Legality
Diazepam legal status by country
Also known as: valium
Countries where the legal status of Diazepam 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 Diazepam in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Diazepam is governed in Aceh by national law as a Psikotropika Golongan IV substance (Law No. 5/1997); the...
- AlbaniaDiazepam is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- AngolaControlled. Diazepam is in table IV of Lei n.º 3/99. Table IV trafficking carries 2 to 8 years. Personal use...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed. There is no benzodiazepine anywhere in this Act. This is a positive finding of absence and not a...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 396 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...
- AustraliaPrescription only medicine and prohibited import; not a Criminal Code drug. F2026L01327 names diazepam in...
- AustriaAustria controls this under the Psychotropenverordnung as a psychotropic substance. In the...
- BahamasControlled. The 1994 Application Order prints «DIAZEPAM» with the chemical name...
- BahrainControlled. Diazepam is placed in Group II Schedule 4 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshDiazepam is named in Class 'ga' at serial 3 of the First Schedule, the first entry on the schedule's second...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control». Under the Drug...
- BelarusDiazepam is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumDiazepam is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeDiazepam is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule IV paragraph 1, in the Misuse of...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Diazepam is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry DIAZEPAM in Lista IV 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 31 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- 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. Diazepam is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaDiazepam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control...
- CanadaDiazepam is a Schedule IV controlled substance (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) and a 'targeted...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Diazepam is named in Part 3 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- 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 as a psychotropic substance under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention...
- CroatiaDiazepam is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CzechiaDiazepam 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 E of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Diazepam is the entry «Diazepam» at number 8 of acápite I of Categoría IV of article 8 of Ley...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, through its benzodiazepine class entry. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaDiazepam is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- 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. Diazepam is named on liste E nr. 25 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Diazepam is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceDiazepam is a listed psychotropic substance in France, on the psychotropics list rather than the narcotics...
- GeorgiaDiazepam is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyDiazepam is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules. The dossier records the Anlage...
- GhanaDiazepam is a controlled substance for medical supply in Ghana. The Food and Drugs Authority's Guidelines for...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Diazepam is entry 17 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth table, an entry that...
- 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.
- HondurasControlled. Diazepam is named in Lista IV del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal (Decreto...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Diazepam is a named entry of the P4 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Diazepam", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «43 DIAZEPAM 7-Chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1...
- IndonesiaPsikotropika Golongan IV under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika:...
- IranDiazepam is placed at entry 18 of Schedule 4 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13, printed...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Eight carries DIAZEPAM at serial 18, described as...
- IrelandDiazepam is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 4, Part 1; S.I....
- ItalyControlled as a medicinal substance. The Ministry of Health compilation carries «diazepam» and routes it...
- JapanDiazepam is a 向精神薬, a psychotropic, named in the Act's own 別表第三 in Japan. The entry is...
- JordanDiazepam is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanDiazepam 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...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Diazepam is listed at Group 2, table 4, serial P4-27, and...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names diazepam in its...
- LaosDiazepam is handled under Laos's general controlled-psychotropic regime (Law on Narcotics No. 10/NA, as...
- LatviaDiazepam is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Diazepam is placed in Table 3 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LithuaniaDiazepam is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names diazepam. The entry relied on reads «Diazepamas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table IV, item 19, prints «地西泮 / Diazepam». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaControlled under the Poisons Act 1952 rather than the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Diazepam is the named anchor...
- MaldivesDiazepam is a registered prescription medicine in the Schedule 2 (medical-utility) tier under the Drugs Act...
- MaltaDiazepam is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoDiazepam is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the third of the five groups of article 245 of the Ley...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Diazepam is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Diazepam is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 4, and that listing is the whole of what...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Diazepam is named in lijst II of the Opiumwet and not in lijst I, 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 «Diazepam», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places diazepam 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 diazepam,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Diazepam is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Diazepam is named in Group II, Table 4, serial 22 of the...
- PakistanDiazepam is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Diazepam is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista IV 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. Diazepam is printed as "21. DIAZEPAM" on page 21 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «DIAZEPAM» is entry lp. 17 in group IV-P of...
- PortugalDiazepam is a psychotropic in Tabela IV of Decreto-Lei 15/93; personal use is decriminalised (Lei 30/2000)...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 28 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaDiazepam is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Diazepam =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists diazepam at the entry «Диазепам» (in English, diazepam), and the...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class C drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part III of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaDiazepam is named by chemical name as item 27 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled psychotropic under Royal Decree M/39 (2005), Schedule 2 (psychotropic substances), Category D,...
- SerbiaDiazepam is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug under this Act. Diazepam is in no Part of the First Schedule. The only benzodiazepines...
- SlovakiaDiazepam is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names diazepam. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names diazepam at Group III,...
- South AfricaControlled as a Specified Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as...
- South KoreaDiazepam is a controlled psychotropic substance under the Narcotics Control Act.
- South SudanDiazepam is regulated as a medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act 2012; it is not a...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Diazepam is entry 18 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst II onderdeel A part 2 prints the entry as 'Diazepam', between 'Delorazepam' and 'Estazolam'....
- SwedenControlled. Diazepam is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries diazepam in list b, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 4 narcotic (第四級毒品) 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...
- ThailandDiazepam is a Category 4 psychotropic substance in Thailand. The Ministry of Public Health naming...
- Timor-LesteDiazepam is named at Table IV, item 21, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Diazepam -...
- 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)Diazepam is controlled federally. Federal Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own printed heading, and it is an ordinary prescription medicine at the same...
- United Arab EmiratesDiazepam is a Schedule 8 psychotropic under Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed entry «ديازيبام». 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 IV under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.14(c)(19). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Diazepam 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. Diazepam is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenDiazepam is a scheduled psychotropic prescription medicine under Yemen's narcotics and psychotropics law...
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Not individually verified
For these 103 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Diazepam 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
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- 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
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- 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
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe