Is Tramadol legal in Sudan?
- Legal status
- Tramadol is reported to be nationally scheduled/controlled in Sudan under its Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act framework (UNODC references Sudan scheduling tramadol around 2010); the exact current instrument is left to confirmation, and while Sudan retains the death penalty for drug trafficking in principle, a tramadol-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
- Consequences if caught
- Unprescribed tramadol is treated as a controlled substance and is prosecuted; the tramadol-specific capital tier is left to confirmation.
- If prescribed or medical
- PRESCRIPTION AVAILABILITY NOT CONFIRMED. Tramadol sits outside the 1961 and 1971 Convention schedules, so no INCB estimate or assessment covers it. Sudan's medicines regulator is the National Medicines and Poisons Board; no public NMPB register or controlled-medicines list was reachable, and Sudan has furnished INCB no traveller regulation ("Information not yet provided by country"). The control status above is what is established; tramadol's Sudanese prescription status is not confirmed here.
- Documentation
- Carry only prescribed quantities with documentation (prescription and doctor's letter).
- hri.global
- INCB Country Regulations for Travellers: https://www.incb.org/incb/en/travellers/country-regulations.html
Court records
We have not yet assessed whether court records are publicly available for this jurisdiction.
Other substances confirmed in Sudan
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Sudan’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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