Is Zolpidem legal in Georgia?

Legal status

Zolpidem is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched to the entry «ზოლპიდემი», with CAS 82626-48-0 as the identifier the dossier attaches to that match. The entry is recorded in Georgian, which is the language Law No. 624 is written in, so the string and the instrument agree. The entry is the Georgian spelling of a hypnotic that is not a benzodiazepine, so it sits in the lists on its own footing rather than through the class that six other rows among these substances belong to. The dossier cites the annexed set as Lists I to IV taken together and never records which of the four lists a row sits on, so the placement is established at the level of the annexes and not of a numbered list. The final consolidated text was read on the Legislative Herald of Georgia, which the dossier calls Matsne, on 20 September 2026. The dossier's outcome for this row is verified.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Georgia has abolished the death penalty and the dossier records no capital route for any substance on these lists. The ceiling is life imprisonment, under Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Georgia for aggravated illegal circulation, and life is where the scale stops. Because «ზოლპიდემი» is an accepted entry, the circulation offence reaches conduct in this substance through that entry. The offence reaches the molecule through its own entry, and nothing about its being outside the benzodiazepine class narrows or widens that. The official quantity table assigns a small, a large and an especially large quantity by substance, and the dossier records that the table is applied through the matched entry without reproducing any of its figures, so no weight is stated in this cell and none should be inferred from one. There is no general lawful personal use allowance, and the absence of a small quantity figure for a substance is not permission to hold it.

If prescribed or medical

The prescription position is deferred here rather than stated. No Georgian rule on a traveller carrying a prescribed supply has been established for this substance, so whether a foreign prescription is recognised has to be settled with the Georgian authorities before travel. What this row does attach to that deferral is the placement: «ზოლპიდემი» is an accepted entry on the annexes to Law No. 624 rather than under the medicines law. It is a widely prescribed hypnotic and a listed substance here, and the dossier records no route for a traveller carrying a prescribed course.

Documentation

The dossier records no documentary requirement for Georgia and carries no column for one, so nothing is prescribed in this cell. What the row does fix is the identity that everything else turns on: the entry «ზოლპიდემი», with CAS 82626-48-0. The dispensing label naming the molecule is the practical document, and it should not be described as a benzodiazepine because the entry does not treat it as one. The record and its outcome were read on 20 September 2026 and this cell is dated 21 September 2026.

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