Travelers coming to UAE with controlled medicines or even prescribed medicines beyond the quantity required for their personal use can face punitive action.
The list in the annexures of the guidelines includes sedatives that are found in popular cough syrups available in the Indian subcontinent such as codeine, pseudoephiderine and pholcodine among others, according to guidelines circular issued by the Ministry of Health and Prevention.
Social workers working closely with blue-collar workers say sometimes out of sheer ignorance, people carry cough syrups and painkillers containing these banned substances and have had to face arrest and deportation. Punitive action will be taken against violators depending on the quantity or the banned medicines.
The circular, referencing Pharmacy law No. 4 of 1983 and Narcotics Law No. 14 of 1995, cautions travellers entering the UAE against bringing in controlled or psychotropic medicines and narcotics that may be available easily in the country of origin but might be included in the control list in the UAE.
Travellers to the UAE are advised to consult the detailed list of the banned medicines and drug schedule and seek permission to carry these from the Registration and Drug Control Department of the ministry prior to the commencement of the journey.
The circular further states that any personal medicines will be subject to inspection by the ministry’s inspectors and the customs department at the port of entry in the UAE.
In case of controlled medicines for personal use, both travellers to the UAE and those transiting through the country have to carry a valid medical prescription from the country of origin. In case the original prescription is not available, travellers are advised to carry attested prescription. For those terminating their journey in the UAE, an additional authenticated certificate or permit from the relevant health authority is also required.
Top 20 medicines on the narcotics, psychotropic and controlled list
- Alpha- Methylfentanyl: Prohibited
- Betamethadol: Narcotic
- Cannabis: Prohibited
- Codoxime: Narcotic
- Concentration of poppy straw: Prohibited
- Fentanyl: Narcotic
- Methadone: Narcotic
- Morphine: Narcotic
- Opium: Narcotic
- Oxycodone: Narcotic
- Phenoperidine: Narcotic
- Trimeperidine: Narcotic
- Ketamine: Psychotropic
- Codeine: Narcotic
- Cathinone: Prohibited
- Amphetamine: Psychotropic
- Pentobarbital: Psychotropic
- Bromazepam: Psychotropic
- Risperidone: Controlled Drug A
- Tramadol: Controlled Drug A
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