Are Benzodiazepines legal in Indonesia?

Legal status

Controlled across several golongan of Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika: four different golongan of Psikotropika Golongan I of the Lampiran to Permenkes No. 14 Tahun 2025, Psikotropika Golongan II of the Lampiran to Permenkes No. 14 Tahun 2025, Psikotropika Golongan III of the Lampiran to Permenkes No. 14 Tahun 2025 and Psikotropika Golongan IV of the Lampiran to Permenkes No. 14 Tahun 2025. The benzodiazepines are split across all four psychotropic golongan and there is no class clause anywhere. The designer benzodiazepines are in Golongan I: FLUBROMAZOLAM item 3, FLUALPRAZOLAM item 4, KLONAZOLAM item 5, BROMAZOLAM item 7, FLUBROMAZEPAM item 8, FLUNITRAZOLAM item 10. DICLAZEPAM is item 6 of Golongan II. FLUNITRAZEPAM is in Golongan III. The familiar clinical benzodiazepines, diazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, bromazepam and the rest, are in Golongan IV. The model: each Act carries its own list for the first time only, and every change since is a Ministerial regulation. Pasal 6(1) of Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika divides narcotics into Golongan I, II and III. Pasal 6(2) then provides that 「Penggolongan Narkotika sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (1) untuk pertama kali ditetapkan sebagaimana tercantum dalam Lampiran I dan merupakan bagian yang tak terpisahkan dari Undang-Undang ini」, so the Act's own annex governs only the first classification. The empowering article is Pasal 6(3): 「Ketentuan mengenai perubahan penggolongan Narkotika sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (2) diatur dengan Peraturan Menteri」. The psychotropics Act is built the same way: Pasal 2(3) of Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika sets the four golongan 「untuk pertamakali」 in its annex and Pasal 2(4) provides that 「Ketentuan lebih lanjut untuk penetapan dan perubahan jenis-jenis psikotropika sebagaimana dimaksud pada ayat (3) diatur oleh Menteri」. So neither Act's annex is the operative list today. The narcotics list in force is the Lampiran to Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 15 Tahun 2025 tentang Perubahan Penggolongan Narkotika, ditetapkan 21 November 2025, diundangkan 28 November 2025, Berita Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 2025 Nomor 989, which revoked Permenkes Nomor 7 Tahun 2025. The psychotropics list in force is the Lampiran to Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 14 Tahun 2025 tentang Penetapan dan Perubahan Penggolongan Psikotropika, Berita Negara Tahun 2025 Nomor 988, which revoked Permenkes Nomor 6 Tahun 2025. The Act itself was last amended by Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2023. One part of the scheme is still in the Act and not in any regulation: the Prekursor Narkotika in Lampiran II, Tabel I and Tabel II, which neither Permenkes restates.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: not established. The psychotropics offences sit in a different Act with a different shape. Pasal 59(1) of Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 covers using, producing, distributing, importing and unlawfully possessing, storing or carrying a Golongan I psychotropic, at 4 to 15 years. Pasal 60 and the articles after it cover production, distribution and supply of psychotropics generally, in terms of years. There is no quantity ladder anywhere in this Act, so weight does not change the band, and there is no purity rule either. The consequence is that the class name answers nothing and the individual compound decides everything, including whether the death penalty is available. A Golongan I designer benzodiazepine is capital eligible under Pasal 59(2) where the offence is organised, with no quantity threshold; a Golongan IV benzodiazepine carries a term of years. Because there is no class clause, a benzodiazepine on none of the seven current golongan is not controlled as a psychotropic at all. The answer differs within this class and cannot be given once for all of its members, which is the point of this cell. Death is available under Pasal 59(2) of the psychotropics Act, and only there, and only for a Golongan I psychotropic where the offence is committed 「secara terorganisasi」, with no quantity threshold. Any member of this class that sits in Golongan I is therefore capital eligible on organised conduct. Any member in Golongan II, III or IV is not: those fall under Pasal 60 and the articles after it, in terms of years, with neither death nor life imprisonment. So the compound decides the answer and the class name does not. [Certain] Re-derived in this pass: Permenkes 15/2025 and 14/2025 were read and no entry for this substance was located under the names searched. That is an unresolved search and not a finding of absence: the lists print chemical names and a name not searched for is a name not found.

If prescribed or medical

The Golongan IV benzodiazepines are registered and widely prescribed in Indonesia under psychotropics prescription controls. The Golongan I designer compounds have no medical use.

Documentation

Carry any prescribed benzodiazepine in its dispensed packaging with the prescription. Do not assume that because one benzodiazepine is routinely prescribed here, another is lawful.

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