Legality
Codeine legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Codeine 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 Codeine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Codeine is governed in Aceh by national law as a Narkotika Golongan III substance (Law No. 35/2009); it sits...
- AlbaniaCodeine is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- AngolaControlled. Codeína is in table I-A of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is a...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is a Class B drug. It is printed in Part II of the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act,...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 338 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 in two tiers. F2026L01327 places codeine in Schedule 8, «CODEINE except when included in...
- AustriaAustria controls this as a Suchtgift under the Suchtmittelgesetz. In the Suchtgiftverordnung, Annex II...
- BahamasControlled, but by an unusual route, because the Act expressly takes it out of one paragraph and the Order...
- BahrainControlled. Codeine is placed in Group I Schedule 2 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshCodeine is named in Class 'ka' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, between Di-hydrocodone and Hydromorphine....
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control». Under the Drug Abuse...
- BelarusCodeine is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumCodeine is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeCodeine is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule II paragraph 6, in the Misuse of Drugs...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Codeine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry CODEINA in Lista III under the heading...
- 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 2 of lista A2, narcotic substances of permitted use only in...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class B drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part II of Schedule 2...
- BruneiClass B controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Codeine is a named entry of Списък II of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaCodeine is a controlled drug - use or possession outside a medical prescription is prohibited under the Law...
- CanadaCodeine is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Low-dose...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Codeine is named in Part 2 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaCodeine is a scheduled narcotic in China; low-dose codeine sits below the large-quantity capital tier of...
- 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:...
- CroatiaCodeine is a droga, a narcotic drug, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se...
- CzechiaCodeine is an omamná látka, a narcotic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o seznamech...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste C of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- DominicaCodeine is a Class B controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part II of...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Codeine is the entry «Codeína» at number 7 of acápite I of Categoría II of article 8 of Ley 50-88...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, not as a Table 1 narcotic substance. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaCodeine is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class B controlled drug in the Falkland Islands, or Class A in a preparation designed for injection. Part 2...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Codeine is named on liste C nr. 2 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj 2026...
- FinlandControlled. Codeine is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceCodeine is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GeorgiaCodeine is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched to...
- GermanyCodeine is listed in Germany with a printed exception attached, and the exception is the whole of the...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): Fifth Schedule A.2 names «Codeine»....
- Gibraltar (UK)Class B controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Codeine is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Codeine is entry 112 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Γ, the third table, an entry that...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part I of the First Schedule, the List of Narcotic Drugs Under Control. The entry...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HondurasControlled. Codeine is named in Lista II de la Convención Única de 1961, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Codeine is a named entry of the K2 jegyzék carried in the 1. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Codeine", with "3-methylmorphine" in the Annað nafn...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «"opium derivative" means... phenanthrene alkaloids, namely,...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan III under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranCodeine is placed by name twice over. It is item 1 of group 2 of the narcotics-list decree of 1338/05/02,...
- IraqControlled narcotic. Schedule Two carries CODEINE at serial 2, described as «3-methylmorphine(derivate of...
- IrelandCodeine is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; qualifying...
- 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 «codeina» as an operative...
- JamaicaCodeine is the one row in this table that the Dangerous Drugs Act addresses by excluding it. Section 10(1)(h)...
- JapanCodeine is a 麻薬, a narcotic, named in the Act's own 別表第一 in Japan. The entry is...
- JordanCodeine is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances...
- KazakhstanCodeine is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No....
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the First...
- KiribatiControlled. Codeine is named in Schedule 2 Part I paragraph 1 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23...
- KuwaitControlled narcotic, and in the table that article 52 singles out for a reduced penalty. Codeine is listed at...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names codeine in its...
- LaosCodeine is a scheduled controlled substance under Laos's narcotics law (Law on Narcotics / Penal Code Art....
- LatviaCodeine is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonControlled. Codeine is placed in Table 2 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LibyaCodeine is a controlled narcotic under Law No. 7 of 1990 on narcotics and psychotropics; supply is disrupted...
- LithuaniaCodeine is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names codeine. The entry relied on reads «Kodeinas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table I-A, item 26, prints «可待因 / Codeína». The dossier adds that specified...
- MalaysiaCodeine is in the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, at PART IV, which is the lighter Part that...
- MaldivesCodeine is a controlled/registered prescription medicine under the Drug Act (Law No. 17/2011); low-dose...
- MaltaCodeine is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and not by the Medical and Kindred...
- MexicoCodeine is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens «Para los...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Codeine is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MoroccoControlled as a produit toxique and not as a narcotic. The dahir of 2 December 1922 on substances vénéneuses...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Codeine is listed at Notification 24/2025, List 2: section 2(a)(ii) of the Law defines a...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Codeine is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Codeína», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places codeine 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 codeine,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Codeine is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Codeine is named in Group I, Table 2, serial 2 of the annex...
- PakistanCodeine is not in Schedule-I to the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has no row in the section...
- PanamaControlled. Codeine is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista II of the estupefacientes 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. Codeine is printed as "2. CODEINE" on page 9 of the Dangerous Drugs Board's...
- PolandControlled, and in the mildest narcotic tier rather than the strict one. «KODEINA» is entry lp. 2 in group...
- PortugalCodeine is prescription-only in practice and a controlled drug under Decreto-Lei 15/93; travellers carrying...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-A item 91 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry as «91- CODEINE(...
- RomaniaCodeine is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Codeine = 3-methylmorphine», located at Legea...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists codeine at the entry «Кодеин» (in English, codeine), and the dossier's...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class B drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part II of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaCodeine is named as item 3 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official...
- Saudi ArabiaCodeine is a controlled narcotic drug in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule I Category B of the schedules...
- SerbiaCodeine is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass B controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 2 (Class B Drugs),...
- SlovakiaCodeine is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names codeine. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names kodein at Group II, row...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. The proclamation text carves out 'a preparation specified in Schedule 1', and what that phrase...
- South AfricaControlled as a dangerous dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part II of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaCodeine is a prescription narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act; MFDS advance import approval has been...
- South SudanCodeine is controlled as a medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act 2012; it is...
- SpainControlled in Spain as an estupefaciente, by incorporation of the 1961 Convention lists rather than by a...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- State of PalestineCodeine is a controlled narcotic - medically dispensed in the West Bank under Palestinian Authority...
- SudanCodeine is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act 1994; supply is...
- SurinameIllegal. The entry is printed 'Codeïne', and it is not in the same part of the annex as the strong opiates:...
- SwedenControlled. Kodein is named in Förteckning III of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries codeine in list a, where the entry reads...
- SyriaCodeine is a controlled narcotic under Narcotics Law No. 2 of 1993; low-dose codeine sits below the...
- TaiwanControlled under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) across more than one grade, at 附表二第33項,...
- 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...
- ThailandCodeine is a Category II narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table updated 15 September 2025 prints the...
- Timor-LesteCodeine is named at Table I-A, item 26, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Codeína -...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoCodeine is entry (2) of item 1 of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, «LIST OF...
- TurkeyCodeine is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name codeine, a...
- TuvaluControlled in Tuvalu as a named dangerous drug under Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act. Codeine is entered...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Codeine is controlled federally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026,...
- United Arab EmiratesCodeine is placed in Schedule 2 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «كودايين». Schedule 2 is the...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug. Part II of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.12(b)(1)(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. Codeine is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Codeine is printed in List IIA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenCodeine is a controlled narcotic under Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 3 of 1993; supply chains...
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Not individually verified
For these 87 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Codeine 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
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- 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
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Somalia
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe