Legality
Morphine legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Morphine 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 Morphine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Morphine is prosecuted in Aceh under national Law No. 35/2009 as a Narkotika Golongan II substance (the Qanun...
- AlbaniaMorphine is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- American Samoa (US)Morphine is controlled federally, and territorially only a class of combination preparations containing it is...
- AngolaControlled. Morfina 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 651 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. Morphine is named in Schedule 8 of F2026L01327 as «MORPHINE.», with «MORPHINE...
- AustriaControlled as a Suchtgift, placed there by regulation rather than by the statute itself. In the...
- BahamasControlled. Section 11(1)(c) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chapter 228, applies Part IV to «morphine and its...
- BahrainControlled. Morphine is placed in Group I Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshMorphine is named in Class 'ka' at serial 4 of the First Schedule, with Benzyl Morphine, Normorphine and...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control». Under the Drug Abuse...
- BelarusMorphine is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumMorphine is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeMorphine 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. Morphine is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry MORFINA 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 65 of lista A1, the list of narcotic substances, and it reads in...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Morphine is a named entry of Списък II of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaMorphine is a Table II narcotic under the Law on Drug Control (2011), prescription-controlled; opioid access...
- CanadaMorphine is explicitly a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Morphine is named in Part 1 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaMorphine is a controlled narcotic under Criminal Law Article 347 and is death-eligible: the Supreme People's...
- 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:...
- CroatiaMorphine is a droga, a narcotic drug, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se...
- CzechiaMorphine 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...
- DominicaMorphine is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I of...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Morphine is the entry «Morfina» at number 13 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...
- EstoniaMorphine is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class A controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Part 1 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 1987...
- FinlandControlled. Morphine is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMorphine is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GeorgiaMorphine is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyMorphine is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules. The dossier records the Anlage...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): Fifth Schedule A.3 names «Morphine»....
- Gibraltar (UK)Class A controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Morphine is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Morphine is entry 6 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, and the...
- 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. Morphine 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. Morphine 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 "Morphine", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «"opium derivative" means... phenanthrene alkaloids, namely,...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan II under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMorphine is placed by name. Named in the opening of Article 8 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which reads «هر کس...
- IraqControlled narcotic. Schedule One carries MORPHINE at serial 70, described as «The principal alkaloid of...
- IrelandMorphine 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 «morfina» as an operative...
- JamaicaMorphine is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs...
- JapanMorphine is a 麻薬, a narcotic, named in the Act's own 別表第一 in Japan. The entry is 「モルヒネ及びその塩類」 at...
- JordanMorphine is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanMorphine 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. Morphine is named in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Morphine is listed at Group 1, table 1, in the morphine...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names morphine in its...
- LaosMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under Laos's Narcotics Law and is death-eligible: producing, trading,...
- LatviaMorphine is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Morphine is placed in Table 2 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LithuaniaMorphine is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names morphine. The entry relied on reads «Morfinas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table I-A, item 79, prints «嗎啡 / Morfina». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaMorphine is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, with Normorphine,...
- MaldivesControlled narcotic under the Drug Act (Act No. 17/2011, as amended by the Third Amendment ratified 6...
- MaltaMorphine is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and not by the Medical and Kindred...
- MexicoMorphine is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens «Para...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Morphine 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...
- MoroccoControlled as a narcotic. The dahir of 2 December 1922 on substances vénéneuses prints « Morphine et ses sels...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Morphine is listed at Notification 24/2025, List 1: section 2(a)(ii) of the Law defines a...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Morphine 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 «Morfina», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places morphine 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 morphine,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Morphine is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Morphine is named in Group I, Table 1, serial 89 of the...
- PakistanMorphine is a narcotic drug under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has its own row in the...
- PanamaControlled. Morphine 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. Morphine is printed as "89. MORPHINE" on page 8 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «MORFINA» is entry lp. 136 in group I-N of...
- PortugalMorphine is in Tabela I-A of Decreto-Lei 15/93, dispensed on a special narcotics prescription; personal use...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-A item 56 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry as «56- MORPHINE»...
- RomaniaMorphine is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Morphine şi săruri», located at Legea 143/2000,...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists morphine at the entry «Морфин» (in English, morphine), and the...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part I of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaMorphine is named as item 4 of the Second Schedule, Class B narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the...
- Saudi ArabiaMorphine is a controlled narcotic drug in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule I Category A of the schedules...
- SerbiaMorphine 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...
- SlovakiaMorphine is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names morphine. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names morfin at Group II, row...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Morphine is named by the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 98, reprint as in force 1 October 2009)...
- South AfricaControlled as a dangerous dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part II of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaMorphine is a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act, dispensed on a narcotics prescription.
- 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,...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst I onderdeel A prints 'Morphine' and then two derived entries of its own, 'Morphine...
- SwedenControlled. Morfin is named in Förteckning II of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries morphine in list a, where the entry reads...
- 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...
- ThailandMorphine is a Category II narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table updated 15 September 2025 prints the...
- Timor-LesteMorphine is named at Table I-A, item 78, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II: "Morfina -...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoMorphine is a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25 as a narcotic in the First Schedule, «LIST OF NARCOTIC DRUGS»....
- TurkeyMorphine is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name «morfin». It...
- 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)Morphine is controlled federally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name, and it is the reference opioid analgesic of Ukrainian practice. Постанова №...
- United Arab EmiratesMorphine is placed in Schedule 1 of Decision No. 158 of 2025 at the printed entry «مورفين». Schedule 1 is the...
- 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(b)(1)(ix). Named inside a...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Morphine 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. Morphine is printed in List IIA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 94 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Morphine 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
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- 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
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe