Is MDA legal in Georgia?
- Legal status
- MDA is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched to the entry «MDA», with CAS 4764-17-4 as the identifier the dossier attaches to that match. The dossier records this entry in Latin characters while Law No. 624 is written in Georgian, so the string is attributed to the dossier rather than described as what the schedule prints, and its case has been normalised rather than reproduced as capitals. The code differs by a single letter from the code the dossier assigns to a neighbouring molecule in this same table, and the two are separate entries with separate CAS numbers. The dossier cites the annexed set as Lists I to IV taken together and never records which of the four lists a row sits on, so the placement is established at the level of the annexes and not of a numbered list. The final consolidated text was read on the Legislative Herald of Georgia, which the dossier calls Matsne, on 20 September 2026. The dossier's outcome for this row is verified.
- Consequences if caught
- Capital exposure: none. Georgia has abolished the death penalty and the dossier records no capital route for any substance on these lists. The ceiling is life imprisonment, under Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Georgia for aggravated illegal circulation, and life is where the scale stops. Because «MDA» is an accepted entry, the circulation offence reaches conduct in this substance through that entry. The acronym names one ring substituted amphetamine, and the related methylated compound has its own separate entry, so the two are listed independently rather than as a family. The official quantity table assigns a small, a large and an especially large quantity by substance, and the dossier records that the table is applied through the matched entry without reproducing any of its figures, so no weight is stated in this cell and none should be inferred from one. There is no general lawful personal use allowance, and the absence of a small quantity figure for a substance is not permission to hold it.
- If prescribed or medical
- The prescription position is deferred here rather than stated. No Georgian rule on a traveller carrying a prescribed supply has been established for this substance, so whether a foreign prescription is recognised has to be settled with the Georgian authorities before travel. What this row does attach to that deferral is the placement: «MDA» is an accepted entry on the annexes to Law No. 624 rather than under the medicines law. There is no medicinal preparation of it.
- Documentation
- The dossier records no documentary requirement for Georgia and carries no column for one, so nothing is prescribed in this cell. What the row does fix is the identity that everything else turns on: the entry «MDA», with CAS 4764-17-4. The CAS number is the identity to quote, because the acronym is close enough to a neighbouring one to be misread on a report. The record and its outcome were read on 20 September 2026 and this cell is dated 21 September 2026.
- Georgia, Law No. 624 and its annexed Lists I to IV, with Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Georgia carrying the penalty ceiling
- this row rests on the entry «MDA» at record GEO-53, identified by CAS 4764-17-4. Read in the final consolidated text on the Legislative Herald of Georgia, which the dossier calls Matsne, on 20 September 2026. The entry string is recorded by the dossier in Latin characters while the instrument is written in Georgian, so it is cited here as the dossier's record of the entry and not as the schedule's printed form. The set that produced this record used two genuinely different names for the substance rather than one name in two cases. No per row link exists in the dossier this cell is built from, which carries no web address for this substance or for any other, so the instrument is cited in prose and no address is given
- none has been taken from the previous version of this cell or from anywhere else. The dossier's outcome for this row is verified.
Court records
We have not yet assessed whether court records are publicly available for this jurisdiction.
Other substances confirmed in Georgia
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Georgia’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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