Is Lorazepam legal in Ukraine?

Legal status

Controlled in Ukraine by its own printed heading. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026, prints «Лоразепам» at CAS 846-49-1 and record UKR-50 accepts that row; the heading is in sentence case because the list prints in capitals. It is one of six members of the diazepine group that the Ukrainian list names individually, so the unresolved class row in this source does not govern the answer for this molecule. Alongside the listing it is an authorised medicine used for anxiety, for status epilepticus and in palliative care, which means the row carries a scheduled heading and a medicines regime under Закон України «Про лікарські засоби» at the same time.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Ukraine has no death penalty, and Кримінальний кодекс України, стаття 307, the trade article this source names, provides no life sentence and carries a ceiling of twelve years of imprisonment at its third part. That is a trafficking ceiling and not a tariff for a patient. Because the heading at CAS 846-49-1 is matched, наказ МОЗ № 188 keys its small, large and especially large bands to this molecule individually rather than to the class. The tablets are low milligram, so the count that reaches a band can be a count a patient plausibly carries. The source gives no figures and names no separate possession article. Separately from that, and carried forward from this site's published Ukraine entry rather than re-derived from the Code in this pass, the published penalties are these. Personal use of a small amount is administrative under article 44 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, a fine of 25 to 50 tax free minimum incomes, 20 to 60 hours of community service, or administrative arrest of up to 15 days. Above small, personal use under article 309 is criminal, a fine, correctional labour of up to two years, or restriction of liberty of up to five years, rising to up to three years where aggravated or large and up to eight years where a minor is involved. Trafficking or sale under article 307 draws four to twelve years with property forfeiture. Smuggling under article 305 draws five to eight years, and up to eight to ten years aggravated. The published entry records the small, large and especially large quantity thresholds as very low, and that trace amounts have triggered article 309. Drug use itself, other than in public, is not criminal there. Every figure in this paragraph is a penalty range or a fine and none of them is a quantity threshold. They describe the offences that this row's placement in the Ukrainian list brings into play.

If prescribed or medical

Ukraine allows no personal use quantity in the narcotics sense, наказ МОЗ № 188 grades criminal conduct rather than licensing carriage, and a scheduled medicine must additionally satisfy Закон України «Про лікарські засоби» on prescription, packaging, import and customs. On this row the placement is a matched heading at CAS 846-49-1 and the usual carrier is a patient on a short or continuing course. The traveller mechanism was not established in this source: no import permit, no personal allowance and no rule recognising a foreign prescription. None was researched. The prescription is necessary on this record and cannot be described as sufficient.

Documentation

Carry the prescription, the original dispensing pack with the pharmacy label in the patient's own name, and a prescriber's letter naming the active ingredient, the strength, the daily dose, the treatment period and the total number of tablets. For an injectable emergency supply carry the indication and the clinician's contact details as well. Keep the quantity inside the stated period, do not decant, and declare the medicine on arrival, since наказ МОЗ № 188 keys its bands to the heading at CAS 846-49-1 whatever the reason for carriage. Read on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Ukraine’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.