Legality
Lorazepam legal status by country
Also known as: ativan
Countries where the legal status of Lorazepam 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 Lorazepam in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Lorazepam is governed in Aceh by national law as a Psikotropika Golongan IV substance (Law No. 5/1997); the...
- AlbaniaLorazepam is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- AngolaControlled. Lorazepam is in table IV of Lei n.º 3/99. Table IV trafficking carries 2 to 8 years. Personal use...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed. There is no benzodiazepine anywhere in this Act. This is a positive finding of absence and not a...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 571 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...
- AustraliaPrescription only medicine and prohibited import; not a Criminal Code drug. F2026L01327 names lorazepam in...
- AustriaControlled in Austria as a psychotropic substance, not as a narcotic. In the Psychotropenverordnung, Annex 1...
- BahamasControlled. The 1994 Application Order prints «LORAZEPAM» with the chemical name...
- BahrainControlled. Lorazepam is placed in Group II Schedule 4 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshLorazepam is named in Class 'ga' at serial 3 of the First Schedule, between Loprazolam and Lormetazepam.
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control». Under the Drug...
- BelarusLorazepam is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumLorazepam is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeLorazepam is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule IV paragraph 1, in the Misuse of...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Lorazepam is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry LORAZEPAM in Lista IV under the heading...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 57 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class C drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part III of Schedule 2...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Lorazepam is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaLorazepam is regulated as a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine under Cambodia's Law on Drug...
- CanadaLorazepam is a Schedule IV controlled substance (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) and a 'targeted...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Lorazepam is named in Part 3 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- 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...
- CroatiaLorazepam is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CzechiaLorazepam 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 RepublicControlled. Lorazepam is the entry «Lorazepam» at number 13 of acápite I of Categoría IV of article 8 of Ley...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, through its benzodiazepine class entry. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaLorazepam is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class C controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Part 3 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 1987...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Lorazepam is named on liste E nr. 51 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Lorazepam is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceLorazepam is a listed psychotropic substance in France, on the psychotropics list rather than the narcotics...
- GeorgiaLorazepam is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyLorazepam is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules. The dossier records the...
- GhanaLorazepam is a controlled substance for medical supply in Ghana. The Food and Drugs Authority's Guidelines...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Lorazepam is entry 28 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth table, an entry that...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part II of the First Schedule, the List of Psychotropic Substances Under Control,...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. Lorazepam 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. Lorazepam is a named entry of the P4 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.)...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Lorazepam", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «56 LORAZEPAM 7-Chloro-5-(0-chlorophenyl)-1,...
- IndonesiaPsikotropika Golongan IV under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika:...
- IranLorazepam is placed at entry 34 of Schedule 4 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13, printed...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Eight carries LORAZEPAM at serial 34, with lormetazepam at serial 35 and...
- IrelandLorazepam 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 «lorazepam» and routes it...
- JapanLorazepam 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...
- JordanLorazepam is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanLorazepam is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution...
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Lorazepam is listed at Group 2, table 4, serial P4-49, and...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names lorazepam in its...
- LaosLorazepam is handled under Laos's general controlled-psychotropic regime (Law on Narcotics No. 10/NA, as...
- LatviaLorazepam is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Lorazepam is placed in Table 3 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LithuaniaLorazepam is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names lorazepam. The entry relied on reads «Lorazepamas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table IV, item 35, prints «勞拉西泮 / Lorazepam». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaLorazepam is not named in either Act by its own name. It is caught by class, in the Poisons List under the...
- MaldivesLorazepam is a registered prescription medicine in the Schedule 2 (medical-utility) tier under the Drugs Act...
- MaltaLorazepam is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoLorazepam is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the third of the five groups of article 245 of the...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Lorazepam is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Lorazepam is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 4, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Lorazepam 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 «Lorazepam», printed among the lists and tables annexed to...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places lorazepam 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 lorazepam,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Lorazepam is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Lorazepam is named in Group II, Table 4, serial 41 of the...
- PakistanLorazepam is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Lorazepam 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. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Lorazepam is printed as "40. LORAZEPAM" on page 22 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «LORAZEPAM» is entry lp. 41 in group IV-P...
- PortugalLorazepam is a psychotropic in Tabela IV of Decreto-Lei 15/93; personal use is decriminalised (Lei 30/2000)...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 45 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaLorazepam is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Lorazepam =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists lorazepam at the entry «Лоразепам» (in English, lorazepam), and the...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class C drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part III of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaLorazepam is named by chemical name as item 40 of the Third Schedule, Class C narcotics, to the Narcotics Act...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled psychotropic under Royal Decree M/39 (2005), Schedule 2 (psychotropic substances), Category D,...
- SerbiaLorazepam is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug under this Act. Lorazepam is in no Part of the First Schedule. The only benzodiazepines...
- SlovakiaLorazepam is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names lorazepam. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names lorazepam at Group III,...
- South AfricaControlled as a Specified Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as...
- South KoreaLorazepam is a controlled psychotropic substance under the Narcotics Control Act.
- South SudanLorazepam is regulated as a medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act 2012; it is not...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Lorazepam is entry 38 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst II onderdeel A part 2 prints the entry as 'Lorazepam', between 'Loprazolam' and...
- SwedenControlled. Lorazepam is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries lorazepam in list b, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 4 narcotic (第四級毒品) 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...
- ThailandLorazepam is a Category 4 psychotropic substance in Thailand. The Ministry of Public Health naming...
- Timor-LesteLorazepam is named at Table IV, item 36, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Lorazepam - 7-cloro-5...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Lorazepam is controlled federally. Federal Schedule IV 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 EmiratesLorazepam is individually listed in Schedule 8 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «لورازيبام»....
- 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 IV under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.14(c)(34). 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. List III of Resolution 330, the list of psychotropic substances whose circulation...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Lorazepam is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenLorazepam is a scheduled psychotropic prescription medicine under Yemen's narcotics and psychotropics law...
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Not individually verified
For these 104 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Lorazepam 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
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- 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
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- 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)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe