Legal status in Puerto Rico (US)

Per-substance legal status for Puerto Rico (US), from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

14 confirmed substances74 not individually verifiedLast updated September 15, 2026

Confirmed legal status

2C-B

Legal status: 2C-B is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7392, listed as 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7392, listed as 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

21 U.S.C. 802(26) · 21 U.S.C. 844(a) · law.cornell.edu · law.cornell.edu · ecfr.gov · Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404 · bvirtualogp.pr.gov · Updated September 15, 2026

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Benzodiazepines

Legal status: The benzodiazepines is controlled federally and locally. Scheduled federally by individual substance under the Controlled Substances Act, the benzodiazepines are scheduled individually rather than as a class, most in Schedule IV at 21 CFR 1308.14(c), for example alprazolam at DEA code 2882, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally, the benzodiazepines are scheduled individually rather than as a class, most in Schedule IV at 21 CFR 1308.14(c), for example alprazolam at DEA code 2882. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: This substance has authorised medicinal forms and is dispensed on prescription in the United States. A prescribed medicine carried with its prescription is lawful, subject to the federal controls on its schedule.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d) as Marihuana, DEA code 7360, with an FDA-approved product or a state or territorial medical licence in Schedule III, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Cannabis has a split federal status and neither half is the whole answer. Most marijuana remains Schedule I, 21 CFR 1308.11(d) as Marihuana, DEA code 7360, with an FDA-approved product or a state or territorial medical licence in Schedule III. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: An FDA-approved cannabis-derived medicine is prescribable. Whether any territorial medical cannabis programme operates here, and on what terms, was not established.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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Cocaine

Legal status: Cocaine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(b), DEA code 9041, within the coca leaves entry, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(b), DEA code 9041, within the coca leaves entry. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: Medical use is narrow. There is an authorised medicinal form but it is not a form a traveller would ordinarily carry, and a foreign prescription does not authorise possession of the street substance.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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DMT

Legal status: DMT is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7435, listed as Dimethyltryptamine, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7435, listed as Dimethyltryptamine. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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Fentanyl

Legal status: Fentanyl is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(c), DEA code 9801, listed as Fentanyl, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(c), DEA code 9801, listed as Fentanyl. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: This substance has authorised medicinal forms and is dispensed on prescription in the United States. A prescribed medicine carried with its prescription is lawful, subject to the federal controls on its schedule.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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GHB

Legal status: GHB is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(e), DEA code 2010, listed as Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(e), DEA code 2010, listed as Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: Gamma hydroxybutyric acid is Schedule I, while an FDA-approved sodium oxybate medicine is separately scheduled and dispensed under a restricted programme. A traveller cannot carry the Schedule I substance on a prescription.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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Heroin

Legal status: Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(c), DEA code 9200, listed as Heroin, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(c), DEA code 9200, listed as Heroin. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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LSD

Legal status: LSD is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7315, listed as Lysergic acid diethylamide, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7315, listed as Lysergic acid diethylamide. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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MDMA

Legal status: MDMA is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7405, listed as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7405, listed as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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Mescaline

Legal status: Mescaline is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7381, listed as Mescaline, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7381, listed as Mescaline. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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Methamphetamine

Legal status: Methamphetamine is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(d), DEA code 1105, listed as Methamphetamine, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(d), DEA code 1105, listed as Methamphetamine. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: Medical use is narrow. There is an authorised medicinal form but it is not a form a traveller would ordinarily carry, and a foreign prescription does not authorise possession of the street substance.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

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PCP

Legal status: PCP is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.12(e), DEA code 7471, listed as Phencyclidine, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.12(e), DEA code 7471, listed as Phencyclidine. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

PCP in Puerto Rico (US), full detail →

Psilocybin

Legal status: Psilocybin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7437, listed as Psilocybin, and separately controlled under the Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following.
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. Federally this is a Schedule I controlled substance, 21 CFR 1308.11(d), DEA code 7437, listed as Psilocybin. 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 Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 4 de 23 de junio de 1971, codified at 24 L.P.R.A. secs. 2101 and following applies as well. Article 404(a) of that law, 24 L.P.R.A. sec. 2404, makes simple possession a felony. Read from the Puerto Rico government's own copy: 'Toda persona que viole este inciso incurrirá en delito grave y convicta que fuere será castigada con pena de reclusión por un término fijo de tres (3) años', in translation that anyone who violates this subsection commits a felony and on conviction is punished by a fixed term of three years. Aggravating circumstances raise the fixed term to a maximum of five years and mitigating circumstances lower it to a minimum of two. The court may add a fine of up to five thousand dollars. After a prior conviction under the same subsection the fixed term becomes six years, raisable to ten and reducible to four. So the same possession is a federal offence capped at one year and a Puerto Rico felony carrying a fixed three year term. The difference is which statute is charged, not what was possessed.
If prescribed / medical: There is no traveller prescription route. This substance has no accepted medical use in the United States and no prescribable form, so a foreign prescription cannot authorise possession of it.
Documentation: Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription. Bringing a controlled substance into this territory from the mainland United States or from abroad engages federal importation and customs provisions as well as the territorial law, and neither was read here.

Psilocybin in Puerto Rico (US), full detail →

Not individually verified

74 substances are not individually verified for Puerto Rico (US)

For these the governing national drug law is cited, but we have not verified that the substance specifically is scheduled under it. Treat them as unanswered, not as legal. Confirm with Puerto Rico (US)’s drug authority or your embassy.

Substance	What we found
1P-LSD	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
2-FDCK	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
25I-NBOMe	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
2C-E	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
2C-I	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
2C-T-7	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
3-MMC	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
4-AcO-DMT	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
4-HO-MET	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
6-APB	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Adderall	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Alcohol	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Amanita muscaria	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Amphetamine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Amyl Nitrite	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Ayahuasca	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Barbiturates	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Buprenorphine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Caffeine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Cannabinol	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Cathinone	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
CBD	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Clonazepam	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Codeine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Crack Cocaine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Delta-8-THC	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Diazepam	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
DOM	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
DXM	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Ephedrine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Etizolam	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Gabapentin	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
GBL	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
HHC	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Hydrocodone	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Ketamine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Khat	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Kratom	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Lorazepam	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
LSA (Morning Glory)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
MDA	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
MDPV	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Memantine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Mephedrone (4-MMC)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Methadone	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Methaqualone (Quaaludes)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Methylone	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Methylphenidate	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Mitragynine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Modafinil	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Morphine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
MXE	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Nicotine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Nimetazepam	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Nitrous Oxide	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Opium	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Oxycodone	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Peyote	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Phenibut	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Pink Cocaine / Tusi	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Poppers	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Pregabalin	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Quetiapine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Salvia divinorum	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
THC-P	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Tobacco	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Tramadol	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Xanax (Alprazolam)	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Xylazine	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...
Zolpidem	Not confirmed, Puerto Rico's Controlled Substances Act (Ley de Sustancias Controladas de Puerto Rico, 24 LPRA) is...

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