Is Pink Cocaine / Tusi legal in Maldives?
- Legal status
- Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — the Maldives controls MDMA as a Schedule 1 drug under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), 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 is charged as a Schedule 1 offence.
- Consequences if caught
- An MDMA-positive mixture is a Schedule 1 offence where trafficking carries a mandatory 20-year term (up to life); drug offences under the Drugs Act are not death-eligible, so tusi does not carry a capital penalty here.
- If prescribed or 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 and travellers cannot know whether Schedule 1 MDMA is present, so mandatory long-imprisonment exposure is unknowable at purchase.
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Maldives’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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