Legality
Etizolam legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Etizolam 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 Etizolam in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Etizolam is governed in Aceh by national law as a Psikotropika Golongan II (Law No. 5/1997; Permenkes No....
- AlbaniaEtizolam is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed. It is a thienodiazepine and the Act has neither those nor benzodiazepines. This is a positive...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 455 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 federally as a prohibited import, and conditionally by the drug analogue route; its Poisons...
- AustriaA psychotrope in Austrian law, placed in the Psychotropenverordnung and not in the narcotics instrument. In...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. Etizolam is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusEtizolam is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumEtizolam is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- 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 39 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Etizolam is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaEtizolam is a Schedule IV controlled substance under the CDSA, captured under the generic 'benzodiazepines...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaEtizolam is a controlled Class II psychotropic in China, reclassified as a pharmaceutical psychotropic by...
- 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...
- CroatiaEtizolam is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaEtizolam 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 RepublicNot listed. Etizolam has no entry. It is a thienotriazolodiazepine, in which a thiophene ring replaces the...
- 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...
- EstoniaEtizolam is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Etizolam is named on liste E nr. 32 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Etizolam is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceEtizolam is a listed psychotropic substance in France, on the psychotropics list rather than the narcotics...
- GeorgiaEtizolam is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyEtizolam is a named narcotic in Germany, which is worth stating because it is not a benzodiazepine in the...
- GhanaEtizolam is a controlled substance for medical supply in Ghana, reached through the guideline's definition...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Etizolam is entry 82 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth table, an entry that...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. Etizolam 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. Etizolam 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 "Etizolam", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110ZN Etizolam...
- IndonesiaPsikotropika Golongan II under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika:...
- IranEtizolam has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 197 of 2021 added Etizolam to Schedule Eight at serial 65, described as...
- IrelandEtizolam 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 «etizolam» and routes it...
- JapanEtizolam 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 entry...
- JordanEtizolam is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanEtizolam is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No....
- 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. Etizolam is listed at Group 2, table 4, serial P4-96. It...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names etizolam in its...
- LatviaEtizolam is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Etizolam is placed in Table 3 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LithuaniaEtizolam is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names etizolam. The entry relied on reads «Etizolamas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table IV, item 64, prints «依替唑侖 / Etizolam». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaEtizolam is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule and in the...
- MaltaEtizolam is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoEtizolam is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Etizolam 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. Etizolam is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 4, and that listing is the whole of what...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Etizolam 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 «ETIZOLAM», printed in the current schedules of the 1971...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places etizolam 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 etizolam,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Etizolam is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Etizolam is named in Group II, Table 4, serial 29 of the...
- PanamaControlled. Etizolam 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 through the second limb of article 2 rather than by...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Etizolam is printed as "28. ETIZOLAM (03 November 2020)" on page 21 of the...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «ETIZOLAM» is entry lp. 75 in group IV-P of...
- QatarEtizolam is not named in Table 1, Table 2 or Table 4 of Law No. 9 of 1987, and it is on none of the three...
- RomaniaEtizolam is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Etizolam...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists etizolam at the entry «Этизолам» (in English, etizolam), and the...
- 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...
- Saudi ArabiaEtizolam is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category D of the...
- SerbiaEtizolam is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug under this Act. Etizolam is in no Part of the First Schedule. Etizolam is a...
- SlovakiaEtizolam is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names etizolam. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names etizolam at Group III,...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 7 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaEtizolam is a controlled psychotropic (향정신성의약품) under the Narcotics Control Act (MFDS).
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Etizolam is entry 65 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SwedenControlled. Etizolam is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries etizolam in list b, where the entry reads...
- 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. Annex 1 to the Criminal Code, recorded at ncz.tj as replaced by Law No. 1984 of 13...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. GN No. 189 of 2024, made under section 14(2) of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act, Cap...
- ThailandEtizolam is a Category 4 psychotropic under the Narcotics Code; it is not FDA-registered as a medicine in...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Etizolam is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own printed heading. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on...
- United Arab EmiratesEtizolam is placed in Schedule 8 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «إيتزولام». The dossier's...
- 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 I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(e)(3). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Etizolam is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 121 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Etizolam 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
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- 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
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- 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)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe