Is Pink Cocaine / Tusi legal in Sudan?

Also known as: tucibi, tusibi, tuci

Legal status

Controlled only through what the sample contains. Pink cocaine is not named in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1994 (قانون المخدرات والمؤثرات العقلية لسنة 1994). In the reproduction read, the Second Schedule of psychotropic substances prints tenamfetamine, which is MDA, as item 82 and phencyclidine as item 67, and neither schedule prints MDMA or ketamine. The First Schedule prints cocaine as item 23. Section 3 defines psychotropic substances as any substance composed of a Second Schedule substance "وتشمل كل مادة كيمائية لها ذات الأثر" (and includes every chemical substance having the same effect), so a substance the schedule does not print may still be within the Act, but the text does not say whether MDMA or ketamine has that effect. The answer turns on what the sample is found to contain.

Consequences if caught

These penalties are stated as printed in the compilation read, not as confirmed current law. Section 20(1) punishes use, and import, purchase, production or possession for the purpose of use, "بالسجن لمدة لا تجاوز خمس سنوات والغرامة التي تحددها المحكمة" (by imprisonment not exceeding five years and a fine the court sets), and section 20(2) bars criminal proceedings against an addict who asks for treatment of his own accord or before he is brought to trial. Section 15(1) punishes trafficking, which includes buying, selling, possessing or transporting with intent to traffic, by life imprisonment and a fine the court sets. Section 15(2) says "يعاقب بالإعدام" (shall be punished by death) where the offender reoffends after a life sentence, is an official charged with combating drug offences, or commits the offence with a minor, a mentally ill person or an addict. Section 16 punishes supplying drugs with or without payment by at least ten years, and by death or life imprisonment in aggravated cases, and section 17 imposes death where the offence is committed with an international gang.

If prescribed or medical

Section 12(1) prohibits importing, possessing, prescribing or dealing in any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance "ما لم يكن ذلك للأغراض الطبية أو العلمية" (unless for medical or scientific purposes) under a licence from the Minister. An unidentified mixture has no lawful supply route under the Act, and ketamine is not printed in either schedule of the reproduction read.

Documentation

A test result naming the substances present decides which sections, if any, apply. The text read is an Arabic compilation that UNODC SHERLOC hosts as a PDF titled Law on Drug offences 96 Arabic, created on 27 January 2016, 81 pages. It incorporates later amendments, since section 18 cites the Medicines and Poisons Act 2009, and its footnotes cite Law No. 40 of 1974 and Law No. 2 of 2001, but it states no consolidation date. It is a reproduction, not an official publication. The Ministry of Justice download pages at moj.gov.sd that were read did not list the Act. Section 27 allows the Minister, after consultation and on the recommendation of the national committee, to amend any schedule from time to time.

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