Psychotropic Substances
30 March 2023

Psychotropic substances


Psychotropic substances mean any psychotropic substance which is a natural substance or is derived from a nature substance or any psychotropic substance which is a synthetic substance.

Psychotropic substances are classified into 4 categories, namely:

(1)   Category 1 psychotropic substances are psychotropic substances which have no medical use and have a high likelihood or potential for abuse, such as mescaline, psilocybin, DMT, DET, and cathinone.

(2)   Category 2 psychotropic substances are psychotropic substances which have medical use and have a high likelihood or potential for abuse, such as phentermine, midazolam, zolpidem, methylphenidate, ketamine, and pseudoephedrine.

(3)   Category 3 psychotropic substances are psychotropic substances which have medical use and have a likelihood or potential for abuse, such as amobarbital, pentobarbital, and pentazocine.

Category 4 psychotropic substances are psychotropic substances which have medical use and have a lower likelihood or potential for abuse than that of category 3, such as diazepam, lorazepam, clorazepate, and chlordiazepoxide.


A4 - 14.png