Legality
Zolpidem legal status by country
Also known as: ambien
Countries where the legal status of Zolpidem 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.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Zolpidem in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaZolpidem is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed. The Act carries no sedative hypnotic other than methaqualone. This is a positive finding of...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 886 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaPrescription only medicine and prohibited import; not a Criminal Code drug. F2026L01327 names zolpidem in...
- AustriaAustria controls this under the Psychotropenverordnung as a psychotropic substance. In the...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. Zolpidem is placed in Group II Schedule 4 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshZolpidem is named last in Class 'ga' at serial 3 of the First Schedule, after Vinylbital, which is also named...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusZolpidem is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumZolpidem is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- Bermuda (UK)Controlled under Bermuda's own Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. Zolpidem is named in Schedule 2 Part I, the list of...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 94 of lista B1, psychotropic substances, and it reads in full:...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Zolpidem is a named entry of Списък III of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaZolpidem is a controlled targeted substance in Canada, listed as a Class 1 targeted substance under the...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 2, the lista of substances that do not produce those grave effects.
- ChinaZolpidem is a Class II (second-category) psychotropic drug in China, transposing its 1971 Convention Schedule...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled as a psychotropic substance under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention...
- CroatiaZolpidem is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CzechiaZolpidem is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste E of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Zolpidem has no entry. It is an imidazopyridine and not a benzodiazepine, and the non...
- EgyptControlled in Egypt's Table 3, not as a Table 1 narcotic substance. «الجدول رقم (٣) - المواد التي تخضع لبعض...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaZolpidem is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Zolpidem is named on liste E nr. 82 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Zolpidem is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceZolpidem is a listed psychotropic substance in France, on the psychotropics list rather than the narcotics...
- GeorgiaZolpidem is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyZolpidem is a named narcotic in the prescribable tier of the German schedules, which is worth stating because...
- GhanaZolpidem is a controlled substance for medical supply in Ghana and is not named in the Fifth, Sixth or...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Zolpidem is entry 77 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Δ, the fourth table, an entry that...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. Zolpidem is named in Lista IV del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal (Decreto...
- Hong KongNot a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). Controlled as a medicine under the...
- HungaryControlled. Zolpidem is a named entry of the P4 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Zolpidem", and the row identifies it by the printed...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «109 Zolpidem (INN)», at serial 109 of the Act's Schedule, the...
- IndonesiaPsikotropika Golongan IV under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 1997 tentang Psikotropika:...
- IranZolpidem is placed at entry 62 of Schedule 4 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13, printed...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Eight carries ZOLPIDEM at serial 62, described as...
- IrelandZolpidem is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 4, Part 1; S.I....
- ItalyControlled as a medicinal substance. The Ministry of Health compilation carries «zolpidem» and routes it...
- JapanZolpidem is a 向精神薬, a psychotropic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第三第十一号. The entry...
- JordanZolpidem is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanZolpidem is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No....
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Zolpidem is listed at Group 2, table 4, serial P4-86, and...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names zolpidem in its...
- LatviaZolpidem is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Zolpidem is placed in Table 3 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LithuaniaZolpidem is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names zolpidem. The entry relied on reads «Zolpidemas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table IV, item 61, prints «唑吡旦 / Zolpidem». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaZolpidem is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule with «Zopiclone»...
- MaltaZolpidem is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoZolpidem is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Zolpidem is in Table III, «Tabelul național III. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Zolpidem is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 4, and that listing is the whole of what...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Zolpidem is named in lijst II of the Opiumwet and not in lijst I, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «ZOLPIDEM», printed in the current schedules of the 1971...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places zolpidem under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for zolpidem,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Zolpidem is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Zolpidem is named in Group II, Table 4, serial 69 of the...
- PanamaControlled. Zolpidem is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista IV of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Zolpidem is printed as "69. ZOLPIDEM" on page 23 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «ZOLPIDEM» is entry lp. 71 in group IV-P of...
- PortugalZolpidem is a controlled psychotropic prescription medicine in Portugal, listed in Tabela IV of Decreto-Lei...
- QatarControlled as a psychotropic medicine in Qatar under Law No. 19 of 1993, named at entry 74 of the Ministry of...
- RomaniaZolpidem is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «ZOLPIDEM = N,N,6-trimethyl-2-p-tolylimidazol...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists zolpidem at the entry «Золпидем» (in English, zolpidem), and the...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- Saudi ArabiaZolpidem is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category D of the...
- SerbiaZolpidem is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeNot a controlled drug under this Act. Zolpidem is in no Part of the First Schedule. Zolpidem is an...
- SlovakiaZolpidem is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names zolpidem. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names zolpidem at Group III,...
- South AfricaControlled as a Specified Schedule 5 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as...
- South KoreaZolpidem is a controlled psychotropic medicine under South Korea's Act on the Control of Narcotics,...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Zolpidem is entry 63 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SwedenControlled. Zolpidem is named in Förteckning IV of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries zolpidem in list b, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 4 narcotic (第四級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. The National List approved by Government Resolution No. 121 of 27 February 2020...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. Schedule IV of the 1971 Convention list inside the First Schedule of the Drug Control and...
- ThailandZolpidem is a Category 4 psychotropic substance in Thailand. The Ministry of Public Health naming...
- Timor-LesteZolpidem is named at Table IV, item 64, of Lei 2/2017's Anexo II, printed in lower case in the statute...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Zolpidem is controlled federally. Federal Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026,...
- United Arab EmiratesZolpidem is individually controlled in Schedule 8 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed entry...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class C drug. Part III of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule IV under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.14(c)(59). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Zolpidem is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Zolpidem is printed in List III of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 118 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Zolpidem 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.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe