Legality
Peyote legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Peyote has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Peyote in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AustraliaMescaline is a controlled substance in Australia — a border-controlled drug under the Criminal Code and a...
- CanadaPeyote (Lophophora williamsii) is expressly EXEMPTED from control: the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act...
- FranceFrance controls BOTH the plant and the alkaloid: the peyote cactus ("Peyotl ou peyote", Lophophora...
- GermanyMescaline (Meskalin) is listed in Anlage I of the Narcotic Drugs Act (BtMG) as a non-tradable,...
- MexicoPeyote (Lophophora williamsii) is NOT listed in the drug schedules of the Ley General de Salud (its alkaloid...
- NetherlandsMescaline is a List I ('hard drug') substance under the Opium Act (Opiumwet); the peyote (Lophophora) cactus...
- New ZealandNew Zealand controls BOTH: mescaline is a Class A controlled drug in Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Act...
- SingaporeIllegal under the Misuse of Drugs Act — the plant/derivative contains a controlled substance (Mescaline, from...
- SwitzerlandMescaline (Meskalin) is a prohibited narcotic under the BetmVV-EDI narcotics schedule ordinance (SR...
- United KingdomMescaline is named as a Class A drug in Schedule 2, Part I of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; the peyote...
Not individually verified
For these 214 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Peyote specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe