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September 2020 – Indonesia: seven synthetic cannabinoids added to the list of controlled narcotics.

Indonesia September 2020: The list of controlled substances in Indonesia is included in Law No 35 of 2009. In March 2014,the Minister of Health Regulation No. 13 of 2014, had already amended the list of narcotics, by adding 18 NPS. These included inter alia phenethylamines (5-APB, 6-APB, 25B-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, 25I-NBOMe, PMMA), synthetic cannabinoids (JWH-018,XLR-11), synthetic cathinones (MDPV, mephedrone, methylone, MPHP, pentedrone). More recently, in 2020, the Minister of Health Regulation No. 5 of 2020, further updated the list of narcotics with 7 additional NPS. The newly added substances, MDMB-FUBINACA, AMB-FUBICA, 4F-MDMB-BINACA, 5F-MN-24, 5F-EMB-PINACA, 5F-EDMB-PINACA and 5F-MMB-PICA, are all synthetic cannabinoids.

 

Table 1: Substance list and international control status

Index  

Substance name as listed in the national (Indonesian) legal document

Substance name in the UNODC Early Warning Advisory (EWA) 

International control status

175

MDMB-FUBINACA, nama lain FUB-MDMB

MDMB-FUBINACA

Not controlled

176

MMB-FUBICA, AMB-FUBICA

AMB-FUBICA (MMB-FUBICA)

Not controlled

177

4-Fluoro MDMB-BlNACA, nama lain 4-lluoro MDMB-BUTJNACA

4F-MDMB-BINACA (4F-MDMB-BUTINACA, MDMB(N)-073-F)

Decision to place under international control in March 2020 (1971 Convention; Schedule II)

178

5-FLUORO NNEI, nama lain 5F-MN-24

5F-MN-24 (5F-NNE1, CBM-2201)

Not controlled

179

5F-EMB-PINACA, nama lain 5F-AEB

5F-EMB-PINACA

Not controlled

180

5F-EDMB-PINACA, nama lain 5-fluoro EDMB-PlNACA

5F-EDMB-PINACA

Not controlled

181

MMB-2201, nama lain 1-AMB, 5F-AMB-PICA, 5F-MMB-PlCA

5F-MMB-PICA (I-AMB, MMB-2201, MDMB-2201)

Not controlled




For more information, please see:

Indonesia Minister of Health Regulation No. 5 of 2020

GLOBAL SMART UPDATE 13:  Special Segment Synthetic cannabinoids: Key facts about the largest and most dynamic group of NPS 

GLOBAL SMART UPDATE 14: Special Segment Legal responses to NPS: Multiple approaches to a multi-faceted problem

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