Legality
Xanax (Alprazolam) legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Xanax (Alprazolam) 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 Xanax (Alprazolam) in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Alprazolam is governed in Aceh by national law as a Psikotropika Golongan IV substance (Law No. 5/1997); the...
- AustraliaAlprazolam was up-scheduled from Schedule 4 to Schedule 8 (Controlled Drug) under the Poisons Standard...
- BahrainAlprazolam is a Second-Group psychotropic substance (Table 4) of Bahrain's Decree-Law No. 15 of 2007 on...
- BangladeshAlprazolam is a lower-class psychotropic/sedative under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 (below Class 'Ka'/A).
- BrazilAlprazolam is in List B1 of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a blue 'Notificação de Receita B' (30-day...
- BruneiAlprazolam is controlled in Brunei as a benzodiazepine prescription substance; it is not individually named...
- CambodiaAlprazolam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug...
- CanadaAlprazolam is a Schedule IV controlled substance (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) and a 'targeted...
- CubaAlprazolam is captured generically by Cuba's Penal Code (Law 151/2022) and controlled-substance rules...
- EgyptAlprazolam is a Schedule IV prescription-only medicine (MoH Decree 301/1976 under Law 182/1960) — a...
- FranceAlprazolam is a Liste I prescription medicine (substances vénéneuses, Code de la santé publique) — a national...
- GermanyAlprazolam is listed in Anlage III of the Narcotics Act (BtMG); oral forms up to 1 mg per dosage unit fall...
- GreeceAlprazolam is a Table Δ (D) psychotropic under Law 4139/2013 (amending the Drug Code); supplied under EOF...
- IndiaAlprazolam is both a Schedule H1 prescription drug and a psychotropic scheduled under the NDPS Act 1985, with...
- IndonesiaAlprazolam is a Psikotropika Golongan IV substance (individually named) under Law No. 5/1997 — the lowest...
- IranAlprazolam is a controlled psychotropic medicine under Iran's Psychotropic Substances (Ravangardan) Law of...
- IrelandAlprazolam is in Schedule 4 Part 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 (S.I. 173/2017); since 2017...
- ItalyAlprazolam is in the 'Tabella dei medicinali' of DPR 309/90 — oral forms in Sezione E (repeatable...
- JapanAlprazolam is a Schedule IV psychotropic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act.
- JordanAlprazolam is a scheduled psychotropic prescription medicine under Jordan's Drug Law No. 11 of 1988 (as...
- KuwaitAlprazolam is a Schedule 4 psychotropic substance under Kuwait's Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 on Combating...
- LaosAlprazolam is handled under Laos's general controlled-psychotropic regime (Law on Narcotics No. 10/NA, as...
- MalaysiaAlprazolam is a psychotropic under the Poisons Act 1952 (Third Schedule) — the entry captures substances...
- MaldivesAlprazolam is a registered prescription medicine in the Schedule 2 (medical-utility) tier under the Drugs Act...
- MexicoAlprazolam is a psychotropic under Article 245 fracción III of the General Health Law (Ley General de Salud);...
- NetherlandsAlprazolam is a List II psychotropic under the Opium Act (Opiumwet), and is also regulated as a medicine...
- New ZealandAlprazolam is a Class C controlled drug (Schedule 3, Misuse of Drugs Act 1975), also regulated under the...
- NigeriaAlprazolam is a psychotropic substance (1971 Schedule IV) under the NDLEA Act (Cap. N30), ss.19–20.
- OmanAlprazolam is a Controlled Drug on the psychotropic tier under Oman's Royal Decree 17/99 (Law on Combating...
- PakistanAlprazolam is a Schedule-I psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997...
- PhilippinesAlprazolam is a controlled dangerous drug under RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act 2002), listed as a...
- PolandAlprazolam is a psychotropic in group IV-P under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) —...
- PortugalAlprazolam is a psychotropic in Tabela IV of Decreto-Lei 15/93; personal use is decriminalised (Lei 30/2000)...
- QatarControlled psychotropic under Law 9/1987 (amended 16/2023), Table 2 (controlled psychotropic medicines);...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled psychotropic under Royal Decree M/39 (2005), Schedule 2 (psychotropic substances), Category D —...
- SingaporeAlprazolam is a prescription-only 'poison' under the Poisons Act (Cap. 234) and its Rules; it is NOT listed...
- South KoreaAlprazolam is a controlled psychotropic substance under the Narcotics Control Act.
- South SudanAlprazolam is regulated as a medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act 2012; it is not...
- SpainAlprazolam is a List IV psychotropic (1971 Convention) under Real Decreto 2829/1977 — an ordinary medical...
- Sri LankaAlprazolam is a prescription-only psychotropic (Schedule IIB, Cosmetics, Devices and Drugs Act No. 27 of...
- SwedenAlprazolam is a narcotic drug in förteckning IV under the Narcotics Control Act (1968:64) and LVFS 2011:10 —...
- SwitzerlandAlprazolam is in Verzeichnis b (partially exempted narcotics) under the Narcotics Act (BetmG, SR 812.121); an...
- TaiwanAlprazolam is a Category 4 (Schedule 4) controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and the...
- ThailandAlprazolam was up-scheduled from Category 4 to Category 2 psychotropic (around 2013) under the Narcotics Code...
- TurkeyAlprazolam is a controlled psychotropic (1971 Convention) dispensed on a green prescription (yeşil reçete)...
- United Arab EmiratesControlled psychotropic (MOHAP Controlled Drug, CD) under Federal Decree-Law 30/2021, corresponding to the...
- United KingdomAlprazolam is a Class C controlled drug (Misuse of Drugs Act 1971) in Schedule 4 Part I of the Misuse of...
- VietnamAlprazolam is a List III psychotropic (benzodiazepine group) under Decree 57/2022/NĐ-CP (carried into Decree...
- YemenAlprazolam is a scheduled psychotropic prescription medicine under Yemen's narcotics and psychotropics law...
Not individually verified
For these 175 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Xanax (Alprazolam) 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
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iraq
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe