Is Adderall legal in Norway?
- Legal status
- Controlled in Norway. Adderall is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14 February 2013 no. 199 on narcotics (narkotikaforskriften) and given effect by legemiddelloven section 22, where it appears as "Amfetamin". Column 2 of its row records P II, which cross refers it to the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, schedule II. It is listed with a reference to section 5, so the strictest tier applies: section 5 forbids manufacture, acquisition, sale, import, export, storage, possession and use unless an exemption is granted under section 5 second paragraph.
- Consequences if caught
- Possession and use are forbidden by legemiddelloven section 24 first paragraph and punished under section 31 by a fine or imprisonment for up to six months, or both. Unlawful manufacture, import, export, acquisition, storage, sending or transfer is a narcotics offence under straffeloven section 231, punished by a fine or imprisonment for up to two years, and negligent commission by up to one year. An aggravated narcotics offence under section 232 carries up to ten years, a very substantial quantity carries from three to fifteen years, and under particularly aggravating circumstances up to twenty one years. Adderall is not a Norwegian product name. It is a mixture of amphetamine salts, and section 3 letter b brings salts of a listed substance within narkotika while letter c brings mixtures containing them, so the amphetamine row governs it. The narkotikaliste read here is the Lovdata consolidation as at 16 September 2026. Its own amendment note ends with forskrift 26 August 2026 no. 1682, in force 1 September 2026, and no instrument after that was read, so this cell does not rule out a later change to the list.
- If prescribed or medical
- No prescription route is asserted here. A substance in the section 5 tier may only be handled under an exemption granted under section 5 second paragraph, and no such exemption was read for this cell.
- Documentation
- Nothing in this cell supports carrying it. The section 5 tier forbids possession outright unless an exemption has been granted, and no exemption was read here.
- Norway, forskrift 14. februar 2013 nr. 199 om narkotika (narkotikaforskriften), narkotikalisten and sections 3, 5 and 19
- legemiddelloven (LOV-1992-12-04-132) sections 22, 24 and 31
- straffeloven (LOV-2005-05-20-28) sections 231 and 232
- lovdata.no
Court records
We have not yet assessed whether court records are publicly available for this jurisdiction.
Other substances confirmed in Norway
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