Legality
Hydrocodone legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Hydrocodone 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 Hydrocodone in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)In Aceh, hydrocodone is governed by national Narcotics Law No. 35/2009 as a Narkotika Golongan II substance...
- AustraliaHydrocodone is a Schedule 8 (Controlled Drug / drug of addiction) under the Poisons Standard (SUSMP) and...
- BahrainHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic drug in the First Group of Bahrain's Decree-Law No. 15 of 2007 on...
- BangladeshHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic (strong-opioid tier) under the Narcotics Control Act 2018; it is not...
- BrazilHydrocodone falls in Lista A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/98 (yellow 'Notificação de Receita A');...
- BruneiHydrocodone is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27); it is not marketed in...
- CambodiaHydrocodone falls in the Table II narcotic tier under the Law on Drug Control (2011); it is not marketed in...
- CanadaHydrocodone (dihydrocodeinone) is explicitly a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and...
- ChinaHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic under China's drug schedules; it is not marketed in China but sits in...
- EgyptHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic under Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182 of 1960 (with Law 122/1989); it is not...
- FranceHydrocodone is a stupéfiant (narcotic) under the Code de la santé publique (liste I annexe), dispensed on a...
- GermanyHydrocodone is an Anlage III narcotic under the Narcotics Act (BtMG) — a marketable/prescribable narcotic...
- GreeceHydrocodone is a scheduled narcotic on the Greek narcotic table under Law 4139/2013 (special narcotic...
- IndiaHydrocodone is named as an Essential Narcotic Drug under the NDPS Act 1985 (dispensed via Recognised Medical...
- IndonesiaHydrocodone is a Narkotika Golongan II substance under Narcotics Law No. 35/2009; though not marketed in...
- IranHydrocodone is a controlled opioid under Iran's narcotics/psychotropics regime (Ministry of Health...
- IraqHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic scheduled under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of...
- IrelandHydrocodone is a Schedule 2 controlled drug (Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and Regulations 2017); it is not...
- ItalyHydrocodone falls in the Tabella dei medicinali Sezione A of DPR 309/1990 (narcotic prescription, ricetta non...
- JapanHydrocodone is a narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act; it is not marketed in Japan but...
- JordanHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic scheduled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No....
- KuwaitHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic scheduled under Law No. 74 of 1983 (as amended); it is not marketed in...
- LaosHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic under the Law on Narcotics; it is not marketed in Laos and is NOT...
- MalaysiaHydrocodone is a controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952; it is not marketed in Malaysia...
- MaldivesHydrocodone is a controlled substance under the Drug Act 17/2011; it is not marketed in the Maldives. The...
- MexicoHydrocodone is an estupefaciente under Article 234 / 226 fracción I of the Ley General de Salud (special...
- MyanmarHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic (strong-opioid tier) under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic...
- NetherlandsHydrocodone is an Opiumwet Lijst I ('hard drug') narcotic; it is not marketed in the Netherlands but sits in...
- New ZealandHydrocodone is a Class B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; it is not marketed in New...
- NigeriaHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic under the NDLEA Act (Cap. N30); it is not marketed in Nigeria. The Act's...
- OmanHydrocodone is a Controlled Drug on the narcotic tier under Oman's Royal Decree 17/99 (Law on Combating...
- PakistanHydrocodone is a Schedule-I controlled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9); it...
- PhilippinesHydrocodone is a controlled dangerous drug under RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act 2002); it is not...
- PolandHydrocodone is a środek odurzający in group I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005), dispensed...
- PortugalHydrocodone falls in Tabela I-A of Decreto-Lei 15/93 (special narcotic prescription); it is not marketed in...
- QatarControlled narcotic under Law 9/1987 (amended 16/2023), Table 1 (controlled narcotic and dangerous...
- Saudi ArabiaHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic under the Law of Combating Narcotics (Royal Decree M/39, 2005) and is...
- SingaporeHydrocodone is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973; it is not marketed in Singapore...
- South KoreaHydrocodone is a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act; it is not marketed in South Korea but sits in the...
- South SudanHydrocodone is regulated as a controlled medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act...
- SpainHydrocodone is an estupefaciente in Lista I under Ley 17/1967 (1961 Convention), dispensed on an official...
- Sri LankaHydrocodone is a controlled dangerous drug under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance; it is not...
- SwedenHydrocodone is a narcotic in förteckning II under the Narcotics Control Act (Narkotikastrafflagen 1968:64);...
- SwitzerlandHydrocodone is a controlled substance under the Narcotics Act (BetmG, SR 812.121); it is not marketed in...
- TaiwanHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic in a lower category under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act; it is not...
- ThailandHydrocodone is a Category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Code; it is not marketed in Thailand but sits in the...
- TurkeyHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic dispensed on a red prescription (kırmızı reçete) under Turkish narcotics...
- United Arab EmiratesHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic in the tables of Federal Decree-Law 30/2021; it is not marketed in the...
- United KingdomHydrocodone is a Class A controlled drug (Misuse of Drugs Act 1971), Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs...
- VietnamHydrocodone is a controlled narcotic in the strong-opioid tier under Vietnam's narcotics law; it is not...
Not individually verified
For these 174 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Hydrocodone 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
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe