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*'''Canada''': Phenibut is not a controlled substance in Canada, meaning it is legal to possess without any sort of license or prescription. {{citation needed}}

*'''Germany''': Phenibut may be controlled under the NpSG (''New Psychoactive Substances Act'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/anlage.html|title=Anlage NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref> as of July 18, 2019. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl119s1083.pdf|title=Verordnung zur Änderung der Anlage des Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetzes und von Anlagen des Betäubungsmittelgesetzes|publisher=Bundesanzeiger Verlag|access-date=December 28, 2019|work=Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2019 Teil I|publication-date=July 17, 2019|language=de}}</ref> If this law applies to Phenibut remains unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/__4.html|title=§ 4 NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ift.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Literatur/Berichte/Kraus_et_al_2020_NpSG-Abschlussbericht.pdf ''Evaluation der Auswirkungen des Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetzes (NpSG): Abschlussbericht.'']</ref>

*'''Italy''': Phenibut is a Schedule 1 controlled substance.<ref>[http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_3729_0_file.pdf Tabella 1](PDF) (in Italian). Ministero della Salute [Ministry of Health]. p.19. Retrieved November 24, 2020.</ref>

*'''Latvia''': Phenibut is an unscheduled prescription drug, marketed as "Noofen".<ref>https://dati.zva.gov.lv/zalu-registrs/?iss=1&q=Phenibutum Database of licensed phenibut medicines and their legal status under the State Agency of Medicines of the Republic of Latvia. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref><ref>https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/50539 Active Latvian law regarding scheduled and banned substances. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref>

*'''Switzerland''': Phenibut is not controlled under Buchstabe A, B, C and D. It could be considered legal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20101220/index.html|title=Verordnung des EDI über die Verzeichnisse der Betäubungsmittel, psychotropen Stoffe, Vorläuferstoffe und Hilfschemikalien|publisher=Bundeskanzlei [Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref>

*'''United Kingdom''': Phenibut is not a controlled substance in the United Kingdom. It'' may'' be illegal to produce, supply, or import this drug under the Psychoactive Substance Act 2016, which applies a blanket restriction on all "psychoactive substances" with exemptions for alcohol, nicotine and "medicinal products".<ref>{{Citation | title=Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 | url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/contents/enacted}}</ref>

*'''United States''': Phenibut is not a controlled substance in the United States, meaning it is federally legal to possess without any sort of license or prescription.<ref name="eleven">{{Citation | title=Erowid Phenibut Vault: Legal Status | url=https://erowid.org/smarts/phenibut/phenibut_law.shtml}}</ref>Phenibut is a Schedule II controlled substance in Alabama as of November 21st, 2021.<ref>Alabama List of Controlled Substances<nowiki/>https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/blog/assets/controlledsubstanceslist.pdf</ref>

*'''Italy''': Phenibut is a Schedule 1 controlled substance.<ref>[http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_3729_0_file.pdf Tabella 1](PDF) (in Italian). Ministero della Salute [Ministry of Health]. p.19. Retrieved November 24, 2020.</ref>

*'''Latvia''': Phenibut is an unscheduled prescription drug, marketed as "Noofen".<ref>https://dati.zva.gov.lv/zalu-registrs/?iss=1&q=Phenibutum Database of licensed phenibut medicines and their legal status under the State Agency of Medicines of the Republic of Latvia. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref><ref>https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/50539 Active Latvian law regarding scheduled and banned substances. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref>

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 *'''Canada''': Phenibut is not a controlled substance in Canada, meaning it is legal to possess without any sort of license or prescription. {{citation needed}}
 *'''Germany''': Phenibut may be controlled under the NpSG (''New Psychoactive Substances Act'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/anlage.html|title=Anlage NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref> as of July 18, 2019. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl119s1083.pdf|title=Verordnung zur Änderung der Anlage des Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetzes und von Anlagen des Betäubungsmittelgesetzes|publisher=Bundesanzeiger Verlag|access-date=December 28, 2019|work=Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2019 Teil I|publication-date=July 17, 2019|language=de}}</ref> If this law applies to Phenibut remains unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/__4.html|title=§ 4 NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ift.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Literatur/Berichte/Kraus_et_al_2020_NpSG-Abschlussbericht.pdf ''Evaluation der Auswirkungen des Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetzes  (NpSG): Abschlussbericht.'']</ref>
+*'''Italy''': Phenibut is a Schedule 1 controlled substance.<ref>[http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_3729_0_file.pdf Tabella 1](PDF) (in Italian). Ministero della Salute [Ministry of Health]. p.19. Retrieved November 24, 2020.</ref>
+*'''Latvia''': Phenibut is an unscheduled prescription drug, marketed as "Noofen".<ref>https://dati.zva.gov.lv/zalu-registrs/?iss=1&q=Phenibutum Database of licensed phenibut medicines and their legal status under the State Agency of Medicines of the Republic of Latvia. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref><ref>https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/50539 Active Latvian law regarding scheduled and banned substances. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref>
 *'''Switzerland''': Phenibut is not controlled under Buchstabe A, B, C and D. It could be considered legal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20101220/index.html|title=Verordnung des EDI über die Verzeichnisse der Betäubungsmittel, psychotropen Stoffe, Vorläuferstoffe und Hilfschemikalien|publisher=Bundeskanzlei [Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref>
 *'''United Kingdom''': Phenibut is not a controlled substance in the United Kingdom. It'' may'' be illegal to produce, supply, or import this drug under the Psychoactive Substance Act 2016, which applies a blanket restriction on all "psychoactive substances" with exemptions for alcohol, nicotine and "medicinal products".<ref>{{Citation | title=Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 | url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/contents/enacted}}</ref>
 *'''United States''': Phenibut is not a controlled substance in the United States, meaning it is federally legal to possess without any sort of license or prescription.<ref name="eleven">{{Citation | title=Erowid Phenibut Vault: Legal Status | url=https://erowid.org/smarts/phenibut/phenibut_law.shtml}}</ref>Phenibut is a Schedule II controlled substance in Alabama as of November 21st, 2021.<ref>Alabama List of Controlled Substances<nowiki/>https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/blog/assets/controlledsubstanceslist.pdf</ref>
-*'''Italy''': Phenibut is a Schedule 1 controlled substance.<ref>[http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pagineAree_3729_0_file.pdf Tabella 1](PDF) (in Italian). Ministero della Salute [Ministry of Health]. p.19. Retrieved November 24, 2020.</ref>
-*'''Latvia''': Phenibut is an unscheduled prescription drug, marketed as "Noofen".<ref>https://dati.zva.gov.lv/zalu-registrs/?iss=1&q=Phenibutum Database of licensed phenibut medicines and their legal status under the State Agency of Medicines of the Republic of Latvia. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref><ref>https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/50539 Active Latvian law regarding scheduled and banned substances. ''Retrieved August 26, 2023.''</ref>
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