Legality · EtizolamEtizolam in Samoa: not individually verified
Not individually verified
We have not confirmed that Etizolam specifically is scheduled in Samoa, so this page gives no legal status. Publishing a guess here would be worse than publishing nothing. What we do know is the governing national drug law, below.
- What is on record
- Not confirmed. Etizolam is not named in the First, Second or Third Schedule (Class A, B or C narcotics respectively) to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023. A case insensitive search of the full cached text of the Act, including the chemical and common name terms "etizolam" and "thienodiazepine", returned no match in any Schedule. The Fourth Schedule, controlled precursors, also does not name it. Etizolam is a thienodiazepine, chemically distinct from the triazolo and other classic benzodiazepines named individually in the Third Schedule (items 13 to 62); it is not an isomer, ester, ether or salt of any of those named compounds, so the Schedule's own extension clauses do not reach it either. The Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No. 3), the official version as at 31 December 2023, is the authority for the position stated. Whether a later Gazette amendment or a Head of State Order under section 5 of the Act has varied it since that date could not be established from the sources searched this session, so the position given is as at the version read and is not asserted as current beyond it.
Confirm directly with Samoa’s national drug authority or your own embassy before you rely on anything.
What Samoa HAS confirmed for related substances
These are related compounds, not Etizolam. Their status may or may not reflect Etizolam’s. Confirm Etizolam directly with Samoa's national drug authority or your embassy.
The Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023, does not use "benzodiazepine" or "benzodiazepines" as a class heading. Instead, the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, individually names thirty four benzodiazepine (including triazolobenzodiazepine) compounds by chemical name and item number: item 13 ALPRAZOLAM, item 17 BROMAZEPAM, item 18 BROTIZOLAM, item 19 CAMAZEPAM, item 20 CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE, item 21 CLOBAZAM, item 22 CLONAZEPAM, item 23 CLORAZEPATE, item 24 CLOTIAZEPAM, item 25 CLOXAZOLAM, item 26 DELORAZEPAM, item 27 DIAZEPAM, item 29 ESTAZOLAM, item 32 ETHYL LOFLAZEPATE, item 33 FLUDIAZEPAM, item 34 FLUNITRAZEPAM, item 35 FLURAZEPAM, item 36 HALAZEPAM, item 37 HALOXAZOLAM, item 38 KETAZOLAM, item 39 LOPRAZOLAM, item 40 LORAZEPAM, item 41 LORMETAZEPAM, item 43 MEDAZEPAM, item 47 MIDAZOLAM, item 48 NIMETAZEPAM, item 49 NITRAZEPAM, item 50 NORDAZEPAM, item 51 OXAZEPAM, item 52 OXAZOLAM, item 56 PINAZEPAM, item 58 PRAZEPAM, item 61 TEMAZEPAM, and item 62 TRIAZOLAM. Every one of these thirty four is Class C; none is Class A or Class B, so the named benzodiazepine compounds share the same Schedule and Class placement found for barbiturates in this same Third Schedule, a match confirmed by reading the full item list rather than assumed from that other finding. The same Third Schedule also carries other, non benzodiazepine Class C sedatives and stimulants interleaved among these item numbers, such as item 28 EPHEDRINE, item 44 MEPROBAMATE and the barbiturates at items 16, 45, 54 and 63 to 74; these are not counted among the thirty four. A benzodiazepine not on this list is not independently named and is not addressed here.
Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No. 3), official version as at 31 December 2023, Third Schedule items 13, 17 to 27, 29, 32 to 41, 43, 47 and 48, printed page 31, and items 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 58, 61 and 62, printed page 32 · sha256 75813ab45e1d52e938668948db0bc499c2726cfb73644b2dd6c38bd6ef3a962f · ag.gov.ws · read 2026-10-07 · Verified October 8, 2026
Clonazepam is named by chemical name as item 22 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023: "CLONAZEPAM." Clonazepam is addressed below only as this individually named Class C entry.
Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No. 3), official version as at 31 December 2023, Third Schedule, item 22, printed page 31 · sha256 75813ab45e1d52e938668948db0bc499c2726cfb73644b2dd6c38bd6ef3a962f · ag.gov.ws · read 2026-10-07 · Verified October 8, 2026
Diazepam is named by chemical name as item 27 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023: "DIAZEPAM." Diazepam is addressed below only as this individually named Class C entry.
Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No. 3), official version as at 31 December 2023, Third Schedule, item 27, printed page 31 · sha256 75813ab45e1d52e938668948db0bc499c2726cfb73644b2dd6c38bd6ef3a962f · ag.gov.ws · read 2026-10-07 · Verified October 8, 2026
Lorazepam is named by chemical name as item 40 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023: "LORAZEPAM." Lorazepam is addressed below only as this individually named Class C entry.
Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No. 3), official version as at 31 December 2023, Third Schedule, item 40, printed page 31 · sha256 75813ab45e1d52e938668948db0bc499c2726cfb73644b2dd6c38bd6ef3a962f · ag.gov.ws · read 2026-10-07 · Verified October 8, 2026
Alprazolam is named by chemical name as item 13 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023: "ALPRAZOLAM." Alprazolam is addressed below only as this individually named Class C entry.
Narcotics Act 1967 (1967 No. 3), official version as at 31 December 2023, Third Schedule, item 13, printed page 31 · sha256 75813ab45e1d52e938668948db0bc499c2726cfb73644b2dd6c38bd6ef3a962f · ag.gov.ws · read 2026-10-07 · Verified October 8, 2026
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