Is Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) legal in Indonesia?
- Legal status
- Controlled as Narkotika Golongan I. Synthetic cannabinoids (e.g. JWH-018, XLR-11, and a 2020 batch adding MDMB-FUBINACA, 4F-MDMB-BINACA, 5F-MN-24 and others) are listed by name as Golongan I via Ministry of Health regulations under Law 35/2009. They are capital-exposed: under Law 35/2009 arts. 113/114, producing, importing or trafficking non-plant Golongan I narcotics above 5 grams is death-eligible.
- Consequences if caught
- Illegal as Golongan I; trafficking above 5 grams is death-eligible, with lesser quantities carrying long imprisonment. Do NOT carry.
- If prescribed or medical
- These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Indonesia (Golongan I bars medical use).
- Documentation
- No lawful personal-import route for Golongan I synthetic cannabinoids; trafficking is death-eligible, do not carry.
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