, and medical use is allowed only under a tight 2022 licensing regime. Trafficking is presumed at 200 g (s.37(da)), and a 2024 amendment makes 200 g or more a mandatory death penalty. Trafficking carries the death penalty (s.39B) — discretionary since the 2018/2023 reforms, so a court may instead impose life imprisonment plus not fewer than 15 strokes of the whip. Possession (s.6/s.12) ranges up to life imprisonment plus whipping by weight; self-administration/personal use (s.15) carries a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to 2 years.
If prescribed / medical: Importing cannabis is not covered by the ordinary traveller exemption; any medical use falls under Malaysia's domestic licence regime, not a foreign prescription.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is a dangerous drug in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition, named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis leaf, caught via its cathinone content) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone and dozens of gazetted NPS cathinones) that derive from it; cathinone is the named dangerous-drug alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). It sits BELOW the enumerated capital tier: s.39B mandatory-death trafficking is keyed to Second Schedule per-substance weights and cathinone lacks a specific capital weight — capital exposure not established.
Consequences if caught: Dangerous drug: heavy custodial penalties and whipping for the alkaloid; s.39B mandatory-death risk is not established for cathinone (no capital weight threshold).
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I / dangerous drug with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a dangerous drug.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis with no CBD category or THC threshold — it is a 'dangerous drug' under the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234); a 'THC-free/legal CBD' status does not exist.
Consequences if caught: CBD is prosecuted as cannabis; possession of 200 g or more triggers the s 37(da) trafficking presumption, and s 39B trafficking carries death or life plus at least 12 strokes of the cane (the death penalty is discretionary rather than mandatory since the 2023 reform, but remains lawful).
If prescribed / medical: An emerging registration framework (DCA-registered, practitioner-prescribed, below 0.2% THC) exists but effectively no registered consumer product is available, and there is no self-medication route.
Documentation: No documentation legalises consumer CBD; it is a dangerous drug and a foreign prescription does not permit entry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a psychotropic under the Poisons Act 1952 (Third Schedule) — the entry captures substances structurally derived from 1,4-benzodiazepine; it is NOT on the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule.
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act s.30 penalties: a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years. Malaysia's mandatory death penalty (DDA s.39B) applies only to First-Schedule dangerous drugs (narcotics/ATS) — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Third-Schedule psychotropic prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Cocaine

Legal status: Prohibited — dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234)
Consequences if caught: A scheduled dangerous drug; trafficking is presumed by weight at 40 g (s.37(da)). Trafficking carries the death penalty (s.39B) — discretionary since the 2018/2023 reforms, so a court may instead impose life imprisonment plus not fewer than 15 strokes of the whip. Possession (s.6/s.12) ranges up to life imprisonment plus whipping by weight; self-administration/personal use (s.15) carries a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to 2 years.
If prescribed / medical: Not a traveller medicine; the s.25 prescribed-medicine exemption covers doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations declared on arrival, not this drug.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Codeine

Legal status: Codeine is a controlled lower-schedule drug under Malaysia's drug laws; it sits below the capital tier (the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 s.39B death penalty is triggered by named drugs such as 15 g or more of heroin/morphine, not codeine).
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or supply is an offence (imprisonment and fine); codeine is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Malaysia: it is controlled AS cocaine, a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234), whose First Schedule covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The Act's capital trafficking regime is measured by weight of cocaine and carries over to crack: trafficking above 40 g of cocaine triggers the trafficking presumption and death-penalty exposure (discretionary since 2023) whether powder or base.
Consequences if caught: Possession of crack (as cocaine) is criminal; trafficking above the statutory weight of cocaine carries death or life plus whipping (death now at judicial discretion).
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Malaysia; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (First Schedule), which schedules tetrahydrocannabinols; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis; s.39B trafficking is death-eligible (discretionary since 2018) once statutory trafficking quantities are met, but those presumptions are plant-form/weight specific (cannabis 200 g), so the capital reach of a pure delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Zero tolerance; possession and dealing penalties with caning; trafficking of scheduled dangerous drugs is capital-eligible above statutory thresholds.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a scheduled dangerous drug.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a psychotropic under the Poisons Act 1952 (Third Schedule) — the entry captures substances structurally derived from 1,4-benzodiazepine; it is NOT on the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule.
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act s.30 penalties: a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years. Malaysia's mandatory death penalty (DDA s.39B) applies only to First-Schedule dangerous drugs (narcotics/ATS) — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Third-Schedule psychotropic prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; a Group A poison under the Poisons Act 1952 + Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order; NOT in the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule.
Consequences if caught: No capital exposure — the precursor sits outside the DDA; the s.39B death penalty attaches to First-Schedule dangerous drugs, not precursors. Poisons Act penalties (fines/imprisonment).
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Etizolam

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Heroin

Legal status: Prohibited — dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234)
Consequences if caught: A scheduled dangerous drug; trafficking is presumed by weight at 15 g (s.37(da)). Trafficking carries the death penalty (s.39B) — discretionary since the 2018/2023 reforms, so a court may instead impose life imprisonment plus not fewer than 15 strokes of the whip. Possession (s.6/s.12) ranges up to life imprisonment plus whipping by weight; self-administration/personal use (s.15) carries a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to 2 years.
If prescribed / medical: Not a traveller medicine; the s.25 prescribed-medicine exemption covers doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations declared on arrival, not this drug.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952; it is not marketed in Malaysia and is NOT among the s.37(da) named trafficking-presumption weights (which cover only heroin/morphine/monoacetylmorphine at 15 g or more), so its drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking under s.39B is death-eligible (discretionary death or 30–40 years plus at least 12 strokes since the 2023 reform), but the 15 g presumption does not name hydrocodone; unauthorised handling is otherwise penalised under the Act.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Malaysian hydrocodone product; a dangerous-drug opioid is dispensed only under controlled-drug authority.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Ketamine

Legal status: Psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952 (Poisons (Psychotropic Substances) Regulations 1989, Third Schedule) — NOT a 'dangerous drug' scheduled under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful import, supply or possession of a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act carries fines and imprisonment; because ketamine sits outside the Dangerous Drugs Act First Schedule, the death penalty for drug trafficking (DDA s.39B) does NOT apply to it.
If prescribed / medical: Available as a controlled medicine through licensed channels.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Khat

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Kratom

Legal status: Kratom (ketum, Mitragyna speciosa) is controlled in Malaysia through its alkaloid: mitragynine is a scheduled poison (First and Third Schedules) under the Poisons Act 1952 (since the 2003 amendment). The living tree is legal to grow, but processing, possession, sale, import or export of ketum leaf is an offence because it contains mitragynine; ketum was NOT moved to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (the 2015-onward bid was shelved).
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act 1952 s.30(3) offences for ketum carry up to 4 years and/or a fine up to RM10,000; because it is a scheduled poison rather than a First-Schedule dangerous drug, kratom is NOT within the mandatory death-penalty (DDA s.39B) tier.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — mitragynine is a controlled poison, not a registered medicine, so there is no prescription supply of ketum.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for ketum leaf or mitragynine; only the growing tree is unrestricted.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is a psychotropic under the Poisons Act 1952 (Third Schedule) — the entry captures substances structurally derived from 1,4-benzodiazepine; it is NOT on the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule.
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act s.30 penalties: a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years. Malaysia's mandatory death penalty (DDA s.39B) applies only to First-Schedule dangerous drugs (narcotics/ATS) — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Third-Schedule psychotropic prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is a scheduled dangerous drug (First Schedule) under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. NAMED mechanism. CAPITAL: s.39B makes trafficking in any First-Schedule dangerous drug death-eligible (discretionary since the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023); the s.37(da) presumption weights name only heroin/meth/cocaine/cannabis, but death eligibility does not require a presumption.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking = death or life imprisonment plus at least 12 strokes (discretionary since 2023); possession severe.
If prescribed / medical: Scheduled dangerous drug with no recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; trafficking amounts are death-eligible.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

MDMA

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

MDPV

Legal status: Controlled. MDPV is caught as a dangerous drug, cathinones being scheduled under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule. Capital exposure is via the general s.39B trafficking offence (mandatory death made discretionary since 2018); the s.37(da) trafficking-presumption quantities are named per-drug with no MDPV-specific quantity, so the MDPV capital threshold is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; trafficking a dangerous drug is death- or life-eligible under DDA 1952 s.39B (discretionary since 2018). Do not carry.
If prescribed / medical: MDPV has no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Malaysia.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a scheduled dangerous drug; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (cathinones scheduled, regional pattern with Hong Kong 1 Apr 2011). It sits BELOW the enumerated capital tier: s.39B mandatory-death trafficking is keyed to Second Schedule per-substance weights, and mephedrone lacks a specific s.39B capital weight — capital exposure not established (left to confirmation).
Consequences if caught: Dangerous drug: heavy custodial penalties and whipping; s.39B mandatory-death risk is not established for mephedrone (no capital weight threshold).
If prescribed / medical: Dangerous drug with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a dangerous drug.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a scheduled, controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952; s.39B trafficking is capital (discretionary death or 30–40 years plus ≥12 strokes since 2023), but methadone carries NO named gram presumption (the ≥15 g trafficking presumption names only heroin/morphine/monoacetylmorphine) — its drug-specific capital threshold is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Possession and supply penalties escalate to the s.39B trafficking tier; the ≥15 g trafficking presumption does not name methadone.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for methadone-maintenance OST as a controlled dangerous drug.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Prohibited — dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234)
Consequences if caught: A scheduled dangerous drug; trafficking is presumed by weight at 50 g (s.37(da)). Trafficking carries the death penalty (s.39B) — discretionary since the 2018/2023 reforms, so a court may instead impose life imprisonment plus not fewer than 15 strokes of the whip. Possession (s.6/s.12) ranges up to life imprisonment plus whipping by weight; self-administration/personal use (s.15) carries a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to 2 years.
If prescribed / medical: Not a traveller medicine; the s.25 prescribed-medicine exemption covers doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations declared on arrival, not this drug.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylone

Legal status: Controlled as a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (First Schedule) — methylone is caught as a scheduled synthetic cathinone (specific gazette entry left to confirmation). Capital-ELIGIBLE.
Consequences if caught: Zero tolerance. s.39B trafficking of a scheduled dangerous drug is death-or-life eligible (discretionary since the 2018 abolition of the mandatory death penalty) once statutory trafficking quantity (s.37 presumptions) is met; methylone sits within the capital-eligible class; caning applies.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; trafficking quantities carry capital exposure.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylphenidate

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic under the Poisons Act 1952 (Psychotropic Substances Regulations) — NOT a 'dangerous drug' under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (so the amphetamine s.37(da) trafficking presumption does NOT apply).
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act penalties (fines/imprisonment). Because methylphenidate is outside the DDA First Schedule, the s.39B death penalty does NOT apply — no capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Mitragynine

Legal status: Mitragynine, the principal alkaloid of kratom, is the named controlled entity in Malaysia: mitragynine is listed as a poison in the First and Third Schedules of the Poisons Act 1952 (since the 2003 amendment), so processing, possession, sale, import or export of ketum is caught via the alkaloid (Poisons Act s.30, up to 4 years/RM10,000) — controlled together with the plant, though the living tree itself is legal to grow. As a Poisons Act substance (not on the Dangerous Drugs Act First Schedule), it is not death-eligible.
Consequences if caught: Processing, possession, sale, import or export of ketum draws Poisons Act s.30 penalties — a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years; it sits outside the Dangerous Drugs Act capital regime.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful consumer medical route — mitragynine is a scheduled poison; the living tree may be grown but the leaf may not be processed or used.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for ketum/mitragynine as a Poisons Act substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription-only, controlled under the Poisons Act 1952 — NOT a 'dangerous drug' under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act penalties (fines/imprisonment); no capital exposure (the DDA death penalty applies to First-Schedule dangerous drugs, not modafinil).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription required.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is a scheduled, controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and is death-eligible: possession of 15 g or more of morphine triggers the s.37(da) trafficking presumption, and s.39B trafficking now carries a discretionary death penalty or 30-40 years plus at least 12 strokes (mandatory death abolished 2023).
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession draws imprisonment and whipping; trafficking of 15 g or more of morphine is death-eligible under s.39B.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription as a dangerous-drug narcotic for severe and cancer pain under strict controlled-drug records.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and obtain any required import approval for controlled narcotics; declare on entry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone is a controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 — a strong opioid; it can fall within s.39B trafficking (discretionary death since the 2023 reform) but is NOT covered by the named s.37(da) presumption, which lists heroin/morphine/monoacetylmorphine (≥15 g) only — the drug-specific capital threshold for oxycodone is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or supply draws imprisonment and caning; DDA s.39B trafficking is death-eligible (now discretionary — death or 30–40 years plus at least 12 strokes). The ≥15 g presumption names heroin/morphine/MAM only — no oxycodone-specific gram presumption is established.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled dangerous drug on prescription; import authorisation is required.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging and obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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 — Malaysia lists MDMA as a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 while ketamine is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952 (not a scheduled dangerous drug), and drug law 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 the Dangerous Drugs Act's capital trafficking exposure.
Consequences if caught: An MDMA-positive mixture is a dangerous-drug offence where trafficking above the statutory threshold engages s.39B (death or life imprisonment plus caning); a ketamine-only mixture is a lesser Poisons Act psychotropic offence.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; ketamine is a Poisons Act psychotropic medicine, whereas MDMA is a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.
Documentation: Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know whether death-eligible MDMA is present, so capital-level legal exposure is unknowable at purchase.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a prescription poison (Group B) under the Poisons Act 1952 and is NOT scheduled under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 — so the mandatory-death trafficking tiers do not attach to it; it is a prescription medicine, like gabapentin.
Consequences if caught: Possession or supply outside a prescription breaches the Poisons Act (fine and/or imprisonment); pregabalin is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Group B prescription poison.
Documentation: Carry a prescription or doctor's letter with original packaging for a personal supply only.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Quetiapine

