Legality
Methadone legal status by country
Also known as: dolophine
Countries where the legal status of Methadone 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 Methadone in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Methadone is governed in Aceh by national law as a Narkotika Golongan II (Law No. 35/2009), death-eligible...
- AlbaniaMethadone is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- American Samoa (US)Methadone is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21...
- AngolaControlled. Metadona is in table I-A of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is a...
- 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 608 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...
- AustraliaControlled medicine. Methadone is named in Schedule 8 of F2026L01327 as «METHADONE.». Criminal Code...
- AustriaControlled in Austria as a Suchtgift, a narcotic in the strict statutory sense. In the Suchtgiftverordnung,...
- BahamasControlled by the Order rather than by the Act. The 1994 Application Order prints «Methadone...
- BahrainControlled. Methadone is placed in Group I Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshMethadone is named in Class 'ka' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, after Mitraphylline and before Benzyl...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control». Under the Drug Abuse...
- BelarusMethadone is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumMethadone is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeMethadone is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule II paragraph 1, in the Misuse of...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Methadone is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry METADONA in Lista II under the heading...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 58 of lista A1, the list of narcotic substances, and it reads in...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class A drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part I of Schedule 2 names...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Methadone is a named entry of Списък II of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaMethadone is a controlled narcotic under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011); OST is minimal, available...
- CanadaMethadone is a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (the federal methadone...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Methadone is named in Part 1 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaMethadone is a scheduled narcotic in China; 347, but no methadone-specific gram figure is published, the...
- 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 under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45:...
- CroatiaMethadone is a droga, a narcotic drug, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaMethadone 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 B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- DominicaMethadone is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I of...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Methadone is the entry «Metadona» at number 29 of acápite I of Categoría II of article 8 of Ley...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the second 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...
- EstoniaMethadone is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class A controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Part 1 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 1987...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Methadone is named on liste B nr. 309 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Methadone is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMethadone is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- GeorgiaMethadone is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyMethadone is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules. The dossier records the...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): Fifth Schedule D.4 names «Methadone»....
- Gibraltar (UK)Class A controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Methadone is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Methadone is entry 5 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Β, the second table, an entry that...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part I of the First Schedule, the List of Narcotic Drugs Under Control. The entry...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HondurasControlled. Methadone is named in Lista I de la Convención Única de 1961, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Methadone is a named entry of the K1 jegyzék carried in the 1. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.)...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Methadone", with "Dolophine, Amidone, Physeptone" in...
- IndiaControlled in India, but not under this name: it is not named in the Act's Schedule, and the matched entry...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan II under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMethadone is placed by name twice over. It is in group 1 of the narcotics-list decree of 1338/05/02, printed...
- IraqControlled narcotic. Schedule One carries METHADONE at serial 61, described as...
- IrelandMethadone is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 2; S.I. 173/2017,...
- 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 «metadone» as an operative...
- JapanMethadone is a 麻薬, a narcotic, named in the Act's own 別表第一 in Japan. The entry is...
- JordanMethadone is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanMethadone 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 First...
- KiribatiControlled. Methadone is named in Schedule 2 Part I paragraph 1 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Methadone is listed at Group 1, table 1, serial N1-55; the...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names methadone in its...
- LaosMethadone is a controlled narcotic under Laos's Narcotics Law (No. 10/NA, as amended); it is NOT named in the...
- LatviaMethadone is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Methadone is placed in Table 2 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LithuaniaMethadone is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names methadone. The entry relied on reads «Metadonas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table I-A, item 68, prints «美沙酮 / Metadona». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaMethadone is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, with...
- MaldivesControlled narcotic under the Drug Act (Act No. 17/2011, as amended by the Third Amendment ratified 6...
- MaltaMethadone is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and not by the Medical and Kindred...
- MexicoMethadone is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens «Para...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Methadone is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Methadone is listed at Notification 24/2025, List 1, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Methadone is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Metadona», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places methadone 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 methadone,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Methadone is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Methadone is named in Group I, Table 1, serial 77 of the...
- PakistanMethadone is not in Schedule-I to the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has no row in the section...
- PanamaControlled. Methadone is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the estupefacientes 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. Methadone is printed as "77. METHADONE" on page 7 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «METADON» is entry lp. 122 in group I-N of...
- PortugalMethadone is a narcotic in Tabela I of Decreto-Lei 15/93, full control; personal possession is decriminalised...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-A item 49 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry as «49- METHADONE (...
- RomaniaMethadone is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Methadone =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists methadone at the entry «Метадон (фенадон, долофин)» (in English,...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part I of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaMethadone is named by chemical formula as item 77 of the Second Schedule, Class B narcotics, to the Narcotics...
- Saudi ArabiaMethadone is a controlled narcotic drug in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule I Category A of the schedules...
- SerbiaMethadone is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaMethadone is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names methadone. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names metadon at Group II,...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Methadone is a named drug in the proclamation of 21 September 1987 (LN 101 of 1987) applying Part...
- South AfricaControlled as a dangerous dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part II of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaMethadone is a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act, but South Korea has NO methadone-maintenance...
- South SudanMethadone is a controlled medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority framework; the only...
- 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): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst I onderdeel A prints 'Methadon' and, as separate entries, 'Methadon-tussenprodukt', the...
- SwedenControlled. Metadon is named in Förteckning II of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries methadone in list a, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) 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...
- ThailandMethadone is a Category II narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table updated 15 September 2025 prints the...
- Timor-LesteMethadone is named at Table I-A, item 68, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Metadona -...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoMethadone is listed in the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, «LIST OF NARCOTIC DRUGS»,...
- TurkeyMethadone is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name methadone, a...
- 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)Methadone is controlled federally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name, and it is the backbone of the country's opioid agonist treatment. Постанова №...
- United Arab EmiratesMethadone is placed in Schedule 1 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «ميثادون». The dossier's...
- 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 II under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.12(c)(15). 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. Methadone is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Methadone is printed in List IIA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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For these 92 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Methadone 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
- Andorra
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- 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)
- Somalia
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe