Legality · OxycodoneOxycodone in Maldives: not individually verified
Not individually verified
We have not confirmed that Oxycodone specifically is scheduled in Maldives, so this page gives no legal status. Publishing a guess here would be worse than publishing nothing. What we do know is the governing national drug law, below.
- What is on record
- Not confirmed — the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011, as amended by the Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025) is the governing drug law; the specific scheduling/penalty for oxycodone in Maldives is not confirmed here. Verify against the current schedule.
Confirm directly with Maldives’s national drug authority or your own embassy before you rely on anything.
What Maldives HAS confirmed for related substances
These are related compounds, not Oxycodone. Their status may or may not reflect Oxycodone’s. Confirm Oxycodone directly with Maldives's national drug authority or your embassy.
Buprenorphine is a controlled prescription medicine under the Maldives Drug Act (Law No. 17/2011), a 1971 Schedule III opioid, a lighter tier than methadone; it sits below the capital tier, though its exact Schedule membership is left to confirmation.
issup.net · Verified July 13, 2026
Codeine is a controlled/registered prescription medicine under the Drug Act (Law No. 17/2011); low-dose codeine sits below the capital tier (the death-eligible thresholds attach to Schedule 1 drugs such as diamorphine above 250 g, or above 100 g of any Schedule 1 drug, not to low-dose codeine).
issup.net · mfda.gov.mv · incb.org · Maldives Food and Drug Authority, Approved Drug List No. MTG/RE-AL/Li 0009/2026-00008, updated 11.08.2026 · INCB Estimated World Requirements of Narcotic Drugs for 2026 (April update), the Maldives row carries no codeine line · Verified August 25, 2026
Controlled under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011, Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025), trafficking a Schedule 1 drug carries a mandatory 20-year base term, elevated to capital punishment where the quantity exceeds 350 g cannabis / 250 g diamorphine / 100 g of any other Schedule 1 drug AND brought in at the point of entry (capital punishment requires the unanimous full Supreme Court bench, else life imprisonment); possession of a Schedule 2 drug without a prescription 3-15 years + fine; death penalty retained de jure since December 2025 under a long-standing execution moratorium since 1954
Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025 · presidency.gov.mv · Verified June 27, 2026
Controlled under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011, Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025), trafficking a Schedule 1 drug carries a mandatory 20-year base term, elevated to capital punishment where the quantity exceeds 350 g cannabis / 250 g diamorphine / 100 g of any other Schedule 1 drug AND brought in at the point of entry (capital punishment requires the unanimous full Supreme Court bench, else life imprisonment); possession of a Schedule 2 drug without a prescription 3-15 years + fine; death penalty retained de jure since December 2025 under a long-standing execution moratorium since 1954
Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025 · presidency.gov.mv · Verified June 27, 2026
Controlled substance under the Drug Act (Act No. 17/2011, as amended by the Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025). Hydrocodone is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I opioid.
Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025 - The President's Office, Maldives: https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/35837 · 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 · Verified August 25, 2026
Controlled narcotic under the Drug Act (Act No. 17/2011, as amended by the Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025). Methadone is a 1961 Single Convention Schedule I opioid.
Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025 - The President's Office, Maldives: https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/35837 · 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 · Verified August 25, 2026
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.
Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011), Third Amendment ratified 6 December 2025 - The President's Office, Maldives: https://presidency.gov.mv/Press/Article/35837 · 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 · Verified August 25, 2026
Tramadol is a controlled prescription medicine under the MFDA and the strict Drug Act (Law 17/2011), which requires import approval; its exact schedule placement is left to confirmation, and whether it sits in a capital trafficking tier is not established, so the tramadol-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
issup.net · mfda.gov.mv · Maldives Food and Drug Authority, Approved Drug List No. MTG/RE-AL/Li 0009/2026-00008, updated 11.08.2026 · Verified August 25, 2026
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