Legal status: Quetiapine is a prescription-only medicine (Poisons Act 1952, Group B), not a dangerous drug: Seroquel and quetiapine generics are registered with the NPRA (Quest3+ product register) and quetiapine is not listed under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
Consequences if caught: Quetiapine falls outside the Dangerous Drugs Act, so no controlled-drug penalty applies; unauthorised supply of a Group B poison is a Poisons Act/Sale of Drugs Act offence only.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as an atypical antipsychotic for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; dispensed only on a doctor's prescription.
Documentation: Seroquel and quetiapine products are NPRA-registered in the Quest3+ product database; carried lawfully with a prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled as a class. Malaysia introduced generic legislation in 2014 banning analogues of controlled drugs, and synthetic cannabinoids are scheduled dangerous drugs under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule. Capital exposure runs through the general s.39B trafficking offence (mandatory death made discretionary since 2018); the s.37(da) trafficking-presumption quantities are named per-drug with no synthetic-cannabinoid quantity, so the capital threshold for this class is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; trafficking a dangerous drug is death- or life-eligible under DDA 1952 s.39B (discretionary since 2018). Do NOT carry.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Malaysia.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for scheduled dangerous drugs; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a psychotropic controlled under the Poisons Act 1952 and the Poisons (Psychotropic Substances) Regulations 1989 (Group C); it is NOT scheduled under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, so the mandatory-death trafficking tiers do not attach to tramadol.
Consequences if caught: Possession or supply outside a prescription breaches the Poisons Act (fine and/or imprisonment); tramadol is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Group C psychotropic prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription or doctor's letter with original packaging for a personal supply only.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a psychotropic under the Poisons Act 1952 (Third Schedule) — the entry captures substances structurally derived from 1,4-benzodiazepine; it is NOT on the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 First Schedule.
Consequences if caught: Poisons Act s.30 penalties: a fine up to RM10,000 and/or up to 4 years. Malaysia's mandatory death penalty (DDA s.39B) applies only to First-Schedule dangerous drugs (narcotics/ATS) — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Third-Schedule psychotropic prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; obtain any required import approval for controlled medicines.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — verify with Malaysia's MOH Pharmacy Services / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named by a reachable Malaysian source. Malaysia's Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries severe penalties — trafficking can carry the death penalty (s.39B), and possession and personal use are criminal offences.
If prescribed / medical: Doctor-prescribed medicinal preparations may be exempt under s.25 if declared to customs on arrival; verify this substance's status with Malaysian authorities / your embassy.
Documentation: Under s.25, a reasonable personal quantity of a medicinal preparation prescribed by a doctor outside Malaysia is exempt only if declared to a customs officer on arrival; carry the prescription and original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-06-25

Zolpidem

Legal status: Zolpidem is a controlled psychotropic prescription hypnotic in Malaysia, regulated under the Poisons Act/psychotropic controls that transpose its 1971 Convention Schedule IV status; it is dispensed only on prescription.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or supply of this scheduled psychotropic is an offence under Malaysia's poisons and dangerous-drugs laws, which carry heavy penalties.
If prescribed / medical: Zolpidem is prescribed short-term for insomnia as a controlled prescription hypnotic.
Documentation: A traveller should carry prescribed zolpidem with the prescription; personal-import controls on psychotropics apply.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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