Legality
Adderall legal status by country
Also known as: addy, amphetamine salts
Countries where the legal status of Adderall has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Adderall in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity, it is regulated AS amphetamine: narkotika...
- AlbaniaAdderall is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- American Samoa (US)Adderall is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- AngolaControlled. Anfetamina is in table II-B of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is a...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. Both of its active constituents are Class B drugs. It is printed in Part II of the First Schedule...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 259 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaControlled medicine, regulated through its two active ingredients. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine...
- AustriaThis is a Suchtgift in Austria, which is the heavier of the country's two drug designations. The brand name...
- BahamasControlled through its constituents, not under its brand name, which appears nowhere in either instrument....
- BahrainControlled. Adderall is reached through amfetamine and dexamfetamine, which are separate entries in that...
- BangladeshAdderall has no separate legal identity. It is a mixture of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine salts, and...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control», through its...
- BelarusAdderall is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumAdderall has no entry of its own in the Belgian lists and is controlled through what it contains. The basis...
- BelizeAmphetamine is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule II paragraph 6, in the Misuse of...
- BoliviaResolved through its constituents rather than through an entry of its own. Lista II names ANFETAMINA and, on...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 1 of lista A3, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class B drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Adderall is a brand of...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Adderall is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaAdderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity. It is regulated as amphetamine: schedule I...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaAdderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity, it is regulated AS amphetamine: category I...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45:...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. Adderall is not named in the...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaControlled through the constituent entries rather than under the brand name. Seznam č. 5 carries „Amfetamin“...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation through its active substances rather than under the brand...
- DominicaAdderall is a Class B controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part II of...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Adderall is a mixture of amphetamine salts, and every one of them is reached by the entry...
- EgyptAdderall, mixed amphetamine salts, is controlled as amphetamine, a narcotic substance in the first section of...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaAdderall is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class B controlled drug in the Falkland Islands, or Class A in a preparation designed for injection. Adderall...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Adderall's active ingredient is named on liste B nr. 49 of bekendtgørelse...
- FinlandControlled. Adderall is sold as a mixture of amphetamine salts and the decree names the salts and not the...
- FranceAdderall is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GeorgiaAdderall is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyAdderall is a brand, and Germany's schedules do not list brands, so the row is resolved through the...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). Adderall is a brand of mixed...
- GreeceControlled through the amphetamine salts it is made of. Adderall is not named in the tables in its own right....
- GrenadaControlled. It is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts, and both of its active ingredients are listed at Part...
- GuatemalaIllegal through its constituents under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HondurasControlled. Adderall is reached through the substances it contains, and the entries read were PA 003, CAS...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. The product name is not itself an entry, and it is not named in any of the six jegyzékek, which...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland, and the route to that answer is not the printed name of this row. Adderall is a brand...
- IndiaControlled in India, but not under this name: it is not named in the Act's Schedule, and the matched entry...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranAdderall is placed by name. Named in the opening of Article 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which reads «هر کس...
- IraqControlled through the entries its constituents occupy. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts and...
- IrelandAdderall is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; S.I. 173/2017,...
- IsraelControlled through its two salts' parent entries at חלק ב' סימן ב' פרטים 1 and 2
- ItalyControlled through what it contains. Adderall is a brand and formulation label rather than a table entry, and...
- JapanAdderall is controlled in Japan as a 覚醒剤, a stimulant, under the Stimulants Control Act, because of what it...
- JordanAdderall is a brand name and not a printed schedule name, so the Jordanian result follows its controlled...
- KazakhstanAdderall is a brand rather than a substance, and Kazakhstan's list reaches it through its two components. The...
- KenyaControlled in part under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245: the...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Adderall is listed at Group 2, table 2, through its...
- LaosAdderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity, it is regulated AS amphetamine: controlled...
- LatviaAdderall is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts, and the brand name is not named in the four...
- LithuaniaAdderall is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names Adderall. The entry relied on reads «Amfetaminas...
- MacauControlled in Macau through its active constituent. Adderall is a brand product made of amphetamine salts,...
- MalaysiaAdderall has no separate legal identity. It is a mixture of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine salts, and...
- MaltaAdderall is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoControlled through the names the Act does print rather than through the brand. The brand is not named in...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Adderall, mixed amphetamine salts, is controlled through its two active substances, in...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MoroccoControlled as a narcotic, through its two constituents. Arrêté du ministre de la santé publique n° 1850-96 of...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar, and it is the contents of the capsule that decide it. Adderall is not a name in either...
- NetherlandsControlled under the names of what it contains. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts and the brand...
- New ZealandControlled, but not under the name on the box. Adderall is a branded medicine consisting of mixed amphetamine...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Anfetamina», printed among the lists and tables annexed to...
- NigeriaControlled through its constituent. The Nigeria dossier places Adderall under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Adderall is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled through its amphetamine active ingredient, and outside the death penalty article. Adderall is not...
- PakistanAdderall is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Adderall is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista II of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule in both of its components. This row is a branded...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165, through its components. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts and is...
- PolandControlled. The product has no separate identity in Polish law and is reached through its constituents, both...
- PortugalAdderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity, it is regulated AS amphetamine: controlled...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-B item 1 with item 9 of Law No. 9 of 1987. Adderall is a mixed amphetamine...
- RomaniaAdderall is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Amfetamine = (+/-)-2-amino-1-phenylpropane;...
- RussiaControlled through its amphetamine content. The dossier's explanation for this row reads: “Amphetamine salts...
- Saint LuciaControlled through its constituents. No brand name appears anywhere in the act and the search term Adderall...
- SamoaControlled as a Class A narcotic through its active ingredients. Adderall is a mixed-salt amphetamine product...
- Saudi ArabiaAdderall has no legal identity of its own in Saudi Arabia, because it is a brand and the schedules list...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaAdderall is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names Adderall. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names amfetamin at Group II,...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. That applies to a product that contains amphetamine or dexamphetamine. The instruments read do...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaAdderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity, it is regulated AS amphetamine: controlled...
- SpainControlled in Spain through its active ingredients. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts, and a...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SudanControlled psychotropic. Adderall is mixed amphetamine salts with no separate legal identity, reached through...
- SurinameIllegal, resolved through its two active substances rather than through its brand name. No brand name appears...
- SwedenControlled, but not on its own row. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts, and it is not named in...
- SwitzerlandControlled through its constituent. Adderall is a brand and formulation label rather than an entry in the...
- SyriaControlled psychotropic. Adderall is mixed amphetamine salts, reached through the amfetamine and...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), reached through its...
- TajikistanControlled through its amphetamine content. Adderall is a brand name and has no entry of its own; a product...
- TanzaniaControlled through its amphetamine content. Adderall is a product name for mixed amphetamine salts, a...
- ThailandAdderall is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Timor-LesteAdderall is a branded mixture of amphetamine salts, not a single compound, so Lei n.º 2/2017 answers it...
- TongaNAMED, through its constituents. Schedule 1, Class A, from Schedule II of the Convention on Psychotropic...
- Trinidad and TobagoAdderall is a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25 through the amphetamine it contains; the brand name itself is...
- TurkeyAdderall is a brand and not a molecule, and the dossier confirmed no current Turkish entry under that name....
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Adderall is controlled federally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine through its active ingredient, not under its trade name. Record UKR-14 matches the...
- United Arab EmiratesAdderall is a brand and not a schedule heading, so Decision No. 158 of 2025 does not carry it as such. The...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug, as amphetamine. Adderall is a brand of mixed amphetamine salts and has no entry...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.12(d)(1). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayA brand mixture, resolved through its constituents, which are listed in the national annex. The national list...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Adderall is a mixture of amphetamine salts, and List II of Resolution 330 names at...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Adderall is printed in List IIB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenControlled as amphetamine in the 1993 text of Law No. 3 of 1993 read. Adderall, sold as mixed amphetamine...
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Not individually verified
For these 99 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Adderall specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe