Is Peyote legal in Uzbekistan?

Legal status

Controlled in Uzbekistan through its mescaline content. Peyote is not named, but List I of Resolution 330 names «Мескалин**» at row 88, and its note extends control to «растения или их части, содержащие какое-либо средство, включенное в этот список» (plants or parts of plants containing any listed drug), which are subject to the same control as the drug [Certain]. Peyote, Lophophora williamsii, contains mescaline [Likely; the botany is brought from outside the text].

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Article 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 30 April 2023 provides «Ўзбекистон Республикасида ўлим жазоси тақиқланади», in the Russian text «В Республике Узбекистан смертная казнь запрещается» (the death penalty is prohibited in the Republic of Uzbekistan), read in both texts on lex.uz on 3 October 2026 [Certain]. Resolution 330 prints its quantities under the heading «Размеры (в граммах) для квалификации преступного деяния в случае обнаружения в незаконном обороте» in three columns headed «Небольшие», «Превышающие небольшие» and «Крупные», and the note to List I provides «Размер наркотического средства или его аналога, менее небольшого, обнаруженного в незаконном обороте, считается малым размером, предусмотренным Кодексом Республики Узбекистан об административной ответственности» [Certain]. For mescaline in List I row 88 the row prints «0,03» in the first column, a range from 0,03 to 0,5 in the second and «0,5» in the third [Certain]. Matching the wording, the first column answers to the «кўп бўлмаган» amount of article 273 part two, the second to the «озгинадан кўпроқ» amount of part three and the third to the «кўп миқдор» of article 273 part six and article 276 part two [Likely for Resolution 330, which is in Russian and pairs nothing expressly; the 2027 lists of Resolution 359 head the same three columns «кўп бўлмаган миқдор», «озгинадан кўпроқ миқдор» and «кўп миқдор», the Code's own words]. The note does not say whether a plant is weighed whole or by its mescaline content, and the texts read do not settle it [Certain that it is not stated]. The drug offences sit in articles 270 to 276 and 276-1 to 276-8 of the Criminal Code, several of them restated by Law ZRU-1151 of 11 June 2026, published on 12 June 2026, and the Code was read in that version [Certain]. Article 276 punishes making, keeping, acquiring, carrying or sending narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues without intent to sell with a fine of up to fifty times the base calculation amount, up to three hundred and sixty hours of compulsory community work, up to three years of correctional labour, one to three years of restricted liberty or up to three years of deprivation of liberty, and with three to five years where it is done «кўп миқдорда» (in a large amount) or by a repeat offender [Certain]. Article 273 punishes the same conduct with intent to sell, and selling: up to three years under part one, three to five years where the amount is «кўп бўлмаган» (not large), five to seven years where it is «озгинадан кўпроқ» (more than a little), seven to ten years under part four for a repeat offence, a group by prior agreement, a prison, an educational setting, a minor or use of the internet, ten to fifteen years under part five for an especially dangerous recidivist or an organised group, and fifteen to twenty years under part six for a large amount or an organised group acting in two or more states or online [Certain]. Twenty years is the highest term in articles 270 to 276 as read [Certain]. Below the criminal level, Administrative Code article 56, restated by the same law, punishes the same conduct without intent to sell in a small amount («оз миқдорда») with confiscation and a fine of one to two times the base calculation amount or administrative arrest of up to fifteen days, and article 187-1 punishes use in a public place with a fine of twenty to forty times the base calculation amount or arrest of up to fifteen days, except use on prescription for medical purposes [Certain]. Cultivating a plant containing a narcotic drug is separately punished by article 270, whose first part, as reworded by ZRU-1151, reaches «таркибида гиёҳвандлик воситалари ёки психотроп моддалар бўлган экинлар» (crops containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances), with up to three years [Certain]. Resolution 330 is repealed from 12 January 2027 by Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 359 of 2 July 2026, published on 11 July 2026, whose paragraph 7 brings it into force six months after official publication and whose annex 10 lists Resolution 330 among the repealed acts; lex.uz records the entry into force as 12.01.2027 [Certain]. Resolution 359 keeps mescaline in List I [Certain].

If prescribed or medical

No medical use route exists for a List I drug on the texts read [Certain].

Documentation

No traveller route exists; cacti and buttons fall under the plant clause [Likely].

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Uzbekistan’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.