Legality
Buprenorphine legal status by country
Also known as: subutex
Countries where the legal status of Buprenorphine 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 Buprenorphine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)In Aceh, buprenorphine is governed by national law as a Narkotika Golongan III substance (Law No. 35/2009), a...
- AlbaniaBuprenorphine is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic...
- AngolaControlled. Buprenorfina is in table II-C of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, although the Act is dense with opioids. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral....
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 295 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaControlled medicine and prohibited import; not listed as a Criminal Code drug. F2026L01327 names...
- AustriaA Suchtgift in Austrian law, listed rather than inferred. In the Suchtgiftverordnung, Annex IV.2 carries the...
- BahamasControlled. The 1994 Application Order prints «BUPRENORPHINE» in Substances in Schedule III of the...
- BahrainControlled. Buprenorphine is placed in Group II Schedule 3 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on...
- BangladeshBuprenorphine is named in Class 'ka' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, between Alphamethadol and Cocaine....
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control». Under the Drug...
- BelarusBuprenorphine is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumBuprenorphine is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Buprenorphine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 17 of lista A1, the list of narcotic substances, and it reads in...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class C drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part III of Schedule 2...
- BruneiClass D controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Buprenorphine is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на...
- CambodiaBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011) in a...
- CanadaBuprenorphine is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, but unlike...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Buprenorphine is named in Part...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaBuprenorphine is a scheduled controlled opioid in China, internationally a 1971 Schedule III drug, a lighter...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45:...
- CroatiaBuprenorphine is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaBuprenorphine is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste D of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Buprenorphine has no entry in either government copy, in any Categoría. Thebaine, the alkaloid it...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaBuprenorphine is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class C controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Part 3 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 1987...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Buprenorphine is named on liste D nr. 2 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Buprenorphine is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus...
- FranceBuprenorphine is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the...
- GeorgiaBuprenorphine is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624,...
- GermanyBuprenorphine is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules. The dossier records the...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): Fifth Schedule I.1 names...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Buprenorphine is entry 11 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth table, an entry...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part II of the First Schedule, the List of Psychotropic Substances Under Control,...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- GuyanaControlled, and the applied cell reaches the right answer by a route it never states. The string...
- HondurasControlled. Buprenorphine is named in Lista III del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongNot a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). Controlled as a medicine under the...
- HungaryControlled. Buprenorphine is a named entry of the P2 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII....
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Buprenorphine", and the row identifies it by the...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «92 BUPRENORPHINE 21,...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan III under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranBuprenorphine is placed at entry 2 of Schedule 3 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13,...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Seven carries BUPRENORPHINE at serial 2, described as...
- IrelandBuprenorphine is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; S.I....
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק ב'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «buprenorfina» as an...
- JapanBuprenorphine is a 向精神薬, a psychotropic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第三第十一号. The...
- JordanBuprenorphine is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and...
- KazakhstanBuprenorphine is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Buprenorphine is listed at Group 2, table 3, serial P3-25,...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names buprenorphine in its...
- LaosBuprenorphine is a scheduled controlled psychotropic under Laos's Law on Narcotics (No. 10/NA, as amended), a...
- LatviaBuprenorphine is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into...
- LebanonControlled. Buprenorphine is placed in Table 2 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971...
- LibyaBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under Libya's narcotics law (Law No. 7 of 1990), a lighter tier than...
- LithuaniaBuprenorphine is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names buprenorphine. The entry relied on reads...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-C, item 2, prints «丁丙諾啡 / Buprenorfina». The tables are read as...
- MalaysiaBuprenorphine is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule and in the...
- MaldivesBuprenorphine is a controlled prescription medicine under the Maldives Drug Act (Law No. 17/2011), a 1971...
- MaltaBuprenorphine is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the...
- MexicoBuprenorphine is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Buprenorphine is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Buprenorphine is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 3, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Buprenorphine is named in lijst II of the Opiumwet and not in lijst I, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Buprenorfina», printed among the lists and tables annexed to...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places buprenorphine under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Buprenorphine is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Buprenorphine is named in Group II, Table 3, serial 2 of...
- PakistanBuprenorphine is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Buprenorphine is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista III of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Buprenorphine is printed as "3. BUPRENORPHINE" on page 20 of the Dangerous...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «BUPRENORFINA» is entry lp. 2 in group...
- PortugalBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic in Tabela I of Decreto-Lei 15/93 but in a lighter access tier than...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 2 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaBuprenorphine is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Buprenorphine =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists buprenorphine at the entry «Бупренорфин» (in English, buprenorphine),...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- SamoaBuprenorphine is named by chemical formula as item 65 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the...
- Saudi ArabiaBuprenorphine is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category C of the...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaBuprenorphine is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names buprenorphine. The entry relied on...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names buprenorfin at Group...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Buprenorphine is a named Part III drug. The schedule to the proclamation of 21 September 1987 (LN...
- South AfricaControlled as a dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part I of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act...
- South KoreaBuprenorphine is a controlled psychotropic under the Narcotics Control Act, a lighter tier than narcotic...
- South SudanBuprenorphine is a controlled medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act 2012, a...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Buprenorphine is entry 2 of...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- State of PalestineBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under the Palestinian narcotics regime (PA-administered West Bank;...
- SudanBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under Sudan's Narcotics & Psychotropic Substances Act 1994, a lighter...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst II onderdeel A part 1 prints the entry as 'Buprenorphine', the second of eight entries in the...
- SwedenControlled. Buprenorfin is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries buprenorphine in list a, where the entry reads...
- SyriaBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under Syria's Narcotics Law No. 2 of 1993, a lighter tier than...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. The National List approved by Government Resolution No. 121 of 27 February 2020...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandBuprenorphine is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and...
- Timor-LesteBuprenorphine is named at Table II-C, item 2, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Buprenorfina - 21-ciclopropil-7 alfa...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Buprenorphine is controlled federally. Federal Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name, and it is also a medicine the state itself supplies. Постанова № 770, таблиці...
- United Arab EmiratesBuprenorphine is placed in Schedule 7 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, the branch the dossier describes as the...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class C drug. Part III of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.13(e)(2)(i). Named inside a...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Buprenorphine is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Buprenorphine is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force...
- YemenBuprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under Yemen's Narcotics & Psychotropic Substances Law No. 3 of 1993, a...
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Not individually verified
For these 97 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Buprenorphine 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
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Somalia
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe