Is Tramadol legal in Armenia?

Legal status

Tramadol is controlled in Armenia. The entry relied on reads «Տրամադոլ», located at Government Decision No. 1129-N of 21 August 2003, consolidated controlled list; Decision No. 707-N Annex 1; Criminal Code arts 393 and 396. The quantity instrument itself names Տրամադոլ, so the printed threshold, not the control list alone, controls this row. Armenia splits the question across two instruments and the split is the thing to understand. Government Decision No. 1129-N carries the controlled list and answers classification. Decision No. 707-N carries the quantity annex and answers the threshold, and that annex row is only half the calculation. Criminal Code article 393(4) to (6) then multiplies it: significant is more than fivefold and up to twenty-fivefold the small amount, large is more than twenty-fivefold and up to one hundred and twenty-fivefold, and especially large is more than one hundred and twenty-fivefold. This reading is stated as in force on 18 September 2026, checked against the consolidated texts and amendments accessible on ARLIS on that date.

Consequences if caught

Capital and life exposure. Armenia has no death penalty and no life sentence for a drug offence. The entry relied on for tramadol is «Տրամադոլ». The ceiling is 12 years. Criminal Code article 393(3) provides a term of six to twelve years, and articles 393 and 396 carry the principal offences. That 12 year ceiling is the lowest of any country authored in this session, and it is the figure the article itself prints rather than a reading of a range. The quantity instrument prints this row as «0.05 to 0.25 g»; «>0.25 to 1.25 g»; «>1.25 to 6.25 g; especially large >6.25 g». A printed annex figure in Armenia is a small amount, not a threshold for the offence. The statutory multipliers at article 393(4) to (6) turn it into the significant, large and especially large bands.

If prescribed or medical

There may be a lawful medical route for tramadol and this row does not settle it. What is settled is the control status: tramadol is on the Armenia controlled list, so any supply runs inside the control regime rather than around it. The prescribing, dispensing and import conditions sit in the Armenia medicines and pharmacy regime, which this row did not audit, and the Armenian Ministry of Health is the body that states them. Do not read this row as a statement that tramadol cannot be a prescribed medicine, because that is a different question and this row does not reach it. Treat the route as unread rather than as absent.

Documentation

Carry the prescription and the original dispensing packaging for tramadol, and get the Armenian Ministry of Health or the relevant embassy to confirm the position in writing before you travel rather than at the border. That is the carriage answer and it is short because no traveller permit scheme, declaration form or carriage allowance for tramadol appears anywhere in what was read for this row, and an absence in what was read is not proof that no scheme exists. Provenance follows. The controlling text was read on ARLIS, the official Armenian legal information system on 18 September 2026, at Government Decision No. 1129-N of 21 August 2003, consolidated controlled list; Decision No. 707-N Annex 1; Criminal Code arts 393 and 396.

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