Oxycodone legal status by country

Countries where the legal status of Oxycodone 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.

49 confirmed countries175 not individually verifiedLatest source July 14, 2026

Confirmed legal status

Each row links to the full detail for Oxycodone in that country, including consequences and the primary source.

Aceh (Indonesia)Oxycodone is governed in Aceh by national law as a Narkotika Golongan II substance (Law No. 35/2009) — a...
AustraliaOxycodone is a Schedule 8 controlled drug (drug of addiction) under the Poisons Standard (SUSMP) and state...
BahrainOxycodone is a controlled narcotic drug in the First Group of Bahrain's Decree-Law No. 15 of 2007 on Narcotic...
BangladeshOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act 2018 — a strong opioid; it is NOT...
BrazilOxycodone (oxicodona) is in Lista A1 (entorpecentes) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/98, dispensed on the yellow...
BruneiOxycodone is a Class A controlled strong opioid under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27); it is NOT named in...
CambodiaOxycodone is a Table II narcotic (1961 Schedule I/II) under Cambodia's Law on Drug Control (2011) — a...
CanadaOxycodone is explicitly named as a Schedule I controlled substance (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) and...
ChinaOxycodone is a controlled narcotic drug in China (a prescription-only strong opioid); it is death-eligible...
EgyptOxycodone is a controlled narcotic-table substance under Anti-Narcotics Law No. 182/1960 (as amended by Law...
FranceOxycodone is a stupéfiant (Liste I annexe, Code de la santé publique), dispensed on a secure prescription...
GermanyOxycodone (Oxycodon) is listed in Anlage III of the Narcotics Act (BtMG) — a marketable, prescribable...
GreeceOxycodone is a scheduled narcotic on the national narcotic table under Law 4139/2013, dispensed on a special...
IndiaOxycodone is explicitly named as an Essential Narcotic Drug scheduled under the NDPS Act 1985, dispensed only...
IndonesiaOxycodone is a Narkotika Golongan II substance under Narcotics Law No. 35/2009 — a controlled strong opioid...
IranOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under Iran's narcotics regime — a semi-synthetic strong opioid; as a...
IraqOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017 — a...
IrelandOxycodone is a Schedule 2 controlled drug (Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017)...
ItalyOxycodone (ossicodone) is in the Tabella dei medicinali Sezione A of DPR 309/1990, dispensed on a...
JapanOxycodone is a narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act — a marketed strong-opioid...
JordanOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 23 of 2016 —...
KuwaitOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under Kuwait's narcotics law (Law No. 74 of 1983, as amended, and...
LaosOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Law on Narcotics (as amended) — a strong opioid; it is NOT...
MalaysiaOxycodone is a controlled dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 — a strong opioid; it can fall...
MexicoOxycodone (oxicodona) is an estupefaciente under Articles 234/226 fracción I of the General Health Law (Ley...
MyanmarOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993 (ss. 20–21)...
NetherlandsOxycodone (oxycodon) is an Opium Act (Opiumwet) List I 'hard drug' and a narcotic-prescription medicine — a...
New ZealandOxycodone is a Class B controlled drug (Misuse of Drugs Act 1975), also regulated under the Medicines Act...
NigeriaOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the NDLEA Act (Cap. N30) — a strong opioid; the penalty for drug...
OmanOxycodone is a Controlled Drug on the narcotic tier under Oman's Royal Decree 17/99 (Law on Combating...
PakistanOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 — a strong opioid; the...
PhilippinesOxycodone is a controlled dangerous drug under RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act 2002) — a strong...
PolandOxycodone (oksykodon) is a środek odurzający in grupa I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005),...
PortugalOxycodone (oxicodona) is in Tabela I-A of Decreto-Lei 15/93 (special narcotic prescription) — a marketed...
QatarControlled narcotic under Law 9/1987 (amended 16/2023), Table 1 (controlled narcotic and dangerous...
Saudi ArabiaOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under the Law of Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (Royal...
SingaporeOxycodone is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 — a controlled strong opioid; it is...
South KoreaOxycodone is a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act — a marketed strong-opioid analgesic.
South SudanOxycodone is regulated as a controlled medicine under South Sudan's Drug and Food Control Authority Act 2012...
SpainOxycodone (oxicodona) is an estupefaciente in Lista I under Ley 17/1967 (1961 Convention), dispensed on the...
Sri LankaOxycodone is a controlled strong opioid in Sri Lanka; the capital manufacture/trafficking provisions of the...
SwedenOxycodone (oxikodon) is a narcotic in förteckning II under the Narcotics Control Act (1968:64) and LVFS...
SwitzerlandOxycodone (Oxycodon) is a controlled narcotic under the Narcotics Act (BetmG, SR 812.121), dispensed on a...
TaiwanOxycodone is a controlled narcotic (lower-category — Schedule 3/4) under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act...
ThailandOxycodone is a Category 2 narcotic under the Narcotics Code B.E. 2564 (2021) — a controlled strong-opioid...
TurkeyOxycodone is a controlled narcotic dispensed on a red prescription (kırmızı reçete) under Turkish narcotics...
United Arab EmiratesOxycodone is a controlled narcotic under Federal Decree-Law 30/2021 (narcotic tables) — a strong opioid;...
United KingdomOxycodone is a Class A controlled drug (Misuse of Drugs Act 1971) in Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs...
VietnamOxycodone is a controlled narcotic (a special-control prescription medicine) in Vietnam — a strong opioid;...

Not individually verified

For these 175 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Oxycodone 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.

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