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*'''United Arabian Emirates:''' The UAE takes an exceptionally strict line on medicines, with many common drugs, notably anything with containing codeine being banned unless you have a notarized and authenticated doctor's prescription. Visitors breaking the rules, even inadvertently, have been deported or imprisoned. The US Embassy to the UAE maintains an [http://abudhabi.usembassy.gov/restricted_medication.html unofficial list] of what may not be imported.

*'''Romania:''' Codeine is not allowed without a medical prescription.

*'''United Kingdom:''' Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 codeine is a Class B controlled substance or a Class A drug when prepared for injection.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/schedule/2</ref> The possession of controlled substances without a prescription is a criminal offence.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/contents</~~erf~~> However, certain preparations of codeine are exempt from this restriction under Schedule 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. It is thus legal to possess codeine without a prescription, provided that it is compounded with at least one other active or inactive ingredient and that the dosage of each tablet, capsule, etc does not exceed 100 mg or 2.5% concentration in the case of liquid preparations.

*'''United Kingdom:''' Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 codeine is a Class B controlled substance or a Class A drug when prepared for injection.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/schedule/2</ref> The possession of controlled substances without a prescription is a criminal offence.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/contents</ref> However, certain preparations of codeine are exempt from this restriction under Schedule 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. It is thus legal to possess codeine without a prescription, provided that it is compounded with at least one other active or inactive ingredient and that the dosage of each tablet, capsule, etc does not exceed 100 mg or 2.5% concentration in the case of liquid preparations.

==See also==

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 *'''United Arabian Emirates:''' The UAE takes an exceptionally strict line on medicines, with many common drugs, notably anything with containing codeine being banned unless you have a notarized and authenticated doctor's prescription. Visitors breaking the rules, even inadvertently, have been deported or imprisoned. The US Embassy to the UAE maintains an [http://abudhabi.usembassy.gov/restricted_medication.html unofficial list] of what may not be imported.
 *'''Romania:''' Codeine is not allowed without a medical prescription.
-*'''United Kingdom:''' Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 codeine is a Class B controlled substance or a Class A drug when prepared for injection.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/schedule/2</ref> The possession of controlled substances without a prescription is a criminal offence.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/contents</erf> However, certain preparations of codeine are exempt from this restriction under Schedule 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. It is thus legal to possess codeine without a prescription, provided that it is compounded with at least one other active or inactive ingredient and that the dosage of each tablet, capsule, etc does not exceed 100 mg or 2.5% concentration in the case of liquid preparations.
+*'''United Kingdom:''' Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 codeine is a Class B controlled substance or a Class A drug when prepared for injection.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/schedule/2</ref> The possession of controlled substances without a prescription is a criminal offence.<ref>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/contents</ref> However, certain preparations of codeine are exempt from this restriction under Schedule 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. It is thus legal to possess codeine without a prescription, provided that it is compounded with at least one other active or inactive ingredient and that the dosage of each tablet, capsule, etc does not exceed 100 mg or 2.5% concentration in the case of liquid preparations.
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