Is Morphine legal in Maldives?

Legal status

Controlled narcotic under the Drug Act (Act No. 17/2011, as amended by the Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025). Morphine is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I substance and the Maldives furnishes narcotic estimates to INCB under it.

Consequences if caught

The Third Amendment to the Drugs Act, ratified 6 December 2025, raises Schedule 1 trafficking to 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of MVR 75,000 to MVR 7,500,000, and permits that penalty to be elevated to death where the quantity brought into the country at the point of entry exceeds 350 g of cannabis, 250 g of diamorphine or 100 g of any other Schedule 1 drug. Execution requires every justice of the Supreme Court, sitting as a full bench, to agree unanimously. The Act's Schedule 1 list is not reproduced in the ratification record, so this substance's Schedule 1 placement is left to confirmation.

If prescribed or medical

Available on prescription as a controlled narcotic. The Maldives' INCB estimated requirement of morphine for 2026 is 724 g. Note the scale: this is a small national requirement, in a return that lists only four narcotic substances, so licit morphine exists but the supply is thin.

Documentation

Carry a prescription and original packaging and declare controlled narcotics on entry; prior import approval may be required. The Maldives Food and Drug Authority publishes the national medicines rules but is not an allowlisted source for this project, so nothing is quoted from it here.

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