Tonga

Reimbursed Care Access

Tonga’s drug-control regime is tightly prohibitive: the Kingdom’s Illicit Drugs Control Act (as held in international law repositories) criminalizes possession, manufacture, supply and importation of illicit drugs and provides for severe penalties. Medical-use anesthetics listed on WHO/essential‑medicines lists (notably ketamine) are used within health services under standard medical controls, but there is no publicly available evidence of regulatory approvals, licensed treatment programs, or public reimbursement for novel psychedelic medicines (e.g., psilocybin, MDMA, esketamine) in Tonga.