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Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) in Kiribati: not individually verified

Not individually verified

We have not confirmed that Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) specifically is scheduled in Kiribati, so this page gives no legal status. Publishing a guess here would be worse than publishing nothing. What we do know is the governing national drug law, below.

What is on record
Not confirmed. Synthetic cannabinoids are not named in Schedule 2 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, 1977 Revised Edition, as amended 1995 and 2001, and whether any order under section 13(2) was made after 1977 is not established. This is a class of many compounds and not one, and the instrument names none of its members and has no generic cannabinoid clause, since paragraph 7 and section 4(1) reach the cannabis plant, its resin, extracts and tinctures only. This is a gap in what was read and not a finding that synthetic cannabinoids are lawful or unregulated, because Schedule 2 moves by order. The Poisons List Cannabis entry on page 28 names plant products and no synthetic compound. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance was read as in force in the 1977 Revised Edition as amended to the Acts of 1995 and 2001, and this text does not rule out a later amendment or a later order under section 13(2).

Confirm directly with Kiribati’s national drug authority or your own embassy before you rely on anything.

What Kiribati HAS confirmed for related substances

These are related compounds, not Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice). Their status may or may not reflect Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)’s. Confirm Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) directly with Kiribati's national drug authority or your embassy.

  • Cannabis / THCa related compound, not Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

    Controlled. Cannabis is within the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised Edition 1977, in three forms addressed apart. The plant: section 2, printed page 5, defines "Indian hemp" as "either of the plants Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica or any portion thereof", and Part II section 4(1), printed page 6, applies Part II to "Indian hemp and resins obtained from Indian hemp and preparations of which such resins form the base". Extracts and tinctures: Schedule 2, Part I, paragraph 7, printed page 26, prints "Any extract or tincture of cannabis.", and section 13(1) applies Part IV to the substances specified in Part I. Other preparations that are neither resin based nor an extract or tincture are not named, and are not stated here to be controlled. Version read: Revised Edition 1977, as amended by the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Acts 1995 and 2001, which insert section 8A and add datura metel to Part II and were not read to change the Indian hemp provisions. Model B: section 13(2) lets the Minister by order modify Schedule 2. The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance was read as in force in the 1977 Revised Edition as amended to the Acts of 1995 and 2001, and this text does not rule out a later amendment or a later order under section 13(2).

    Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised Edition 1977, sections 2, 4 to 8, 13, 14, 20 and 39 and Schedule 2 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Dangerous Drugs Regulations L.N. 19/80, regulation 6 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 1995 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2001 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, Cap. 70, 1977 Edition, Schedule 3 Poisons List · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Medical Services Act 1996, section 42 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Customs Act 2019, Schedules 3 and 4 · kiribati.tradeportal.org · Verified October 7, 2026

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