Legality
Opium legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Opium 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 Opium in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaOpium is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and plant...
- American Samoa (US)Opium is controlled federally and locally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is a Class A drug, and it is the one substance the Act gives its own offence section. It is...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 740 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. Opium is named in Schedule 8 of F2026L01327 as «OPIUM except the alkaloids noscapine in Schedule...
- AustriaThis is a Suchtgift in Austria, which is the heavier of the country's two drug designations. In the...
- BahamasControlled, under three separate heads. Section 6 applies Part II to «raw opium», defined in section 2 as the...
- BahrainControlled. Opium is placed in Group I Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic drugs...
- BangladeshOpium is placed in Class 'ka' of the First Schedule by two entries of its own, and neither is capital. Class...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control». Under the Drug Abuse...
- BelarusOpium is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- BelgiumOpium is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints...
- BelizeRaw opium is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule I paragraph 1(a), in the Misuse of...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Opium is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry OPIO 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 75 of lista A1, the list of narcotic substances, and it reads in...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class A drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part I of Schedule 2 names...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Opium is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Cabo VerdeControlled. Opium is in Table II, part A of Lei n.º 78/IV/93, printed on page 530 of Boletim Oficial I Série...
- CanadaControlled. Opium is in Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Possession is an offence.
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Opium is named in Part 1 of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- 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: Opium...
- CroatiaOpium is a droga, a narcotic drug, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se može...
- CzechiaOpium 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...
- DominicaOpium is a Class A controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part I of the...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Opium is carried by six entries at the head of acápite I of Categoría II of article 8 of Ley...
- EgyptControlled twice in Egypt: as a narcotic substance in the second section of Table 1, and through the plant...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaOpium is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- FinlandControlled. Opium is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceOpium is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GeorgiaOpium is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched to...
- GermanyOpium is listed in Anlage III of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz by description rather than by chemistry. The...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019): Fifth Schedule A.1 names «Opium». That...
- Gibraltar (UK)Class A controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Opium is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Opium is entry 8 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Β, the second table, an entry that opens...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part I of the First Schedule, the List of Narcotic Drugs Under Control. The entry...
- 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. Opium 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. Opium 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 "Opium", with "Þ.e. hverslags vara úr hrá-ópíum sem...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «"opium" means the coagulated juice of the opium poppy; and any...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranOpium is placed by name. Named in the opening of Article 4 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which reads «هر کس بنگ،...
- IraqProhibited. Schedule One carries OPIUM at serial 81, described as «the coagulated juice of the opium poppy...
- IrelandOpium is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1 raw; Schedule 2...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק א'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «oppio» as an operative...
- JamaicaOpium is reached by Part IV of the Dangerous Drugs Act as the consolidated text stands. The list of drugs to...
- JapanOpium is controlled in Japan by the あへん法, 昭和二十九年法律第七十一号, not by the narcotics list. あへん法第三条第二号 defines あへん as...
- JordanOpium is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances...
- KazakhstanOpium 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. Opium is controlled in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands,...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Opium is listed at Group 1, table 1, serial N1-72 as raw...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names opium in its...
- LatviaOpium is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonControlled. Opium is placed in Table 2 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LithuaniaOpium is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names opium. The entry relied on reads «Opijus (sutirštintos...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table I-A, item 92, prints «阿片 - 罌粟汁凝固物（植物物種：Papaver somniferum L.） / Ópio -...
- MalaysiaOpium is named four times in the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952: «Raw Opium» and...
- MaltaOpium is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and not by the Medical and Kindred...
- MexicoOpium is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens «Para los...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Opium and the opium poppy are in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și...
- 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 « Opium brut et...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Opium is listed at Notification 24/2025, List 1: section 2(a)(ii) of the Law defines a...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Opium is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row prints...
- 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 «Opio», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley No....
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places opium 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 opium,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Opium is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Opium is named in Group I, Table 1, serial 105 of the annex...
- PakistanOpium is a narcotic drug under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has its own row in the...
- PanamaControlled. Opium 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. Opium is printed as "105. OPIUM* (the coagulated juice of the opium poppy...
- PolandControlled. Poland names it in its own national list, and the entry reaches the tincture as well as the raw...
- PortugalControlled. Opium is named twice in table I-A of Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93, once as the spontaneously coagulated...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 2-A item 66 and Table 4 item 2 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry...
- RomaniaOpium is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Opiu», located at Legea 143/2000, Tabelul II;...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists opium at the entry «Опий» (in English, opium), and the dossier's...
- Saint LuciaControlled. Class A drug under section 4(1)(b), specified in Part I of Schedule 2. The entry as printed is...
- SamoaOpium is named as item 5 of the Second Schedule, Class B narcotics, to the Narcotics Act 1967, the official...
- Saudi ArabiaOpium is a controlled narcotic drug in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule I Category A of the schedules...
- SerbiaOpium is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak psihoaktivnih...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaOpium is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names opium. The entry relied on reads «Ópium»,...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names opij, the dried milky...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Opium is controlled under all three Parts of the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 98, reprint as in...
- South AfricaControlled as a dangerous dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part II of the Drugs and Drug...
- 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 'Opium' with footnote 8, 'Waaronder begrepen ruw opium, medicinaal opium,...
- SwedenControlled. Opium is named in Förteckning II of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries opium in list a, where the entry reads „Opium“....
- 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. Item 23 of List 1 of Перечень 1, narcotic drugs, of the National List approved by...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandOpium is a Category II narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table updated 15 September 2025 prints the heading...
- Timor-LesteOpium is named twice at Table I-A of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II. Item 91: "Ópio - o suco coagulado espontaneamente...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoOpium is entry (1) of item 1 of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, «LIST OF NARCOTIC...
- TurkeyOpium is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name «afyon». The...
- TuvaluControlled in Tuvalu under the Dangerous Drugs Act, Cap. 10.10 (2022 Revised Edition), read with the...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Opium is controlled federally. Federal Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine as the raw plant exudate, under its own heading. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV,...
- United Arab EmiratesOpium is carried at the Schedule 1 opium entry of Decision No. 158 of 2025, the printed entry being...
- 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). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Opium 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. Opium is printed in List IA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 100 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Opium 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.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- 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
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- 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 Korea
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe