Legality
Methaqualone (Quaaludes) legal status by country
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.
- AustraliaMethaqualone is a Schedule 9 (Prohibited Substance) in the Poisons Standard (SUSMP) — substances with no...
- CanadaMethaqualone is a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA),...
- ChinaMethaqualone (甲喹酮/安眠酮) is a Category I psychotropic substance in China's Catalogue of Medicinal Narcotic and...
- FranceMethaqualone (méthaqualone) is classified among controlled narcotics (stupéfiants) under the substances...
- GermanyMethaqualone (Methaqualon) is listed in Anlage II of the Narcotics Act (BtMG) — a 'verkehrsfähig aber nicht...
- IndiaMethaqualone (Mandrax) is a psychotropic substance listed in the Schedule to the Narcotic Drugs and...
- IndonesiaMethaqualone (metakualon) is a Psikotropika Golongan II under Law No. 5 of 1997 on Psychotropics — Indonesia...
- New ZealandMethaqualone is a Class C controlled drug — methaqualone and its analogues are named in Schedule 3 of the...
- SingaporeMethaqualone is a Class C controlled drug in Part III of the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act — the...
- South AfricaMethaqualone is prohibited in South Africa as an 'undesirable dependence-producing substance': it is listed...
- ThailandMethaqualone (เมทาควอโลน) is a Category 1 narcotic under Thailand's Narcotics Code (Narcotic Drugs Act) — a...
- United KingdomMethaqualone is a Class B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 — a named national transposition...
Not individually verified
For these 212 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
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe