Is MDMA legal in Oman?

Also known as: molly, ecstasy

Legal status

Controlled, and inside the death penalty article. MDMA is named in Group II, Table 1, serial 12 of the annex to the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree 67/2026, «- | (±)-N,a-dimethyl-3,4-(methylene-dioxy) phenethylamine | MDMA | Not Available | 12». The Group and Table numbers in this cell are taken from the locator column of the dossier; the serial is the last column of the quoted row.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: yes, for the trafficking conduct article 37 specifies. Article 37 of the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree 67/2026 opens «يعاقب بالإعدام أو بالسجن المطلق», death or life imprisonment, for specified import, export, production and manufacture, which the dossier describes as its trafficking conduct, involving Group I Tables 1 to 4 and Group II Table 1, the cultivation of Group I Table 5 plants and stated precursor conduct, and then provides «وتكون العقوبة الإعدام», the penalty shall be death, for six aggravations: smuggling for trafficking, a repeat offence, commission by specified officials, use of a person lacking legal capacity, an international trafficking gang, and abuse of authority, licence or immunity. MDMA is in Group II, Table 1, serial 12, so article 37 reaches that conduct for it. Conduct distinction. Article 38 sets at least 15 years for possession and supply for trafficking, and life imprisonment for two aggravations. Article 41 sets one to three years for personal use involving the high tier tables and plants, and three to seven years for possession with neither a trafficking nor a personal use purpose. No fine figure for these articles is given in the source read. Article 37 states no drug quantity threshold and neither do articles 38 and 41, so the table and the purpose decide the band, not the weight. The dossier quotes article 37's Arabic and gives articles 38 and 41 in English summary.

If prescribed or medical

MDMA is a scheduled substance under the 2026 annex. The source read for this cell does not cover the law's licensing provisions, and it sets out no traveller allowance and no route by which a foreign prescription makes holding MDMA lawful, so none is stated. Personal use is punished under article 41.

Documentation

No document in the source read makes carrying MDMA into Oman lawful. MDMA is a scheduled substance in Group II, Table 1, serial 12. Where the rule comes from. The law changed in September 2026. Royal Decree 67/2026 was issued on 3 September 2026. Its Article III repeals the Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree 17/99, and its Article IV brings the decree, and with it the new law, into force on the day after its publication in the Official Gazette. Decree.om and the dossier this cell was authored from both record that publication as issue 1664 of 6 September 2026, so the law took effect on 7 September 2026. Article II keeps existing regulations and decisions running until replacements issue, «وإلى أن تصدر يستمر العمل باللوائح والقرارات القائمة، بما لا يتعارض مع أحكامه», so far as they do not conflict with its provisions. The decree's own articles were read in the text the Oman News Agency published on 3 September 2026. The attached law and its annex were read only through the verbatim quotations in the dossier dated 20 September 2026, because on 3 October 2026 qanoon.om served a Cloudflare challenge in place of the text, the web archive held no copy, and decree.om carried the decree's Articles I to IV and its Gazette reference but not the attached law, which it said would be uploaded shortly. Article 5 of the law, as that dossier quotes it, provides «يجوز بقرار من الوزير تعديل المجموعات الملحقة بهذا القانون بالحذف أو الإضافة أو تغيير النسب أو الكميات كلما اقتضت الضرورة ذلك», the Minister may by decision amend the annexed groups by deletion, by addition or by changing percentages or quantities whenever necessary. It takes the place of article 4 of the 1999 law, «يجوز بقرار من الوزير تعديل المجموعات الملحقة بهذا القانون بالحذف أو الإضافة أو تغيير النسب كلما اقتضت الظروف ذلك», which gave the same power without the word for quantities and with «الظروف», circumstances, where the 2026 text has «الضرورة», necessity. So a reading of the annex is a reading as of a date, and this one runs to 20 September 2026. Placement for MDMA: Group II, Table 1, serial 12. Under the 1999 law this page recorded: Group 2 table 1 serial 11. The 1999 placements in this cell are this page's earlier reading and are not printed in the quoted extract the dossier carries for this row.

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.