Legality
Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled under national law. Narcotics in Aceh are prosecuted under national Law 35/2009 (Aceh's Qanun...
- AustraliaControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are captured by a broad structural (generic) class definition...
- BahrainControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are prohibited under Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- BangladeshControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under the Narcotics Control Act 2018, which schedules controlled...
- BrazilControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are proscribed on Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropics) of ANVISA...
- BruneiControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are scheduled controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 27),...
- CambodiaControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under the Law on the Control of Drugs, whose schedules are updated to...
- CanadaControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids ('Spice'/'K2' products) are caught by the item in Schedule II...
- ChinaControlled class-wide - the headline. On 11 May 2021 China's National Narcotics Control Commission placed the...
- EgyptControlled. Egypt has actively scheduled synthetic cannabinoids by amendment to the Anti-Narcotics Law No....
- FranceControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are classed as stupefiants by chemical family: an arrete of 19...
- GermanyControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are captured group-wise by the Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetz...
- GreeceControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are scheduled as narcotics under the Narcotic Drugs Code (Law...
- IndiaControlled by named listing. India has no general analogue/generic clause, so synthetic cannabinoids are...
- IndonesiaControlled as Narkotika Golongan I. Synthetic cannabinoids (e.g. JWH-018, XLR-11, and a 2020 batch adding...
- IranControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled through Iran's Psychotropic Substances Act 1997, which...
- IraqControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017,...
- IrelandControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are caught by a generic definition scheduled under the Misuse...
- ItalyControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are listed in Tabella I of DPR 309/1990, which since 2011 has...
- JapanControlled as a class. Japan introduced generic (comprehensive) scheduling of naphthoylindole-type synthetic...
- JordanControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act No. 23 of...
- KuwaitControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under Kuwait's unified Anti-Drug Law (2025, replacing Law No. 74 of...
- MalaysiaControlled as a class. Malaysia introduced generic legislation in 2014 banning analogues of controlled drugs,...
- MaldivesControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), whose schedules...
- MexicoControlled as psychotropics. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled through the psychotropic provisions of the...
- NetherlandsControlled as a class. A generic new-psychoactive-substances group ban added to the Opium Act (Opiumwet), in...
- New ZealandControlled as a class. After a wave of fatal poisonings, New Zealand classified the most harmful synthetic...
- NigeriaControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled through NDLEA Act / NAFDAC scheduling, incorporating the...
- OmanControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are prohibited under Royal Decree 17/99 on combating narcotics and...
- PakistanControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 as...
- PhilippinesControlled as dangerous drugs. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled under RA 9165 through Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are listed on the controlled-substances schedules of the Act on...
- PortugalControlled as a class. Portugal listed synthetic cannabinoids through its new-psychoactive-substances law...
- QatarControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are prohibited under Law No. 9 of 1987 on narcotics and dangerous...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids fall under Saudi Arabia's broad narcotics/psychotropics prohibition...
- SingaporeControlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are captured by generic synthetic-cannabinoid groups in the...
- South KoreaControlled as a class. South Korea controls synthetic cannabinoids under the Act on the Control of Narcotics,...
- SpainControlled as psychotropic substances. Spain controls synthetic cannabinoids through the psychotropic tables...
- Sri LankaControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance,...
- SwedenControlled as a class. Sweden schedules synthetic cannabinoids by name as narkotika (or, for newer analogues,...
- SwitzerlandControlled as a class. Switzerland lists synthetic cannabinoids by structural/generic definition in the...
- TaiwanControlled. Taiwan schedules synthetic cannabinoids as controlled drugs / narcotics (Category 2/3) under the...
- ThailandControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are scheduled under Thailand's Narcotics Code (Category 1/psychotropic...
- TurkeyControlled as a class. Turkey scheduled synthetic cannabinoids ('bonzai') by Cabinet decree extending the...
- United Arab EmiratesControlled. UAE Federal Decree-Law 30/2021 carries detailed controlled tables covering new psychoactive...
- United KingdomControlled as a class. The first and second generations of synthetic cannabinoids (JWH-, AM-, naphthoylindole...
- VietnamControlled. Synthetic cannabinoids are listed on Vietnam's controlled-substance schedules (e.g. Decree...
Not individually verified
For these 177 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe