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AdderallThe generic name is mixed amphetamine salts, and this is how countries class it

Psychotropic (ADHD stimulants, benzodiazepines, sleep)
Brand names
Adderall
Generic name
Mixed amphetamine salts
Default class
Psychotropic (ADHD stimulants, benzodiazepines, sleep)

Why the form asks for the generic name

A medicine can carry several brand names, and which one is printed on the box depends on where it was dispensed. Mixed amphetamine salts is sold as Adderall. A customs declaration, a permit application and a doctor's letter all ask for the generic name instead, because a country's schedule of controlled substances is written against the substance rather than against a brand. Every rule on this site is recorded against mixed amphetamine salts for the same reason, which is why a country can treat it differently from another medicine you might think of as similar.

How countries class it

Our records class mixed amphetamine salts as psychotropic unless the country says otherwise. 152 of our 198 country records answer it from that country's rule for the class, so it is treated the same as every other medicine in it. The rest name it directly, either by putting it in a different class or by stating a status of its own.

CountryClass thereStatus
ArmeniaPsychotropicBanned
AzerbaijanPsychotropicBanned
BelarusPsychotropicBanned
BotswanaPsychotropicBanned
BulgariaPsychotropicBanned
ChinaPsychotropicRestricted
CubaPsychotropicBanned
DenmarkPsychotropicRestricted
DjiboutiPsychotropicBanned
Dominican RepublicPsychotropicUnclear
EgyptPsychotropicBanned
EstoniaPsychotropicUnclearIts own permit rule: not settled.
FrancePsychotropicRestricted
GermanyNarcotic (reclassified)Restricted
Hong Kong SARPsychotropicPermit required
IndonesiaNarcotic (reclassified)Banned
IsraelPsychotropicPermit required
JapanPsychotropicBanned
KosovoPsychotropicBanned
LatviaPsychotropicBanned
LebanonPsychotropicBanned
LithuaniaPsychotropicBanned
MalaysiaNarcotic (reclassified)Restricted
MauritiusPsychotropicBanned
MexicoPsychotropicPrescription
MonacoPsychotropicUnclear
NamibiaPsychotropicBanned
NepalPsychotropicBanned
NigerPsychotropicPrescription
QatarNarcotic (reclassified)Permit required
RussiaPsychotropicBanned
Saint Kitts and NevisPsychotropicPermit required
San MarinoPsychotropicUnclear
Saudi ArabiaPsychotropicPermit required
SingaporePsychotropicPermit required
Solomon IslandsPsychotropicPermit required
South AfricaPsychotropicPermit requiredIts own permit rule: required.
SpainPsychotropicPermit required
TaiwanPsychotropicBanned
ThailandNarcotic (reclassified)Banned
TongaPsychotropicRestricted
UgandaPsychotropicUnclear
United Arab EmiratesPsychotropicRestricted
United KingdomPsychotropicRestricted
UzbekistanPsychotropicBanned
VietnamPsychotropicBanned

Each country page carries the wording, what the country asks you to bring, and the government source it came from. Nothing on this page is sourced by itself, so read the row you care about on its own page before you act on it.

Where it is recorded as banned

Two things put a country here. Either its record names mixed amphetamine salts itself, or the country bans the whole class it sits in, which covers more medicines than this one.

  • ArmeniaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • AzerbaijanNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • BelarusNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • BotswanaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • BulgariaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • ComorosFrom its rule for psychotropic medicines
  • CubaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • DjiboutiNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • EgyptNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • IndonesiaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • JapanNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • KosovoNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • LatviaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • LebanonNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • LithuaniaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • MaliFrom its rule for psychotropic medicines
  • MauritiusNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • MongoliaFrom its rule for psychotropic medicines
  • NamibiaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • NepalNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • RussiaNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • TaiwanNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • ThailandNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • UzbekistanNames mixed amphetamine salts itself
  • VietnamNames mixed amphetamine salts itself

Confirm a ban yourself. These rows summarise what the record says. Open the country page for the exact wording and the government page it came from, then ask that authority or the country's embassy in writing before you book.

Check it against your own trip

The class is only half the answer. What you have to carry, apply for and declare depends on where you are going and how long you are away. We will carry Adderall over, so you only add your stops.

Add my destinations

The check is free. The trip pack that turns it into paperwork is A$59, once. It does not renew.

Adderall in the most-visited destinations

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This page organises publicly available government information and is not legal or medical advice. It names how a substance is classed, not whether any particular traveller will be let through a border. Rules change and enforcement varies, so confirm with the official links on the country page or with the embassy before you travel.