Is Adderall legal in Sudan?
- Legal status
- Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: scheduled psychotropic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropics and Precursors Control Act 1994.
- Consequences if caught
- Aggravated/recidivist trafficking or supply is DEATH-PENALTY eligible; other offences are imprisonment. Amphetamine carries capital exposure at the aggravated-trafficking tier; wartime enforcement (civil war since 2023) is unpredictable.
- If prescribed or medical
- Prescription stimulant via strictly controlled medical channels; carrying it without a local permit/prescription risks arrest.
- Documentation
- In Sudan (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1994, Arts 15/16/17), the death penalty is conditional and aggravator-based — mandated for trafficking or producing by a recidivist, by an official entrusted with combating drug trafficking, or as part of an international criminal organization (Arts 15/17), and for providing drugs to students or in schools or assisting trafficking generally (Arts 16/17). It is NOT a flat general-trafficking death penalty, and there is no medical cannabis. [retained for aggravated/recidivist trafficking; enforcement opaque] The death penalty is conditional and aggravator-based — mandated for trafficking or producing by a recidivist, by an official entrusted with combating drug trafficking, or as part of an international criminal organization (Arts 15/17), and for providing drugs to students or in schools or assisting trafficking generally (Arts 16/17). It is NOT a flat general-trafficking death penalty. Sudan is retentionist with a historical execution record (1994), but there is no reliable current execution stream amid the conflict; active executions are not asserted. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropics Control Act 1994 (death for aggravated trafficking)
- hri.global
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Sudan’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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