Is MDA legal in Oman?
- Legal status
- Controlled. MDA is a 1971 Convention Schedule I substance. Oman's statute is the Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances promulgated by Royal Decree 17/99 and published in Official Gazette 643 of 15 March 1999, amended most recently by Royal Decree 24/2023. The official decree portal carries the citation and gazette reference only, not the text, so neither the schedules nor the penalty articles are quoted here.
- Consequences if caught
- NOT CONFIRMED from a primary text. Oman retains capital punishment for drug trafficking, but the Article 43 description previously carried here was sourced to an NGO overview rather than the decree, and decree.om publishes no operative text for Royal Decree 17/99. Treat trafficking exposure in Oman as severe and the specific article as unverified.
- If prescribed or 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; zero tolerance at the border.
- Royal Decree 17/99 promulgating the Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, published in Official Gazette 643 of 15 March 1999 - decree.om: https://decree.om/1999/rd19990017/
- 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
Court records
We have not yet assessed whether court records are publicly available for this jurisdiction.
Other substances confirmed in Oman
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Oman’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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