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==Legal status== | ==Legal status== | ||
Internationally, zolpidem is a Schedule IV substance under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070302130637/http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|archive-date=March 2, 2007|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control (Green List)|edition=23rd|date=August 2003|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)}}</ref> | |||
*'''Australia:''' Zolpidem is only available by prescription.{{citation needed}} | *'''Australia:''' Zolpidem is only available by prescription.{{citation needed}} | ||
*'''Canada:''' Zolpidem is only available by prescription.{{citation needed}} | *'''Canada:''' Zolpidem is only available by prescription.{{citation needed}} | ||
*'''Germany:''' Zolpidem is a controlled substance under Anlage III of the BtMG. It can only be prescribed on a narcotic prescription form. There is an exception for oral preperations, containing up to 8,5mg zolpidem per unit, which can be prescribed on a regular prescription form.<ref>http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_iii.html</ref> | *'''Germany:''' Zolpidem is a controlled substance under Anlage III of the BtMG. It can only be prescribed on a narcotic prescription form. There is an exception for oral preperations, containing up to 8,5mg zolpidem per unit, which can be prescribed on a regular prescription form.<ref>http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_iii.html</ref> | ||
*'''Russia:''' In Russia, since 2013, zolpidem is a Schedule III controlled substance.<ref> | *'''Russia:''' In Russia, since 2013, zolpidem is a Schedule III controlled substance.<ref>Постановление Правительства РФ от 04.02.2013 N 78 | https://www.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc&base=LAW&n=141744&dst=100002&date=02.12.2019</ref> | ||
*'''Switzerland''': Zolpidem is a controlled substance specifically named under Verzeichnis B. Medicinal use is permitted.<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> | *'''Switzerland''': Zolpidem is a controlled substance specifically named under Verzeichnis B. Medicinal use is permitted.<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:''' Zolpidem has been a class C drug in the UK since 2003.<ref>The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2003 (Legislation.gov.uk) | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1243/contents/made</ref> It is illegal to possess (without a legitimate prescription), supply, produce or import.{{citation needed}} | *'''United Kingdom:''' Zolpidem has been a class C drug in the UK since 2003.<ref>The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 2003 (Legislation.gov.uk) | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1243/contents/made</ref> It is illegal to possess (without a legitimate prescription), supply, produce or import.{{citation needed}} | ||
*'''United States:''' Zolpidem is listed as a Schedule IV drug due to evidence that the drug has addictive properties similar to [[benzodiazepines]].{{citation needed}} | *'''United States:''' Zolpidem is listed as a Schedule IV drug due to evidence that the drug has addictive properties similar to [[benzodiazepines]].{{citation needed}} | ||