Is Ephedrine legal in Armenia?

Legal status

Controlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to 4, prints the entry «Էֆեդրին», and record ARM-38 matches it to ephedrine on Chemical Abstracts number 299-42-3. The row relied on is that printed line and not point 1 of the decision, which only directs that the list be approved and names no substance. 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 terms this row was searched under were «ephedrine», all of them Latin script, and the line they reached is printed in Armenian script, so the logged term set does not by itself explain how the line was found and the search record is incomplete. That does not weaken the finding, because the finding rests on the printed entry and its registry number rather than on the search that reached them. The 2 term set recorded for this row collapses to 1 string once case is ignored, so the breadth it appears to claim is not breadth. The annex prints the substance under its own Armenian name. The dossier treats it as a listed substance in its own right rather than as a precursor, although the empowering provision of N 1129-Ն approves a single list covering narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors together.

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 the printed annex line «Էֆեդրին», record ARM-38. 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. Which of the three limbs of that combined list the line sits under is not printed in the record, and the dossier does not say.

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 ephedrine is the printed annex line «Էֆեդրին», at controlled lists 1 to 4, record ARM-38. 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 should ask which limb of the combined list the entry sits under, narcotic, psychotropic or precursor, because the record does not say and a precursor placement carries different handling rules.

Documentation

Carry the prescription and the original dispensing packaging for any medicine containing ephedrine, 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 printed annex line «Էֆեդրին», record ARM-38, Chemical Abstracts number 299-42-3. 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 may need to satisfy precursor handling rules as well as medicine rules, because the record does not say which limb of the combined list the line sits under.

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.