Are Benzodiazepines legal in Armenia?

Legal status

Controlled in Armenia member by member, and Armenia's own annex names the members, so this is a finding rather than a deferral. The member by member check was run against the Armenian schedule and not merely against the substances this table happens to carry, and every one of the six benzodiazepine members the table does carry is printed individually at the annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, controlled lists 1 to 4: diazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, etizolam and nimetazepam. Each was matched on its own printed line and its own Chemical Abstracts number, 439-14-5, 28981-97-7, 1622-61-3, 846-49-1, 40054-69-1, 2011-67-8 respectively, and each is held separately as ARM-34, ARM-16, ARM-29, ARM-50, ARM-39, ARM-69. That distinction decides the cell. No class row headed benzodiazepines was found in the annex, but a list that names individuals is not silent merely because it declines to name the family. The dossier's own row for this slug deferred, on the ground that the class word was not printed and that the alprazolam line does not itself name the class, and that reasoning answers a question about the word rather than about the substances. The version read was the current incorporation of N 1129-Ն read together with amendment N 334-Ն of 26 March 2026, which took effect on 27 March 2026. The limit of the finding has to be stated: it covers the six members before us and says nothing about a benzodiazepine outside this table, because no class clause was found that would carry one. The terms this class row was searched under were «benzodiazepini», «alprazolam» and «diazepam», all of them Latin script, and the six member lines are printed in Armenian script, so the logged term set does not by itself explain how any of them was reached. That does not weaken the finding, which rests on six printed entries and six registry numbers rather than on the search record.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Armenia has abolished the death penalty and Article 393 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia provides no life sentence for a drug offence, so the real exposure is a term of years. The ceiling is 12 years' imprisonment under Article 393(3), and Article 393(4) to (6) measures the significant, large and especially large bands from the minimum small amount figure the Government sets, so the band rather than the raw weight is what the article prices. The placement is six individually printed annex lines rather than one class line. Armenia states no lawful personal use allowance beneath that placement. This pass carries no printed small amount figure for it, so the number those bands multiply is not stated here and no band can be computed from this cell.

If prescribed or medical

Armenia states no lawful personal use allowance for a scheduled substance, and Article 393(4) to (6) measures its significant, large and especially large bands from the minimum small amount figure the Government sets, which is a criminal threshold and never a traveller quota. A scheduled medicine must in addition satisfy the law on medicines, «Դեղերի մասին» Հայաստանի Հանրապետության օրենք, together with the prescription, packaging, import and customs rules that law carries. That is the country rule, and the placement it attaches to for the benzodiazepines is six individually printed annex entries, one for each class member this table carries, and no class line above them. The dossier read for Armenia states no separate traveller allowance, no personal import quota and no per substance medical route, so none is stated here and anything beyond the country rule is left to the Armenian Ministry of Health. The enquiry must name the member in hand rather than the class, because the annex answers six members individually and has no class line to answer for a seventh.

Documentation

Carry the prescription and the original dispensing packaging for any medicine containing the benzodiazepines, with a doctor's letter naming the patient, the active ingredient, the dose and the treatment period, and put the question to the Armenian Ministry of Health or the nearest Armenian embassy in writing before travelling rather than at the border. The placement carried against is the six printed annex lines for diazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, etizolam and nimetazepam, at controlled lists 1 to 4 of Decision N 1129-Ն. It was read on 20 September 2026 against the current incorporation of N 1129-Ն read together with amendment N 334-Ն of 26 March 2026, which took effect on 27 March 2026. The paperwork should name the member carried, because the annex has six member lines and no class line for paperwork to be matched against.

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