Is Morphine legal in Ukraine?

Legal status

Controlled in Ukraine by name, and it is the reference opioid analgesic of Ukrainian practice. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026, prints «Морфін» at CAS 57-27-2 and record UKR-66 accepts that row; the heading is in sentence case here because the list prints in capitals. The diacetyl ester is printed separately at CAS 561-27-3, and the plant material that yields the alkaloid is printed separately again at CAS 8008-60-4, so Ukraine reaches the alkaloid, its ester and the raw material through three distinct headings. This source does not state which of таблиці I to IV any of them occupies, and for a palliative care medicine the table is what sets the prescribing rules.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Ukraine abolished the death penalty and no drug provision restores it. The trade article the source names is Кримінальний кодекс України, стаття 307, with a ceiling of twelve years of imprisonment at its third part and no life sentence anywhere in it. Because the heading at CAS 57-27-2 is matched, наказ МОЗ № 188 supplies the small, large and especially large bands. A palliative patient may hold a quantity that reaches a band, which is the reason the dispensing documentation matters more on this row than on almost any other. The source reproduces no figures and names no separate possession article. Separately from that, and carried forward from this site's published Ukraine entry rather than re-derived from the Code in this pass, the published penalties are these. Personal use of a small amount is administrative under article 44 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, a fine of 25 to 50 tax free minimum incomes, 20 to 60 hours of community service, or administrative arrest of up to 15 days. Above small, personal use under article 309 is criminal, a fine, correctional labour of up to two years, or restriction of liberty of up to five years, rising to up to three years where aggravated or large and up to eight years where a minor is involved. Trafficking or sale under article 307 draws four to twelve years with property forfeiture. Smuggling under article 305 draws five to eight years, and up to eight to ten years aggravated. The published entry records the small, large and especially large quantity thresholds as very low, and that trace amounts have triggered article 309. Drug use itself, other than in public, is not criminal there. Every figure in this paragraph is a penalty range or a fine and none of them is a quantity threshold. They describe the offences that this row's placement in the Ukrainian list brings into play.

If prescribed or medical

Ukraine allows no personal use quantity, наказ МОЗ № 188 grades criminal conduct rather than licensing carriage, and a scheduled medicine must additionally satisfy Закон України «Про лікарські засоби» on prescription, packaging, import and customs. On this row the placement is a matched heading at CAS 57-27-2 and the usual carrier is a cancer or palliative patient. What this source does not establish is the traveller mechanism: no import permit, no personal allowance and no rule recognising a foreign prescription was found, and none was researched. Settle the route with the Ukrainian authorities before travelling, because an interruption in supply is a clinical emergency.

Documentation

Carry the prescription, the original dispensing pack with the pharmacy label in the patient's own name, and a prescriber's letter naming the active ingredient, the formulation including whether it is modified release, the strength, the daily dose, any breakthrough dose, the treatment period, the diagnosis and the total quantity carried. Carry the prescriber's contact details and the hospital or hospice letterhead. Keep the medicine in its labelled containers, declare it on arrival, and obtain any Ukrainian authorisation in advance. The heading at CAS 57-27-2 was read on 20 September 2026.

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