Legality
Methaqualone (Quaaludes) legal status by country
Also known as: ludes
Countries where the legal status of Methaqualone (Quaaludes) has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Methaqualone (Quaaludes) in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaMethaqualone is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic...
- AngolaControlled. Metaqualona is in table II-C of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is a Class C drug, and it is the only substance among these 88 that sits in Part III. It is...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 606 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaProhibited. Methaqualone is named in Schedule 9 of F2026L01327 as «METHAQUALONE.». Regulation 5(9)(ca) of the...
- AustriaAustria controls this as a Suchtgift under the Suchtmittelgesetz. In the Suchtgiftverordnung, Annex IV.1...
- BahamasControlled. The 1994 Application Order prints «METHAQUALONE» with the chemical name...
- BahrainControlled. Methaqualone is placed in Group II Schedule 2 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on...
- BangladeshMethaqualone is named in Class 'kha' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, immediately after Mecloqualone, which...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control». Under the Drug...
- BelarusMethaqualone is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumMethaqualone is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeMethaqualone is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule II paragraph 6, in the Misuse of...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Methaqualone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry METACUALONA in Lista II under the heading...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 156 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class B drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part II of Schedule 2...
- BruneiClass C controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Methaqualone is a named entry of Списък II of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията...
- Cabo VerdeControlled. Methaqualone is in Table II, part B of Lei n.º 78/IV/93, printed on page 533 of Boletim Oficial I...
- CanadaMethaqualone is a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA),...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Methaqualone is named in Part 2...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaMethaqualone (甲喹酮/安眠酮) is a Category I psychotropic substance in China's Catalogue of Medicinal Narcotic and...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45:...
- CroatiaMethaqualone is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaMethaqualone is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- DominicaMethaqualone is a Class C controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part III...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Methaqualone is the entry «Metacualona» at number 2 of acápite IV of Categoría I of article 8 of...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaMethaqualone is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class B controlled drug in the Falkland Islands, or Class A in a preparation designed for injection. Part 2...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Methaqualone is named on liste B nr. 311 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26....
- FinlandControlled. Methaqualone is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMethaqualone is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the...
- GeorgiaMethaqualone is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624,...
- GermanyMethaqualone sits in Anlage II of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the marketable but not prescribable tier. The...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): Seventh Schedule Part 2 item 2 names...
- Gibraltar (UK)Class B controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Methaqualone is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Methaqualone is entry 49 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Γ, the third table, an entry...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part II of the First Schedule, the List of Psychotropic Substances Under Control,...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HondurasControlled. Methaqualone is named in Lista II del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Methaqualone is a named entry of the P2 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII....
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Methaqualone", with "Metolquizolone" in the Annað...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «20 METHAQUALONE 2-Methyl-3-0-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone», at...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMethaqualone is placed at entry 12 of Schedule 2 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13,...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Six carries METHAQUALONE at serial 6, described as...
- IrelandMethaqualone is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; S.I....
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק ב'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «metaqualone» as an...
- JapanMethaqualone is a 向精神薬, a psychotropic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第三第十一号. The...
- JordanMethaqualone is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and...
- KazakhstanMethaqualone is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution...
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names methaqualone in its...
- LatviaMethaqualone is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into...
- LebanonControlled. Methaqualone is placed in Table 1 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971...
- LithuaniaMethaqualone is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names methaqualone. The entry relied on reads...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-C, item 9, prints «甲喹酮 / Metaqualona». The tables are read as...
- MalaysiaMethaqualone is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule with...
- MaltaMethaqualone is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the...
- MexicoMethaqualone is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the second of the five groups of article 245 of...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Methaqualone, CAS 72-44-6, is listed in two tables. Table II, «Tabelul național II....
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Methaqualone is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 2, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Methaqualone is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Metacualona», printed among the lists and tables annexed to...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places methaqualone under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Methaqualone is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Methaqualone is named in Group II, Table 2, serial 52 of...
- PakistanMethaqualone is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Methaqualone is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista II of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Methaqualone is printed as "METHAQUAL ONE" on page 18 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list, in group II-P and not group IV-P....
- PortugalDecriminalised for own consumption. Methaqualone is listed in table II-C of Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93 as...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-B item 5 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry as «5 - METHAQUALONE...
- RomaniaMethaqualone is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Methaqualone =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists methaqualone at the entry «Метаквалон» (in English, methaqualone), and...
- Saint LuciaControlled, and printed twice under two misspellings in two different classes. The correctly spelled word...
- SamoaMethaqualone is named by chemical formula as item 14 of the Second Schedule, Class B narcotics, to the...
- Saudi ArabiaMethaqualone is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category B of the...
- SerbiaMethaqualone is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass C controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 3 (Class C Drugs),...
- SlovakiaMethaqualone is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names methaqualone. The entry relied on...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names metakvalon at Group II,...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Methaqualone is named in the schedule to the proclamation of 21 September 1987 (LN 101 of 1987)...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Methaqualone is entry 14 of...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst I onderdeel D prints the entry as 'Methaqualon', with 'Mecloqualon' four lines above it as a...
- SwedenControlled. Metakvalon is named in Förteckning II of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries methaqualone in list a, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. The National List approved by Government Resolution No. 121 of 27 February 2020...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandMethaqualone is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Timor-LesteMethaqualone is named at Table II-C, item 9, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Metaqualona -...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- TurkeyMethaqualone is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Methaqualone is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026,...
- United Arab EmiratesMethaqualone is scheduled in Schedule 6 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «ميثاكوالون». The...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug. Part II of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(e)(8). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Methaqualone is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Methaqualone is printed in List IIB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force...
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Not individually verified
For these 102 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Methaqualone (Quaaludes) specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe