Legality
Peyote legal status by country
Also known as: lophophora williamsii, mescal buttons
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.
- AngolaControlled through what it contains rather than under its own name. The peyote cactus is not named in the...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled in its prepared forms. The cactus itself is not named and the growing plant is not clearly caught....
- ArgentinaControlled through a named constituent or member, not as a label. The row itself is not an entry. The...
- AustraliaProhibited through mescaline, and a named border controlled plant. The Criminal Code Regulations 2019 list...
- AustriaA Suchtgift in Austrian law, listed rather than inferred. The cactus is not named; Annex V.1 lists mescaline...
- BahamasControlled through its alkaloid and not by its own name. Searched case insensitively across all three held...
- BahrainControlled. Peyote is reached through its mescaline content. The entry relied on reads «Mescaline;...
- BangladeshPeyote is not named, and neither is Lophophora williamsii. Mescaline, its principal alkaloid, is named twice:...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control», but only...
- BelgiumPeyote is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints...
- BoliviaResolved through its constituents rather than through an entry of its own. Lista I names MESCALINA among the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 5 of lista E, the list of proscribed plants and fungi that can...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled through a named constituent. Peyote is not itself a named entry of any of the three списъци, and...
- CanadaPeyote (Lophophora williamsii) is expressly EXEMPTED from control: the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled through named members rather than through one entry, so the exposure turns on which member is in...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. Peyote is not named in the...
- CzechiaControlled through its named alkaloid rather than as a cactus. „Meskalin“ is printed in seznam č. 4 between...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation through the cactus entry rather than under its botanical...
- DominicaPeyote is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I of the...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Peyote is its own entry, «Peyote» at number 16 of acápite III of Categoría I of article 8 of Ley...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaPeyote is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands through a cactus entry that reaches it by its mescaline content rather than...
- FinlandControlled. Peyote is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FrancePeyote is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GermanyPeyote is a plant and the German narcotics table does not name it, so the row resolves through the alkaloid...
- GreeceControlled through the alkaloid it contains. Peyote is not named in the tables in its own right. What is...
- GrenadaControlled through its constituent. The cactus is not named, but mescaline, its active alkaloid, is listed at...
- GuatemalaIllegal through its active principle under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and...
- GuyanaControlled through its constituent, and the plant half of what the applied cell recorded has no support. That...
- HondurasControlled. Peyote is reached through the substances it contains, and the entries read were PM 004,...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong where it contains its controlled constituent. The plant is not named in Part I...
- HungaryNot listed. Peyote is not a named entry of the K1 or K2 jegyzék in the 1. melléklet, of the P1, P2, P3 or P4...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland, and the route to that answer is not the printed name of this row. Peyote is not named...
- IndiaControlled in India, but not under this name: it is not named in the Act's Schedule, and the matched entry...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: the cactus is not...
- IranControlled through its constituent mescaline, which is placed at entry 14 of Schedule 1 of the four...
- IraqControlled through the entry its active alkaloid occupies. The cactus it is not named in any Iraqi schedule;...
- IrelandControlled. Peyote is a controlled drug in Ireland, named in the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 through its...
- IsraelControlled through its named constituent mescaline at חלק א' סימן ב' פרט 10, not as a plant
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «peyote / Lophophora...
- JapanPeyote is not itself listed in Japan, and the alkaloid it is taken for is a 麻薬, a narcotic: mescaline is...
- JordanPeyote is resolved through what it contains, mescaline, which is expressly listed at Schedule 5, and not...
- KazakhstanPeyote is a plant and Kazakhstan's Resolution works on substances, so the answer on this row is split. The...
- KenyaControlled in part under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245: the cactus's...
- KuwaitControlled through its active alkaloid. Peyote is not among the seven plants of Group 1, table 5. Its...
- LatviaPeyote is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonControlled. Peyote is a cactus and the plant is not named in the four tables annexed to Law 673 of 16 March...
- LithuaniaPeyote is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name peyote as such. The entry relied on reads...
- MalaysiaPeyote is not named in either Act, and neither is Lophophora williamsii. «Mescaline, 3, 4,...
- MaltaPeyote is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoPeyote is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the first of the five groups of article 245 of the Ley...
- MyanmarControlled in Myanmar as material containing a listed psychotropic substance. The peyote cactus contains...
- NetherlandsControlled through the alkaloid, which is named, and not through the cactus, which is not. The cactus is not...
- New ZealandControlled through the mescaline entry rather than as a plant. Peyote is a cactus containing mescaline, and...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Mescal», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NorwayControlled in Norway as a preparation, and not listed as a plant. Peyote is not a separate row on the...
- OmanControlled through the mescaline it contains, and inside the death penalty article. Peyote is not itself...
- PakistanSplit answer, and the split is in the schedules rather than in my reading. The alkaloid that peyote is taken...
- PanamaControlled. Peyote is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PhilippinesControlled through its constituent. Peyote is not named as a plant in the Dangerous Drugs Board's Updated...
- PolandControlled through its constituent mescaline, although the cactus is not named in the annexes. «Meskalina» is...
- PortugalDecriminalised for own consumption through its listed alkaloid. The peyote cactus is not named in the tables...
- QatarControlled in Qatar through its proved Mescaline constituent, and reached through that entry at Table 1-B...
- RomaniaPeyote is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Mescaline = 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine; art....
- RussiaControlled through its mescaline content. The dossier's explanation for this row reads: “Cactus material is...
- Saint LuciaControlled through its constituent. No botanical entry of any kind appears in Schedule 2: the search terms...
- SamoaPeyote is reached by the Narcotics Act 1967 through its definition clause rather than through a schedule...
- Saudi ArabiaPeyote is reached in Saudi Arabia through its actual plant and constituent entries. The prohibited plants and...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaPeyote is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 does not name peyote as such. The entry relied...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SurinameControlled through its constituent, not by name. The cactus is nowhere in the act: neither 'peyote' nor...
- SwedenControlled, but not on its own row. Peyote is the cactus Lophophora williamsii, and it is not named in the...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries peyote in list d, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan, both as a plant and through its active compound. Row 3 of Перечень 4 of Annex 1 to...
- TanzaniaControlled through its mescaline content. Peyote is a cactus, and no instrument read names it or Lophophora;...
- ThailandPeyote is reached through the mescaline entry in Thailand's psychotropic Category 1. The Ministry of Public...
- Trinidad and TobagoPeyote is not named in any instrument read, and searches for peyote, Lophophora and cactus found nothing....
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Peyote is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine through mescaline and the list's plant note, not by a named plant entry. The list...
- United Arab EmiratesThe peyote cactus is reached because of what it produces, and the alkaloid, mescaline, is reached because it...
- United KingdomControlled through its constituent. Peyote, Lophophora williamsii, is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(26). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayThe cactus is not named and resolves only through its proved constituent. The national list is the Anexo I...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan through its mescaline content. Peyote is not named, but List I of Resolution 330...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled through its constituent, not as a preparation. Peyote is botanical material containing mescaline,...
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Not individually verified
For these 131 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
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe