Legal status in Taiwan

Per-substance legal status for Taiwan, 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.

41 confirmed substances44 not individually verifiedLast updated July 14, 2026

Confirmed legal status

3-MMC

Legal status: 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled — Taiwan schedules NPS/cathinones under the Controlled Drugs Act (a lower schedule, likely Schedule 3/4), which reaches 3-MMC; the exact category is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Controlled-drug offences carry imprisonment. 3-MMC is BELOW the capital tier: Taiwan's death penalty attaches to Category-1 drugs (heroin, etc.), and cathinones sit in lower categories — not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled drug.

unodc.org · Updated July 14, 2026

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7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: 7-Hydroxymitragynine, a kratom alkaloid, is controlled together with the plant (no separate isolate carve-out) as a constituent of the Schedule 3 (Category 3) listing of Mitragyna speciosa/mitragynine under the Controlled Drugs Act; 7-OH is not separately named — its individual listing is left to confirmation. Category 3 substances are never death-eligible (capital tier is Category 1 only).
Consequences if caught: Category 3 possession draws an administrative fine and drug education; possession-with-intent or sale draws roughly 3–10 years.
If prescribed / medical: No ordinary prescription route as a consumer product — a licence is required to import/export a controlled drug.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route without a controlled-drug licence.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) in Taiwan, full detail →

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act.
Consequences if caught: Possession up to ~3 years; manufacture/transport/sale of a Category-2 narcotic up to life or ≥10 years. The death penalty (Art. 4) applies only to Category 1 (heroin/cocaine/opium/morphine), so Category-2 amphetamine carries NO capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, Category 2 (capital only for Category 1) · law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Adderall in Taiwan, full detail →

Alcohol

Legal status: Legal — alcohol (ethanol) is a licensed, age-regulated beverage, not a controlled drug; minimum purchase age 18.
Consequences if caught: No penalty for adult consumption; supplying minors and drink-driving are penalised.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: Sold openly on proof of age; no traveller permit.

who.int · Updated July 14, 2026

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Amphetamine

Legal status: Category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act.
Consequences if caught: Possession up to ~3 years; manufacture/transport/sale of a Category-2 narcotic up to life or ≥10 years. The death penalty (Art. 4) applies only to Category 1 (heroin/cocaine/opium/morphine), so Category-2 amphetamine carries NO capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, Category 2 (capital only for Category 1) · law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Amphetamine in Taiwan, full detail →

Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are controlled drugs scheduled by compound under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the Controlled Drugs Act — secobarbital/pentobarbital/amobarbital in Category 3 and phenobarbital/barbital in the lower Category 4 — transposing the 1971 Convention.
Consequences if caught: Lower-category trafficking/manufacture draws fixed-term imprisonment; simple small-quantity possession is handled administratively. The death penalty (Art. 4(1)) applies only to Category 1 narcotics — barbiturates are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital is dispensed as a Category 4 antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine); a licence is needed to import/export the controlled barbiturates.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a lower-schedule controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act — a lighter tier than Category 2 methadone; capital eligibility reaches only Category 1 narcotics, so buprenorphine sits below the capital tier, confirmed.
Consequences if caught: Lower-schedule possession draws administrative penalties/education; possession-with-intent or sale draws imprisonment. The death penalty (Art. 4(1)) reaches only Category 1 narcotics — buprenorphine is not death-eligible, confirmed.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine (used for opioid substitution); an import/export licence is required.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Buprenorphine in Taiwan, full detail →

Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Cannabis is a Category-2 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (same class as amphetamines) — illegal; simple possession up to 2 years (>20 g pure 6 months–5 years); manufacture/transport/sale life or min 10 years; NO medical program; cultivation illegal incl. hemp
Consequences if caught: Cannabis is a Category-2 narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) — the same class as amphetamines — and is illegal. Simple possession draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category-2 draws 6 months to 5 years; manufacture, transport or sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp.
If prescribed / medical: There is NO medical-cannabis program; only CBD under 0.001% THC is allowed, by prescription and imported.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Cannabis / THC in Taiwan, full detail →

Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is a Category 2 (第二級) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition, named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis leaf, not named and caught via its cathinone content) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone, a Category 3 controlled drug) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Category-2 alkaloid, cathine the milder metabolite (1971 Schedule III). Structurally below the capital tier: death/life is available only for Category 1 (heroin/opium/morphine/cocaine); Category 2 caps at life imprisonment.
Consequences if caught: Category 2 controlled drug: manufacture and trafficking of the alkaloid are serious offences, but there is no death-penalty pathway — maximum is life imprisonment.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I / Category-2 substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a Category-2 controlled drug.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is prescription-only: low-THC CBD (below 0.001% THC) is permitted only as a medicine under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, and any CBD with 0.001% THC or more is a Category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act.
Consequences if caught: Importing CBD without TFDA approval is referred to judicial authorities, and a product at or above 0.001% THC is prosecuted as a Category 2 narcotic.
If prescribed / medical: Access is a narrow legal route — a doctor's prescription plus an individual TFDA import permit; there is no domestic supply. Distinct from cannabis, a Category 2 narcotic.
Documentation: CBD requires a doctor's prescription plus an individual TFDA import permit; without the permit, importing CBD is referred to judicial authorities.

web.customs.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a Category 4 (Schedule 4) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the Controlled Drugs Act — the lowest tier.
Consequences if caught: Category 4 trafficking/manufacture/transport is 5–12 years (Art. 4(4)); simple small-quantity possession is handled administratively. The death penalty (Art. 4(1)) applies only to Category 1 narcotics — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Category 4 controlled prescription medicine (a licence is needed to import/export).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Cocaine

Legal status: Category-1 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act — manufacture/transport/sale = DEATH or life; possession-with-intent heavier; [de facto] executions since ~2000 for murder only
Consequences if caught: Cocaine is a Category-1 narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例). Manufacturing, transporting or selling it carries DEATH or life imprisonment; possession with intent is heavier than for lower categories. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Cocaine in Taiwan, full detail →

Codeine

Legal status: Codeine is a lower-category controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act; it sits below the capital tier (the Art. 4(1) death penalty applies only to Category 1 narcotics such as morphine and heroin, not codeine).
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession or supply is an offence (imprisonment/fine, or longer terms for higher categories); codeine is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled prescription medicine (a licence is needed to import/export).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Taiwan: it is controlled AS cocaine, a Category 1 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, whose schedule covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. The Act's capital provisions apply to Category 1 narcotics and carry over to crack, so manufacture, transport or sale is death- or life-eligible whether powder or base.
Consequences if caught: Manufacture, transport or sale of crack (as cocaine) carries death or life imprisonment; possession-with-intent draws heavier terms, and simple possession/use is separately criminal.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has only narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, which schedules THC and its isomers (THC is a Category 2 narcotic); delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis, also Category 2. Below the capital tier (capital/life exposure attaches to Schedule 1/2 manufacture and trafficking, not to simple possession).
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and dealing penalties under the Act; manufacture/trafficking of Category 1/2 narcotics carries life or the death penalty at the top end.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a Category 4 (Schedule 4) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the Controlled Drugs Act — the lowest tier.
Consequences if caught: Category 4 trafficking/manufacture/transport is 5–12 years (Art. 4(4)); simple small-quantity possession is handled administratively. The death penalty (Art. 4(1)) applies only to Category 1 narcotics — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Category 4 controlled prescription medicine (a licence is needed to import/export).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Diazepam in Taiwan, full detail →

Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; one of the controlled precursor 'raw materials' under the MOEA licensing regime, separate from the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act schedules. Pharmacy/prescription medicine.
Consequences if caught: No capital exposure — a precursor, not a scheduled Category-1 narcotic; diversion/non-declaration is penalised but non-capital.
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Ephedrine in Taiwan, full detail →

Etizolam

Legal status: Etizolam is a Category 3 (Schedule 3) controlled substance under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, effective 5 December 2019.
Consequences if caught: Category 3 possession draws an administrative fine and drug education; possession-with-intent or sale ~3–10 years. The death penalty (Art. 4) applies only to Category 1 (and severe Category 1/2) — Category 3 etizolam is never capital.
If prescribed / medical: Controlled as a Category 3 substance under the Controlled Drugs Act.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; a licence is needed to import/export.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Etizolam in Taiwan, full detail →

Heroin

Legal status: Category-1 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act — manufacture/transport/sale = DEATH or life; possession-with-intent heavier; [de facto] executions since ~2000 for murder only
Consequences if caught: Heroin is a Category-1 narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例). Manufacturing, transporting or selling it carries DEATH or life imprisonment; possession with intent is heavier than for lower categories. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Heroin in Taiwan, full detail →

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a controlled narcotic in a lower category under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act; it is not marketed in Taiwan and is NOT in capital Category 1 (which names heroin, morphine, opium and cocaine), so its drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Category 1 offences under Art. 4(1) are death- or life-eligible, but hydrocodone sits in a lower category outside that capital reach; lower-category offences draw fixed-term imprisonment.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Taiwanese hydrocodone product; a controlled narcotic is dispensed only under controlled-drug authority (an import/export licence is required).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; a licence is needed to import or export.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Ketamine

Legal status: Category 3 (Schedule III) narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (four categories).
Consequences if caught: Manufacture/transport/sale of a Category-3 narcotic carries 7+ years plus a heavy fine; possession-with-intent 3–10 years; personal use is handled with lighter penalties. The death penalty under the Act applies only to serious Category-1 trafficking (heroin, cocaine, opium, morphine), so Category-3 ketamine carries NO capital exposure.
If prescribed / medical: Available only through controlled medical channels.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (Category 3) · capital penalty applies only to Category 1 · law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Ketamine in Taiwan, full detail →

Khat

Legal status: Controlled — ALKALOID NAMED. Cathinone is a Category 2 (第二級) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act; the Catha edulis plant is not named. Mechanism: NAMED (alkaloid); plant grey. Structurally below tier: death/life is available only for Category 1 (heroin/opium/morphine/cocaine); Category 2 (cathinone, like meth) caps at life imprisonment, so khat cannot reach capital.
Consequences if caught: A serious Category-2 offence, but there is no death-penalty pathway for khat/cathinone — maximum is life imprisonment for the gravest trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: Khat is traditional plant material with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; leaf caught via its Category-2 cathinone content.

fda.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Kratom

Legal status: Kratom is controlled in Taiwan — Mitragyna speciosa is listed as a Schedule 3 controlled drug under the Controlled Drugs Act, with mitragynine (the principal alkaloid) named in the schedule alongside the plant (controlled together, not a separate isolate).
Consequences if caught: Schedule 3 offences: simple possession draws an administrative fine and drug education, while possession-with-intent or sale carries roughly 3-10 years.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful self-medication route — kratom is a controlled drug and a licence is required for any controlled handling.
Documentation: A licence is needed to import or export controlled drugs; there is no personal-import allowance for kratom.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is a Category 4 (Schedule 4) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the Controlled Drugs Act — the lowest tier.
Consequences if caught: Category 4 trafficking/manufacture/transport is 5–12 years (Art. 4(4)); simple small-quantity possession is handled administratively. The death penalty (Art. 4(1)) applies only to Category 1 narcotics — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Category 4 controlled prescription medicine (a licence is needed to import/export).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Lorazepam in Taiwan, full detail →

MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is a Category 2 controlled substance (amphetamine derivative, MDMA class) under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act. NAMED mechanism. NOT death-eligible: the death penalty attaches only to Category 1 trafficking (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) — MDA is below the capital tier (confirmed).
Consequences if caught: Category 2: trafficking up to life imprisonment; use/possession lesser — but NOT death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Category 2 controlled substance with no recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import; MDA-class trafficking is non-capital but severe.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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MDPV

Legal status: Controlled. MDPV was Taiwan's first temporarily-scheduled NPS (end 2011) and is listed by name under the Controlled Drugs Act (Schedule 2/3). It is below the capital tier: capital under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act art. 4 applies only to Category 1 (heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine), so MDPV as a Category 2/3 drug is not death-eligible.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and trafficking carry imprisonment, but MDPV as a Category 2/3 drug is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: MDPV has no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Taiwan.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled drug; do not carry.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

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Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually scheduled as a Schedule 3 (第三級) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act / Controlled Drugs Act. It sits BELOW the capital tier: death/life applies only to manufacture/trafficking of Schedule 1 (第一級) drugs — no capital exposure for a Schedule 3 substance.
Consequences if caught: Schedule 3: manufacture, trafficking and larger possession are custodial offences, not capital.
If prescribed / medical: Schedule 3 controlled drug with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a Schedule 3 controlled drug.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Mephedrone (4-MMC) in Taiwan, full detail →

Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a Category 2 (Schedule 2) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act — a controlled strong opioid, NOT among the Category 1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) that carry capital exposure under Art. 4(1); its drug-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Category 2 offences draw imprisonment (trafficking heavily penalised); the capital tier (Art. 4(1)) reaches only Category 1, which does not name methadone.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for methadone-maintenance OST as a Category 2 controlled drug (import/export licensed).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; a licence is needed to import/export.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Methadone in Taiwan, full detail →

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Methamphetamine is a Category-2 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act — manufacture/transport/sale = life or min 10 years + up to NT$15m; possession-with-intent min 5 years; simple possession up to 2 years (>20 g pure 6 months–5 years)
Consequences if caught: Methamphetamine is a Category-2 narcotic under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), the same class as cannabis and amphetamines. Manufacture, transport or sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million; possession with intent is a minimum of 5 years; simple possession draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine, and possessing more than 20 g of pure Category-2 draws 6 months to 5 years.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Methamphetamine in Taiwan, full detail →

Methylone

Legal status: Controlled — methylone is individually NAMED as a Schedule III controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (with mephedrone, 4-MEC and other synthetic cathinones). BELOW the capital tier.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; Schedule III possession and dealing penalties. Not death-eligible: capital/life exposure attaches to Schedule 1/2 manufacture and trafficking, not Schedule III.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a Schedule III controlled drug.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Methylone in Taiwan, full detail →

Methylphenidate

Legal status: Category 3 (Schedule III) narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act — lower than amphetamine (Category 2).
Consequences if caught: Personal use minor; Category-3 manufacture/trafficking is imprisonment + fine. No capital exposure (death/life applies only to Category 1).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, Category 3 · law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Mitragynine

Legal status: Mitragynine, the principal alkaloid of kratom, is controlled together with the plant in Taiwan: Mitragyna speciosa (kratom) is a Schedule 3 (Category 3) controlled drug under the Controlled Drugs Act, with mitragynine named directly in the schedule alongside the plant — controlled together, not a separately-treated isolate. The death penalty (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act Art. 4) applies only to Category 1, so Category 3 kratom alkaloids are not death-eligible.
Consequences if caught: Category 3 possession draws an administrative fine and drug education; possession-with-intent or sale draws roughly 3–10 years.
If prescribed / medical: No ordinary prescription route as a consumer product — a licence is required to import/export a controlled drug.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route without a controlled-drug licence.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Mitragynine in Taiwan, full detail →

Modafinil

Legal status: Schedule 4 controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act.
Consequences if caught: Personal use minor; unauthorised manufacture/trafficking is imprisonment + fine. No capital exposure (death/life applies only to Category 1).
If prescribed / medical: Carry the prescription.
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, Category 4 · law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

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Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is a Category 1 (Schedule 1) narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and is death-eligible: manufacturing, transporting or selling a Category 1 narcotic such as morphine carries death or life under Article 4(1) at any quantity (a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling requires reform of the mandatory scheme).
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised possession draws imprisonment; manufacturing, transporting or selling morphine is death-eligible under Article 4(1) with no weight threshold.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription as a Category 1 controlled narcotic for severe and cancer pain (an import/export licence is required).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging; a licence is needed to import or export controlled narcotics.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Morphine in Taiwan, full detail →

Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone is a controlled narcotic (lower-category — Schedule 3/4) under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and Controlled Drugs Act — a strong opioid; it is NOT within the capital Category 1 tier (which names heroin, morphine, opium and cocaine), so the drug-specific capital tier for oxycodone is left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Lower-category narcotic possession/supply draws imprisonment; the Art. 4(1) death/life tier applies to Category 1 narcotics only — oxycodone is not in that named capital tier, so its capital exposure is left to confirmation.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a controlled narcotic on prescription; a licence is needed to import/export.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Oxycodone in Taiwan, full detail →

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — Taiwan lists ketamine as a Category 3 and MDMA as a Category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, which reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled component; the capital penalty applies only to Category 1, so tusi is not death-eligible here.
Consequences if caught: Manufacture and trafficking are prosecuted under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, with an MDMA (Category 2) sample carrying heavier terms than a ketamine-only (Category 3) sample — but neither reaches the Category 1 death penalty.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; ketamine is a Category 3 controlled medicine, while MDMA is a Category 2 substance with no accepted recreational medical use.
Documentation: Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know its constituents, so legal exposure under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act is unknowable at purchase.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Pink Cocaine / Tusi in Taiwan, full detail →

Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a prescription medicine in Taiwan and is NOT scheduled under the Controlled Drugs Hazard Prevention Act — so, although Taiwan retains capital penalties for Category-1 narcotics, pregabalin sits outside every controlled schedule and is dispensed as an ordinary prescription medicine, like gabapentin.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised supply is a medicines-law offence; pregabalin is not in any controlled-drug schedule and is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a prescription-only medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging for personal use; import beyond personal need requires authorisation.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Pregabalin in Taiwan, full detail →

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled. Taiwan schedules synthetic cannabinoids as controlled drugs / narcotics (Category 2/3) under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and Controlled Drugs Act, listing new synthetic cannabinoids by name (Taiwan was an early adopter of temporary scheduling for NPS). They are below the capital tier: capital under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act art. 4 applies only to Category 1 (heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine), so synthetic cannabinoids are not death-eligible.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and trafficking carry imprisonment, but synthetic cannabinoids as Category 2/3 drugs are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Taiwan.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice) in Taiwan, full detail →

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a Schedule 4 (Class IV) controlled drug under the Controlled Drugs Act (reclassified Schedule 3 to 4 on 16 February 2007); Taiwan retains the death penalty for the most serious Category-1 narcotics offences, but Schedule 4 substances such as tramadol are not in any capital tier.
Consequences if caught: Category 4 offences draw fixed-term imprisonment and fines; small-quantity possession is handled administratively, and tramadol is not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Schedule 4 controlled prescription medicine.
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging for personal use; import beyond personal need requires authorisation.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Tramadol in Taiwan, full detail →

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a Category 4 (Schedule 4) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the Controlled Drugs Act — the lowest tier.
Consequences if caught: Category 4 trafficking/manufacture/transport is 5–12 years (Art. 4(4)); simple small-quantity possession is handled administratively. The death penalty (Art. 4(1)) applies only to Category 1 narcotics — benzodiazepines are not death-eligible.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed as a Category 4 controlled prescription medicine (a licence is needed to import/export).
Documentation: Carry a prescription and original packaging.

law.moj.gov.tw · Updated July 13, 2026

Xanax (Alprazolam) in Taiwan, full detail →

Zolpidem

Legal status: Zolpidem is a Schedule 4 controlled drug in Taiwan, transposing its 1971 Convention Schedule IV status; hypnotics are designated Class 3/Class 4 controlled drugs available only on a doctor's prescription and tracked in a centralised cumulative-use system.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised supply of this Schedule 4 controlled hypnotic is an offence under Taiwan's Controlled Drugs Act; a prescribed personal supply is lawful.
If prescribed / medical: Zolpidem is prescribed short-term for insomnia as a Schedule 4 controlled drug, not available over the counter.
Documentation: A traveller carries prescribed zolpidem with the prescription; controlled-drug personal-carriage limits apply.

incb.org · Updated July 14, 2026

Zolpidem in Taiwan, full detail →

Not individually verified

For these 44 substances 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 Taiwan’s drug authority or your embassy.

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

2C-I

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

6-APB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Caffeine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

HHC

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

MDMA

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Memantine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

MXE

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Quetiapine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated July 14, 2026

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Taiwan's authorities (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Taiwanese sources (Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act, 毒品危害防制條例) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Category-1 narcotics (heroin/morphine/opium/cocaine) carry death or life for manufacture/transport/sale; Category-2 (cannabis/amphetamines/methamphetamine) carries life or a minimum of 10 years.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: The Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act classifies narcotics into four categories: Category 1 = heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine; Category 2 = cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine, coca, opium poppy; Categories 3 and 4 are lower. Manufacturing, transporting or selling Category 1 narcotics carries DEATH or life imprisonment; Category 2 manufacture/transport/sale carries life or a minimum of 10 years plus a fine up to NT$15 million. Possession with intent is heavier for Category 1; Category 2 possession-with-intent is a minimum of 5 years. Simple possession of Category 2 draws up to 2 years, detention or a fine; possessing more than 20 g of pure Category 2 draws 6 months to 5 years. Cannabis is Category 2 (the same class as amphetamines) — illegal, with NO medical-cannabis program (only CBD under 0.001% THC by prescription, imported); cultivation is illegal, including industrial hemp. [de facto] The death penalty is statutorily present for Category-1 manufacture/transport/sale, but all Taiwan executions since about 2000 have been for murder, not drugs. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) · law.moj.gov.tw · moj.gov.tw · Updated June 26, 2026

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