Legal Status
Chloral hydrate is illegal without prescription and a schedule IV controlled substance in the United States. Its properties have sometimes led to its use as a date rape drug.
Chloral hydrate is also controlled substance in Canada under Schedule F of the Food and Drug Regulations.
Chloral hydrate is not a controlled substance in the United Kingdom.
Chloral hydrate is a prescription-only-medicine (POM) in the Netherlands, but possession without a valid prescription will result only in seizure of the drug but not in prosecution. Production, sale and distribution are however punishable by law. It is not listed under the Dutch Opium Law, but when the intent is human consumption, it is covered by the Geneesmiddelenwet (Medicin Act).
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