Is Oxycodone legal in Kuwait?
- Legal status
- Controlled narcotic. Oxycodone is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I opioid and Kuwait furnishes annual estimates to INCB under it. The governing statute is Amiri Decree-Law No. 59 of 2025, which by Article 83 repealed Law No. 74 of 1983 - the statute previously cited in this cell as current.
- Consequences if caught
- Under Chapter Nine of Decree-Law 59/2025 trafficking carries death or life imprisonment with fines of KD 100,000 to KD 2 million, and organising an international trafficking operation is punishable by death. The published account names no substance and no gram floor, so oxycodone's place in that tier is a determination, not a published threshold.
- If prescribed or medical
- Dispensed on prescription as a controlled narcotic, and it is the opioid Kuwait plans for most heavily: the 2026 INCB estimated requirement for oxycodone is 6,000 g, more than double Kuwait's morphine figure of 2,500 g.
- Documentation
- TRAVELLER TRAP: advance Ministry of Health clearance is required to import controlled medicines. Carry a certified prescription or medical report.
- 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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