Is Pink Cocaine / Tusi legal in American Samoa (US)?

Legal status

'Pink cocaine' is not the name of a substance in either list, so a sample is classified by what it contains, and no text read says what a sample sold under that name contains. Ketamine is federal Schedule III at 21 CFR 1308.13(c)(7); MDMA is federal Schedule I at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(11), '3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)'; 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine is federal Schedule I at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(3); and cocaine is federal Schedule II within 'Coca leaves', 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(4). Of those four, only cocaine is reached by the territorial lists, through section 13.1007(4); none of the other three is named in the American Samoa Code Annotated, sections 13.1004 to 13.1014, in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023.

Consequences if caught

The federal Controlled Substances Act applies here. 21 U.S.C. 802(26) defines the term State to mean 'a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States', so the federal schedules and the federal offences reach this territory directly. The name is not in 21 CFR part 1308 as published in the eCFR at 30 September 2026. Each controlled ingredient is reached through its own entry, and the hallucinogen and depressant headings in 21 CFR 1308.11(d) and 1308.13(c) reach 'any material, compound, mixture, or preparation' that contains a listed substance. Federal simple possession is 21 U.S.C. 844(a). A first offence carries 'a term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, and shall be fined a minimum of $1,000, or both'. The American Samoa Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 10, defines a controlled substance in section 13.1001(a) as 'a drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in 13.1004 through 13.1014'. Pink cocaine is not named in those sections in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published, searched for 'ketamine', 'methylenedioxymethamphetamine' and 'bromo', so the territorial possession offence in section 13.1022 does not reach it as a listed substance. Section 13.1006 lists '3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine', which is MDA by name, not MDMA. If a sample contains cocaine, the territorial coca entry in section 13.1007(4), 'coca leaves and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves', reaches it. Section 13.1002(a) lets the Director 'add substances to or delete substances enumerated in 13.1004 through 13.1014' by rule. No such rule was found: the only index searched was an Internet Archive list of the Bar Association's archived regulation pages, cut off at 3,000 addresses, none of which named a drug or controlled substance rule, so an addition by rule is not ruled out. Where it is reached, section 13.1022(a) reads 'Except as authorized by the director, it is unlawful for a person to possess a controlled substance'. Section 13.1022(b) makes it a felony and sets, for a first offence, 'a fine not less than $5,000 and not more than $20,000 or not less than 5 years and not more than 10 years in prison, or both'; for a second offence a fine of $20,000 to $30,000 or 10 to 20 years, or both; and for a third a fine of $30,000 to $40,000 or 15 to 30 years, or both. It adds 'There shall be no parole for a conviction under this section' and, in subsection (c), 'The above penalties are mandatory.' Section 13.1020(b) punishes delivering, distributing, producing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance: the offender 'may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined not more than $20,000, or both', so the text read allows imprisonment and a fine together but does not require both. Section 13.1020(c) sets 'a mandatory term of 10 years without the possibility of parole, and fined $10,000.00' for those acts 'in any school or on any school campus in the Territory'. Section 13.1023(a) allows up to twice the term and twice the fine for a second or subsequent offence under the chapter. These sections were read in the Internet Archive capture of 30 October 2023 of the text the American Samoa Bar Association published; the live asbar.org pages answered HTTP 403, and a later amendment is not ruled out.

If prescribed or medical

No prescription covers a product sold under this name. Ketamine has a Schedule III listing, but 21 U.S.C. 844(a) protects only a substance 'obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order, from a practitioner', and MDMA and the bromo compound are in Schedule I.

Documentation

Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Section 13.1040 of the American Samoa Code Annotated provides 'No person may import or sell in American Samoa any medicines or drugs, including patent medicines, unless permission to do so has been granted under regulations approved by the Governor', and section 13.1042 makes a violation of the chapter 'a class D felony', for which section 46.2301 authorises 'a term not to exceed 5 years' and section 46.2101 a fine not exceeding $5,000. Those regulations were not read, so whether a traveller's own supply needs permission was not established. Federal importation and customs provisions were not read here.

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