Is Adderall legal in Nigeria?

Also known as: addy, amphetamine salts

Legal status

Controlled through its constituent. The Nigeria dossier places Adderall under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30 (the NDLEA Act), on the incorporated schedule entry «Amphetamine.», which the previous cell for this substance records as a brand of mixed amphetamine salts. It states that section 52 defines the controlled class by the 1961 or 1971 Convention schedules. The dossier places the brand on the amphetamine entry and quotes no entry for the brand name. The dossier does not say which of the two Conventions or which of their schedules prints the entry, and it does not name the edition of the schedules it read; it records the entry as checked on 20 September 2026 against the INCB list cited in source_url. The previous cell for this substance, sourced as listed in source_url, also records that no Nigerian instrument names the brand, and that it takes the amphetamine position under the Act and under the NAFDAC Controlled Medicines Regulations 2019.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The ceiling the dossier records for Adderall is imprisonment for life: it states that sections 11(a) to (c) and 20(2)(a) of the Act prescribe life imprisonment for the specified production, trafficking or dealing conduct, that no quantity threshold is stated, and that the words «shall» and «be imprisonment for life» make the life term mandatory on the section's face. The previous cell for this substance, sourced as listed in source_url, records the amphetamine routes: on the section 19 route knowing possession carries not less than fifteen and not more than 25 years; on the section 20 route section 20(1)(c) possession for the purpose of dealing carries fifteen to 25 years and section 20(1)(a) production, sale, transport, import or export carries life. Diversion of a licensed supply is regulation 14(1)(a) of the NAFDAC Controlled Medicines Regulations 2019, a maximum of one year or N50,000 for an individual. Section 21(2) deems a person who does the act, enables or aids another, or counsels or procures another to commit the offence, and section 21(3) makes that person liable to the principal offender's punishment.

If prescribed or medical

There is a lawful medical channel through licensed facilities under the NAFDAC Controlled Medicines Regulations 2019. Carry a personal supply with its prescription. Carried forward from the previous cell, not re-read in this pass.

Documentation

The dossier row this cell rests on does not state a traveller documentation rule for Adderall.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Nigeria’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.