Is Amphetamine legal in United Arab Emirates?

Legal status

Amphetamine is placed in Schedule 6 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, the psychotropic Schedule II equivalent branch, at the printed entry «أمفيتامين». The dossier's finding is that this placement, not a narcotic one, is what puts the row on Article 58 for trafficking rather than on Article 57. The same entry is also the route by which the mixed amphetamine salts product in this table is placed, so it is doing double duty: it carries the substance itself and it supplies the answer for a branded medicine that contains it. The row runs through Articles 11, 43 and 58, with Schedule 10 carrying the quantity bands. The dossier states the content of Article 58 and does not state what Articles 11 and 43 provide. The placement was read on 20 September 2026.

Consequences if caught

Article 58 reaches Schedules 3, 6, 7 and 8, and amphetamine is in Schedule 6, so the article applies to this row. The dossier records it as providing death or life imprisonment as alternatives for its stated trafficking or promotion trigger, so death is discretionary here where Article 57 is recorded as mandatory for the other schedule group, and it records that Article 58 states no quantity. The Schedule 10 bands do not gate that route. The point to hold is that the discretionary wording is the only softening there is: the article is still capital and it still contains no threshold, so a quantity based expectation is wrong in both directions on this row. Article 43 carries the personal use route for this branch, with its tariff unstated in the dossier.

If prescribed or medical

The dossier records at the modafinil row that a 268 entry ministry travellers list was checked and expressly not used as a schedule. Attached to this substance: amphetamine is in Schedule 6, and the entry reaches prescribed amphetamine products through their content as well as the substance itself. The dossier records no prescribing route, traveller allowance or permit procedure for the Schedule 6 branch, so the medical question is deferred rather than answered.

Documentation

Carry the prescription naming amphetamine as the active ingredient, with the original dispensing packaging and a physician's letter, and put the permit question to the health ministry before travelling, because no Emirati procedure is recorded in the dossier. Provenance: the Schedule 6 placement and the entry «أمفيتامين» were read on 20 September 2026, with the capital analysis resting on Article 58 and its death or life alternative rather than on the Schedule 10 bands.

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