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...
- AustraliaMorphine is a Schedule 8 (controlled drug / drug of addiction) medicine under the Poisons Standard (SUSMP)...
- BahrainMorphine is a controlled narcotic drug in the First Group of Bahrain's Decree-Law No. 15 of 2007 on Narcotic...
- BangladeshMorphine is a Category A ('Ka') narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 and is death-eligible: the...
- BrazilMorphine is in List A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 — dispensed on a yellow 'Notificação de...
- BruneiMorphine is a controlled narcotic under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27) and is death-eligible: trafficking...
- 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...
- ChinaMorphine is a controlled narcotic under Criminal Law Article 347 and is death-eligible: the Supreme People's...
- EgyptMorphine is a Schedule 1 narcotic under Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182/1960 (as amended by Law 122/1989) and is...
- FranceMorphine is a stupéfiant (Liste I) under the Code de la santé publique — dispensed on a secure narcotics...
- GermanyMorphine is listed in Anlage III of the Narcotics Act (BtMG) as a marketable, prescribable narcotic...
- GreeceMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under Law 4139/2013 — dispensed on a special narcotics prescription under...
- IndiaMorphine is explicitly an Essential Narcotic Drug scheduled under the NDPS Act 1985 — dispensed only through...
- IndonesiaMorphine is a controlled narcotic (Narkotika Golongan II) under Law No. 35/2009 and is death-eligible:...
- IranMorphine is expressly enumerated in Article 8 of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Law as a processed narcotic and is...
- IraqMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017 and is...
- IrelandMorphine is a Schedule 2 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and the Misuse of Drugs...
- ItalyMorphine is in Sezione A of the Tabella dei medicinali under DPR 309/1990 — dispensed on a non-repeatable...
- JapanMorphine is a narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, dispensed on a narcotics...
- JordanMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under Jordan's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 23 of...
- KuwaitMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under Kuwait's narcotics law (Law No. 74 of 1983, as amended) and is...
- LaosMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under Laos's Narcotics Law and is death-eligible: producing, trading,...
- MalaysiaMorphine is a scheduled, controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and is death-eligible:...
- MaldivesMorphine is a controlled narcotic under the Drug Act (Law No. 17/2011, as amended by the 2025 Third...
- MexicoMorphine is an estupefaciente under Article 234/226 fracción I of the General Health Law (Ley General de...
- MyanmarMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 and is...
- NetherlandsMorphine is an Opium Act (Opiumwet) List I ('hard drug') narcotic dispensed on a narcotics prescription.
- New ZealandMorphine is a Class B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (also regulated under the Medicines...
- NigeriaMorphine is a controlled narcotic under the NDLEA Act (Cap. N30); trafficking is punished by up to life...
- OmanMorphine is a Controlled Drug on the narcotic tier under Oman's Royal Decree 17/99 (Law on Combating Narcotic...
- PakistanMorphine is a scheduled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 (s.9); the 2022 amendment...
- PhilippinesMorphine is a controlled dangerous drug under RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act 2002); the death...
- PolandMorphine is a narcotic (środek odurzający) in group I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act 2005 —...
- PortugalMorphine is in Tabela I-A of Decreto-Lei 15/93 — dispensed on a special narcotics prescription; personal use...
- QatarControlled narcotic under Law No. 9 of 1987 on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances...
- Saudi ArabiaMorphine is a controlled narcotic under the Law of Combating Narcotics (Royal Decree M/39, 2005) and is...
- SingaporeMorphine is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (First Schedule) and is...
- South KoreaMorphine is a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act, dispensed on a narcotics prescription.
- SpainMorphine is an estupefaciente in List I under Ley 17/1967 (1961 Convention) — dispensed on an official...
- Sri LankaMorphine is expressly named in section 54A of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and is...
- SwedenMorphine is a narcotic in förteckning II under the Narcotics Control Act (1968:64) — dispensed on a special...
- SwitzerlandMorphine is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Act (BetmG, SR 812.121) — dispensed on a narcotics...
- TaiwanMorphine is a Category 1 (Schedule 1) narcotic under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act and is...
- ThailandMorphine is a Category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Code B.E. 2564 (2021), dispensed on a narcotics...
- TurkeyMorphine is a controlled narcotic dispensed on a red prescription (kırmızı reçete) under TİTCK control.
- United Arab EmiratesMorphine is a controlled narcotic listed in the drug tables of Federal Decree-Law 30/2021 and is...
- United KingdomMorphine is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and a Schedule 2 controlled drug (CD...
- VietnamMorphine is a controlled narcotic (List I) under Vietnam's narcotics regime; Penal Code Article 251 formerly...
Not individually verified
For these 175 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
- 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
- South Sudan
- 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