Legality
Heroin legal status by country
Also known as: diacetylmorphine, smack
Countries where the legal status of Heroin 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 Heroin in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled as a Category I narcotic under Indonesia's national Narcotics Law No. the precise article and...
- AfghanistanControlled under the Law on Campaign Against Intoxicants, Drugs and their Control (with the 2005...
- AlbaniaHeroin is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- AlgeriaControlled under Law No. 04-18 of 25 December 2004 (as amended by Law No. 23-05 of 7 May 2023), trafficking...
- American Samoa (US)Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- AndorraControlled under Andorra's Penal Code (Codi Penal) drug-trafficking provisions, trafficking carries...
- AngolaControlled. Heroin is in table I-A of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is a...
- Anguilla (UK)Controlled under Anguilla's Misuse of Drugs Act (UK-model), possession, sale and trafficking are offences and...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is a Class A drug. It is printed in Part I of the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act,...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 519 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...
- Aruba (Netherlands)Controlled under Aruba's Criminal Code and narcotics (opium) ordinance, possession, sale and trafficking are...
- AustraliaProhibited. Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is named in Schedule 9 of F2026L01327 as «HEROIN.», while morphine,...
- AustriaDesignated a Suchtgift in Austria, and therefore on the narcotics rather than the psychotrope side of the...
- AzerbaijanControlled under the Criminal Code (adopted 30 December 1999, in force 1 September 2000), illegal...
- BahamasControlled, and the Act names it in the older British drafting form. Section 11(1)(c) applies Part IV to...
- BahrainControlled. Heroin is placed in Group I Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshHeroin is named in Class 'ka' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, after Etrophine and before Acetyl...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control». Under the Drug Abuse...
- BelarusHeroin is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- BelgiumHeroin is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints...
- BelizeDiamorphine (Heroin) is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule II paragraph 1, in the...
- BeninControlled under the Code des Drogues, classified a drogue à haut risque; any export regardless of quantity...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession, supply and trafficking are...
- BhutanControlled under the Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substance Abuse Act of Bhutan 2015 (as...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry HEROINA in Lista I under the heading...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BotswanaControlled under the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 2018, trafficking...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 33 of lista F1, narcotic substances within lista F, the list of...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled under the British Virgin Islands' Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, possession, sale and...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Heroin is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Burkina FasoControlled under Burkina Faso's national drug code (loi sur les stupéfiants), drug use is punishable by 1 to...
- BurundiControlled under Burundi's Penal Code 2009 drug provisions (loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking carries...
- Cabo VerdeControlled under Lei n.º 78/IV/93 (Lusophone six-table model), trafficking carries imprisonment; the precise...
- CambodiaGroup I narcotic under the Law on the Control of Drugs, illegal; possession up to 10-20 years even without...
- CameroonControlled under Loi n° 97/19 du 7 août 1997, trafficking offences (Sections 91-95) carry 10 to 20 years plus...
- CanadaSchedule I substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)Controlled under the Caribbean Netherlands (BES) narcotics law (old-Antillean Opium Ordinance via the WvS-BES...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision), possession, sale and trafficking...
- Central African RepublicControlled under the Central African Republic's Penal Code drug provisions (national drug law), trafficking...
- ChadControlled under Chad's drug law (Loi n° 31/PR/2018 / Penal Code drug provisions), trafficking carries...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaProhibited, on China Customs' prohibited-to-enter list (with opium and morphine)
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- ComorosControlled under Comoros' national drug law (Penal Code drug provisions), trafficking carries imprisonment...
- CongoControlled under the Republic of the Congo's Penal Code drug provisions (national drug law), trafficking...
- Cook IslandsControlled under the Cook Islands' Narcotics and Misuse of Drugs Act 2004, trafficking carries imprisonment...
- 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 (four-table system; repealed Loi 88-686 of 1988),...
- CroatiaHeroin is a droga, a narcotic drug, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se...
- Curaçao (Netherlands)Controlled under Curaçao's Opium Ordinance, possession, sale and trafficking are offences and the precise...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29(I)/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaHeroin 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 A of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- DjiboutiControlled under Djibouti's national drug law (Penal Code drug provisions), trafficking carries imprisonment;...
- DominicaHeroin is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I of the...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Heroin is the entry «Heroína» at number 11 of acápite II of Categoría I of article 8 of Ley 50-88...
- DR CongoControlled under the Ordonnance of 1903 on chanvre (approved by the Décret of 10 March 1917), cultivation,...
- EcuadorHeroin, personal-use possession non-punishable, but the former CONSEP threshold ([repealed] about 0.1 g) was...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- Equatorial GuineaControlled under Equatorial Guinea's Penal Code 2022 drug provisions (national drug law), trafficking carries...
- EritreaControlled under the Penal Code of Eritrea 2015 (drug-control provisions), trafficking is graded by scale...
- EstoniaHeroin is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- EswatiniControlled under the Opium and Habit-Forming Drugs Act (with Pharmacy Act provisions), trafficking carries...
- EthiopiaControlled under the Criminal Code of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Proclamation No....
- Falkland Islands (UK)Controlled under the Falkland Islands' own misuse-of-drugs / crimes ordinance framework (UK-model),...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled under the Faroe Islands' own narcotics-control framework (distinct from Denmark), possession, sale...
- FijiControlled under the Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004, unlawful...
- FinlandControlled. Heroin is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceHeroin is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- French Polynesia (France)Controlled as a stupéfiant under the French Code de la santé publique as applied in French Polynesia,...
- GabonControlled under Gabon's Penal Code drug provisions (loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking carries...
- GambiaControlled under the Drug Control Act 2014 (as amended), trafficking carries imprisonment plus a fine; the...
- GeorgiaHeroin is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched to...
- GermanyHeroin is in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz with a carve-out printed inside the entry itself, and the...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). The entry relied on for heroin is...
- Gibraltar (UK)Class A controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Diamorphine is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Heroin is entry 5 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that opens...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part I of the First Schedule, the List of Narcotic Drugs Under Control. The entry...
- Guam (US)Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)Controlled under Guernsey's Misuse of Drugs (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1974 (UK-model Class A/B/C system),...
- GuineaControlled under Guinea's drug-control law (Loi L/2016/035/AN; Loi sur le contrôle des drogues), trafficking...
- Guinea-BissauControlled under Guinea-Bissau's drug-control law (Lei n.º 7/2008), trafficking carries imprisonment plus a...
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HaitiControlled under Haiti's drug-control law / Penal Code drug provisions, trafficking carries imprisonment plus...
- Holy SeeControlled under Vatican City State criminal law (Law No. CCXCVII and related), trafficking carries...
- HondurasControlled. Heroin is named in Listas I y IV de la Convención Única de 1961, and Article 321 of the Código...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Heroin is a named entry of the K1 jegyzék carried in the 1. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Heroin", with "Diacetylmorphine, Morphine diacetate,...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «"opium derivative" means... diacetylmorphine, that is, the...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranHeroin is placed by name. Named in the opening of Article 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which reads «هر کس...
- IraqProhibited. Heroin is carried twice: Schedule One serial 49 and Schedule Four serial 10, in both places...
- IrelandHeroin is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; S.I. 173/2017,...
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)Controlled under the Isle of Man's Misuse of Drugs Act (Schedule 2 Classes A/B/C), possession, sale and...
- 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 «eroina» as an operative...
- JamaicaHeroin is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to...
- JapanHeroin is a 麻薬, a narcotic, and inside that regime one of the ジアセチルモルヒネ等 in Japan. The entry is...
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)Controlled under Jersey's Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 (UK-model Class A/B/C system), possession, sale...
- JordanHeroin is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances...
- KazakhstanHeroin 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. Heroin is controlled under its chemical name diamorphine: Schedule 2 Part I paragraph 1 of the...
- KosovoControlled under the Criminal Code of Kosovo (narcotics articles) together with the Law on Narcotic Drugs,...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Heroin is listed at Group 1, table 1, serial N1-43,...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names heroin in its...
- LaosHeroin controlled under the Lao Penal Code (Art 146), DEATH above 500 g; personal use <0.2 g treated as a...
- LatviaHeroin is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonControlled. Heroin is placed in Table 1 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LesothoControlled under the Drugs of Abuse Act No. 6 of 2008, trafficking carries imprisonment together with a fine;...
- LiberiaControlled under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act 2014 (as amended in 2022, reclassifying drug...
- LibyaProhibited and death-eligible for aggravated trafficking under Law No. 7 of 1990 (as amended), the specific...
- LiechtensteinControlled under the Betäubungsmittelgesetz of 20 April 1983 (Austrian/Swiss model), trafficking and the...
- LithuaniaHeroin is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names heroin. The entry relied on reads «Heroinas (Heroin)»,...
- LuxembourgControlled under the Narcotics Law of 1973 (as amended by the Law of 10 July 2023), possession remains...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table I-A, item 58, prints «海洛因 / Heroína». The tables are read as amended...
- MadagascarControlled under Loi n° 97-039 (six-table/high-risk model), trafficking in a high-risk (Tableau I) drug...
- MalawiControlled under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 35:02), trafficking and the unlawful possession or supply of...
- MalaysiaHeroin is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, with «Monoacetylmorphines»...
- MaldivesControlled under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011, Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025), trafficking a...
- MaliControlled under Mali's national drug law (loi portant répression du trafic et de l'usage illicite des...
- MaltaHeroin is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and not by the Medical and Kindred...
- Marshall IslandsControlled under the Marshall Islands Revised Code (Title 25 / controlled-substances provisions), trafficking...
- MauritaniaControlled under Mauritania's national drug control statute, trafficking carries imprisonment; the precise...
- MauritiusControlled under the Dangerous Drugs Act 2000 (Act No. 41 of 2000, as amended), a three-schedule system...
- MexicoHeroin is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens «Para los...
- MicronesiaControlled under the FSM Code Title 11 (Crimes) / controlled-substances provisions, trafficking carries...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Heroin is in Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MonacoControlled under Monaco's drug law (Penal Code / Loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking carries imprisonment...
- MongoliaControlled under the Criminal Code of Mongolia (revised, in force 1 July 2017), drug trafficking (illegal...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- Montserrat (UK)Controlled under Montserrat's Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act/Ordinance (UK-model), possession, sale and...
- MoroccoControlled as a narcotic. The dahir of 2 December 1922 on substances vénéneuses prints « Diacétylmorphine et...
- MozambiqueControlled under Lei n.º 3/97 (combate ao tráfico e consumo de estupefacientes e substâncias psicotrópicas),...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Heroin is listed at Notification 24/2025, List 1: section 2(a)(ii) of the Law defines a...
- NamibiaControlled under the Abuse of Dependence-Producing Substances and Rehabilitation Centres Act 41 of 1971,...
- NauruControlled under Nauru's drug law (Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004 / Crimes Act 2016 drug provisions),...
- NepalHeroin controlled under the Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act, 2033, ≤5 g 2-5 years; 5-100 g 5-10 years; over 100...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Heroin is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row prints...
- New Caledonia (France)Controlled as a stupéfiant under the French Code de la santé publique as applied in New Caledonia,...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Heroina», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigerControlled under Niger's drug law (Loi n° 99-42 du 23 septembre 1999 sur la lutte contre la drogue),...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places heroin 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 heroin,...
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Heroin is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Heroin is named in Group I, Table 1, serial 64 of the annex...
- PakistanHeroin is a narcotic drug under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has its own row in the...
- PalauControlled under Palau's National Code Title 34 (Crimes) controlled-substances provisions, trafficking...
- PanamaControlled. Heroin is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- Papua New GuineaControlled under the Controlled Substances Act 2021 (which replaced the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952), the 2021...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I and Lista IV of the estupefacientes sheet of the schedule made under article 1...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Heroin is printed as "64. HEROIN" on page 7 of the Dangerous Drugs Board's...
- PolandControlled, and named twice in the same annex. «HEROINA» is entry lp. 78 in group I-N of Załącznik nr 2, the...
- PortugalDecriminalised for own consumption. Since 1 October 2023 acquisition and possession for own consumption are...
- Puerto Rico (US)Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 1-A item 5 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry as «5- HEROIN (...
- RomaniaHeroin is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Heroin = Diacethylmorphine», located at Legea...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists heroin at the entry «Героин (диацетилморфин)» (in English, heroin...
- RwandaControlled under Law n° 03/2012 of 15/02/2012 and the Penal Code (Law n° 68/2018), unlawful...
- Saint Helena (UK)Controlled under Saint Helena's misuse-of-drugs ordinance (UK-model; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da...
- Saint Kitts and NevisControlled under Saint Kitts and Nevis's Drugs (Prevention and Abatement of the Misuse and Abuse) Act,...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part I of Schedule 2. The act does not print the...
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesControlled under Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, trafficking carries...
- SamoaHeroin is controlled under the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023. First...
- San MarinoControlled under San Marino's Penal Code drug provisions, trafficking carries imprisonment plus a fine; the...
- Sao Tome and PrincipeControlled under Sao Tome and Principe's Lusophone Penal Code / drug-control law, trafficking carries...
- Saudi ArabiaProhibited narcotic (diacetylmorphine) under Royal Decree M/39 (2005), Schedule 1 (narcotic drugs), Category...
- SenegalControlled under the Code des Drogues (Loi No. 97-18 of 1997, amended by Loi Latif Guèye No. 2007-31 of 27...
- SerbiaHeroin is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SeychellesControlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2016, trafficking carries imprisonment plus a fine, with aggravated...
- Sierra LeoneControlled under the National Drugs Control Act 2008 (Prohibited/High-Risk/Risk schedules), trafficking...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)Controlled under Sint Maarten's Opium National Ordinance of 1960, possession, sale and trafficking are...
- SlovakiaHeroin is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names heroin. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names heroin at Group I, row...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Heroin is named in the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 98), reprint as in force at 1 October 2009,...
- SomaliaControlled under the Somali Penal Code of 1964 (unrevised), Somalia has ratified the UN narcotic conventions...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaControlled, narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act
- 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,...
- SudanProhibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1994, death penalty...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst I onderdeel A prints the entry as 'Heroïne', with no footnote and no qualifying words, in the...
- SwedenControlled. Heroin is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries heroin in list d, where the entry reads...
- SyriaProhibited under the Narcotic Drugs Law No. 2 of 1993, trafficking/cultivation/manufacture punishable by...
- TaiwanCategory 1 narcotic (第一級毒品) 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...
- ThailandHeroin is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Timor-LesteHeroin is named at Table I-A, item 58, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Heroína -...
- TogoControlled under the Code des Drogues (loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking carries imprisonment; the...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoHeroin is a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25 as a narcotic drug in the First Schedule, «LIST OF NARCOTIC...
- TunisiaControlled under Law No. 92-52 of 18 May 1992 ('Law 52' / 'Law 92-52'), as amended April 2017, personal...
- TurkeyHeroin is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name «eroin». It is...
- TurkmenistanControlled under the Criminal Code (No. 222-1 of 1997, as amended), illegal...
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)Controlled under the Turks and Caicos Islands' Control of Drugs Ordinance, possession, sale and trafficking...
- TuvaluControlled in Tuvalu as a named dangerous drug under Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap. 10.10 (2022...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Heroin is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UgandaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, 2016 (Act No. 3 of 2016),...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026,...
- United Arab EmiratesHeroin is placed in Schedule 1 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «هيروين؛ ثنائي أسيتيل...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class A drug. Part I of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph 1(a)...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(c)(11). 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. Heroin is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VanuatuControlled under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 12), trafficking carries imprisonment plus a fine; the precise...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Heroin is printed in List IA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenProhibited under Law No. 3 of 1993, trafficking/cultivation with intent punishable by DEATH or 25 years (Art...
- ZambiaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act No. 35 of 2021 (which repealed Cap. 96 of...
- ZimbabweControlled under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (dangerous-drugs provisions,...
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