Legal status in Myanmar

Per-substance legal status for Myanmar, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice — drug laws change; confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

Last updated: 2026-07-14

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

3-MMC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: 7-Hydroxymitragynine, a kratom alkaloid, is controlled together with the plant (no separate isolate carve-out) as a constituent of kratom, which is prohibited under the 1993 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law; 7-OH is not separately named — its individual listing is left to confirmation, and the drug-specific capital-trafficking tier is likewise left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Possession or supply of a prohibited narcotic draws imprisonment; arrests and product destruction have been reported.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — kratom and its alkaloids are prohibited with no legal medical framework.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; there is no legal export or carry framework for kratom.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: notified controlled psychotropic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC 1/93, amended 2018).
Consequences if caught: Possession multi-year; s.20 makes production/distribution/sale/import/export of a controlled psychotropic punishable by 15 years to DEATH (discretionary). Amphetamine is a notified psychotropic, so capital exposure applies — treat as high-risk (post-2021 enforcement is opaque).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Alcohol

Legal status: Legal — alcohol (ethanol) is a licensed beverage, not a controlled drug; retail governed by liquor-licensing rules.
Consequences if caught: No penalty for adult consumption; unlicensed sale is an excise/liquor-law offence.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: Sold at licensed shops, hotels and bars; no traveller permit required.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amphetamine

Legal status: Notified controlled psychotropic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC 1/93, amended 2018).
Consequences if caught: Possession multi-year; s.20 makes production/distribution/sale/import/export of a controlled psychotropic punishable by 15 years to DEATH (discretionary). Amphetamine is a notified psychotropic, so capital exposure applies — treat as high-risk (post-2021 enforcement is opaque).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Barbiturates

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a scheduled controlled substance under Myanmar's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 — a lighter tier than methadone; it sits below the capital tier, confirmed.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking of high-tier named narcotics can draw up to death under ss. 20–21, but buprenorphine sits below the capital tier, confirmed (enforcement is unpredictable).
If prescribed / medical: Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; controlled medicines are risky to carry — confirm before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis controlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 — user possession 3–5 years + mandatory treatment; 2–75 g treated as possession-with-intent-to-sell; distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) 15 years to unlimited + death-eligible; cultivation 5–10 years; [retained; death largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014]
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is controlled in Myanmar under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (Law No. 1/93). User possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and falls within the psychotropics annex of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, which incorporates the UN conventions. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition (convention-mirroring), named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, not separately named) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc.) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). Capital reach is left to confirmation — drug-specific capital thresholds are opaque under current governance.
Consequences if caught: Controlled psychotropic: penalties apply for the alkaloid; capital exposure for cathinone is unconfirmable. High risk.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is controlled as cannabis under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, with no CBD exemption or THC threshold; there is no legal consumer CBD.
Consequences if caught: Possession carries a statutory 5-10 years' imprisonment plus fine regardless of quantity under the 1993 Law, with far higher trafficking penalties.
If prescribed / medical: There is no established CBD/Epidiolex prescription scheme.
Documentation: No documentation legalises CBD — controlled as cannabis, with no prescription route.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Clonazepam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Cocaine

Legal status: Prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 — production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited; [retained; death available but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014]
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is prohibited in Myanmar under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (Law No. 1/93). Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Codeine

Legal status: Codeine is a scheduled controlled substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993; it sits below the capital tier (death under ss.20-21 attaches to trafficking of named drugs at threshold, not to low-dose codeine).
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or supply draws imprisonment; codeine is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Handled as a controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; enforcement is unpredictable, so confirm before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Myanmar: it is controlled AS cocaine under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, whose scheduling covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The law's capital provisions apply by weight and carry over to crack, so production, distribution, sale or import is punishable up to death whether powder or base.
Consequences if caught: Production, distribution, sale or import of crack (as cocaine) carries 15 years to unlimited imprisonment or death (Sec 20); possession/use is separately criminal.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has no recognised therapeutic use in Myanmar; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — as a party to the 1971 Convention, Myanmar schedules tetrahydrocannabinols and their isomers under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, so delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as an isomer of THC; the specific national notification is left to confirmation. Distinct from cannabis, controlled under the same 1993 Law.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; user possession and trafficking penalties under the 1993 Law (imprisonment, mandatory treatment for users).
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Diazepam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ephedrine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Etizolam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Heroin

Legal status: Heroin prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 — possession at/above 3 g deemed possession-for-sale (trafficking); production/sale/import/export (Sec 20) 15 years to unlimited OR death; [retained; death available but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014]
Consequences if caught: Heroin is prohibited in Myanmar under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (Law No. 1/93). The 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above 3 g of heroin (likewise 3 g of morphine or monoacetylmorphine, with combined thresholds) to be possession-for-sale (trafficking). Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a controlled narcotic (strong-opioid tier) under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993; it is not marketed in Myanmar and no drug-named capital weight for hydrocodone is located, so its drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Production, distribution, sale, import or export of scheduled narcotics under ss.20–21 ranges from 15 years to an unlimited term or death (executions resumed 2022), but no hydrocodone-specific capital weight is established; other handling is penalised.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed hydrocodone product; a controlled narcotic is dispensed only under narcotic control.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; enforcement is unpredictable — confirm before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Ketamine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Khat

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Kratom

Legal status: Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is controlled/illegal in Myanmar — prohibited under the 1993 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law; the plant is controlled and its alkaloids share that status. Arrests and product destruction have been reported despite native kratom forests.
Consequences if caught: Narcotic offences under the 1993 Law carry imprisonment; there is no legal export or trade framework for kratom.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — kratom is prohibited with no authorised medicinal use.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a prohibited narcotic plant.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Lorazepam

