Is Morphine legal in Kuwait?
- Legal status
- Controlled narcotic. Morphine is a Schedule I substance under the 1961 Single Convention and Kuwait files annual narcotic estimates with INCB under it. Kuwait's governing statute is now Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, whose Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the law this cell previously cited as current.
- Consequences if caught
- Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 provides death or life imprisonment plus fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million for trafficking, and death for organising an international trafficking operation. No published gram threshold ties morphine to that tier; capital exposure turns on the trafficking determination, not on a stated weight.
- If prescribed or medical
- Available on prescription as a controlled narcotic. Kuwait's INCB estimated requirement of morphine for 2026 is 2,500 g, inside a 16-substance narcotic return that Kuwait furnished itself. Supply is real but small - this is a country that plans for kilograms, not tonnes, of morphine.
- Documentation
- Ministry of Health prior authorisation is required to import controlled narcotics. Carry the prescription and original packaging.
- Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances, Chapter Nine and Arts. 82-84 (KUNA, via Kuwait Times): https://kuwaittimes.com/article/36271/kuwait/amiri-decree-issued-on-combating-drugs-psychotropic-substances-regulating-use-trafficking/
- INCB, Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (July update): https://www.incb.org/incb/uploads/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Status-of-Estimates/2026/EstJul26_rev.pdf
Court records
We have not yet assessed whether court records are publicly available for this jurisdiction.
Other substances confirmed in Kuwait
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