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is a scheduled psychotropic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. CAPITAL: trafficking of scheduled narcotic/psychotropic substances is death-eligible (ss. 19-20).
Consequences if caught: Trafficking death-eligible; enforcement uneven amid conflict.
If prescribed / medical: Scheduled psychotropic with no recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; trafficking death-eligible in law.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

MDMA

Legal status: Prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 — production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited; [retained; death available but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014]
Consequences if caught: MDMA is prohibited in Myanmar under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (Law No. 1/93). Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

MDPV

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II addition (2015) into the psychotropics annex of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law; no standalone named Myanmar amendment is confirmable. Capital reach is left to confirmation — drug-specific capital thresholds are opaque under current governance.
Consequences if caught: Controlled psychotropic: penalties apply; capital exposure for mephedrone is unconfirmable. High risk.
If prescribed / medical: Controlled psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled psychotropic.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (ss.20–21, trafficking punishable up to death), but no drug-named capital weight for methadone is located — its drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Trafficking of scheduled narcotics is punishable by long terms up to death (executions resumed 2022); no methadone-specific capital weight is published.
If prescribed / medical: Handled as a controlled narcotic medicine (limited OST availability).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; enforcement is unpredictable — confirm before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 — production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited; [retained; death available but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014]
Consequences if caught: Methamphetamine is prohibited in Myanmar under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (Law No. 1/93). Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylone

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylphenidate

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Mitragynine

Legal status: Mitragynine, the principal alkaloid of kratom, is controlled together with the plant in Myanmar: kratom is prohibited under the 1993 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, and the alkaloid shares that status as a constituent of the leaf (no separate alkaloid regime); the drug-specific capital-trafficking tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Possession or supply of a prohibited narcotic draws imprisonment; arrests and product destruction have been reported.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — kratom and its alkaloids are prohibited with no legal medical framework.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; there is no legal export or carry framework for kratom.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription medicine — NOT among the substances notified under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (not scheduled).
Consequences if caught: Regulated/prescription medicine; no narcotics-law trafficking (capital) exposure documented (the death penalty applies to notified narcotics/psychotropics, which do not include modafinil).
If prescribed / medical: Carry the prescription.
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is a scheduled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 and is death-eligible: production, sale, import or export is punishable by 15 years to death under ss.20-21 (with a 3 g 'for sale' threshold under s.16(c)); the exact capital trafficking weight for morphine is left to confirmation. Executions resumed in 2022.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession draws imprisonment; production, sale, import or export of morphine is death-eligible under ss.20-21.
If prescribed / medical: Handled as a scheduled controlled narcotic for severe and cancer pain where available.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; enforcement is unpredictable — confirm import rules before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (ss. 20–21) — a strong opioid; no oxycodone-specific capital weight is established, so the drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation (executions resumed 2022).
Consequences if caught: Production/distribution/sale/import/export of scheduled narcotics is punishable by 15 years to an unlimited term or death (ss. 20–21); no oxycodone-specific capital weight is published — its capital exposure is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Handled as a controlled prescription narcotic; enforcement is unpredictable.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and doctor's letter; controlled medicines are risky to carry — confirm before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — Myanmar prohibits MDMA under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, which reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled component, so an MDMA-containing tusi sample carries the 1993 Law's severe trafficking exposure.
Consequences if caught: An MDMA-positive mixture is a serious offence under the 1993 Law, where production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) carries 15 years to unlimited imprisonment and, for aggravated trafficking, death eligibility.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; MDMA has no accepted medical use, and ketamine, where present, is a controlled medicine.
Documentation: Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know whether MDMA is present, so severe legal exposure under the 1993 Law is unknowable at purchase.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pregabalin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Quetiapine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a controlled/prescription medicine governed by Myanmar's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law (1993); its precise schedule listing is left to confirmation, and whether tramadol is charged at a capital level is undocumented, so the tramadol-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised handling is punishable under the 1993 law; tramadol is heavily abused and widely seized, and enforcement is unpredictable.
If prescribed / medical: Handled as a controlled/prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription or doctor's letter; controlled medicines are risky to carry given unpredictable enforcement — confirm before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Zolpidem

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Myanmar's authorities (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Myanmar sources (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993, Law No. 1/93, Secs 16/19/20) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Production/distribution/sale/import/export (Sec 20) draws 15 years to unlimited OR death; possession/trafficking for sale (Sec 19) 10 years to unlimited. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs).
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Myanmar (a Golden Triangle state and a top opium and methamphetamine source) controls drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (SLORC Law No. 1/93, in force 27 January 1993), administered by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Production, distribution, sale, import or export (Sec 20) draws a minimum of 15 years to unlimited imprisonment OR death; possession or trafficking for sale (Sec 19) draws 10 years to unlimited; cultivation, processing or transport (Sec 16) draws 5–10 years plus a fine. A 'limitation of weight' deems possession at or above set amounts to be possession-for-sale (trafficking): 3 g of heroin, 3 g of morphine, 3 g of monoacetylmorphine (with combined thresholds). For cannabis, user possession draws 3–5 years plus mandatory treatment; 2–75 g is treated as possession with intent to sell; distribution, sale, import or export draws 15 years to unlimited and is death-eligible; cultivation draws 5–10 years. [retained; death available for trafficking but largely not enforced — mass commutation 2014] The death penalty is available for trafficking (Sec 20), but it is largely not enforced: President Thein Sein commuted all death sentences to life in January 2014, and drug executions are not a current practice (Myanmar resumed some executions in July 2022, but for political prisoners, NOT drugs). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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