Article 21 of Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

A patient, or the person responsible for the patient's care in the event of the patient's incapacity, may possess narcotic or psychotropic substances or preparations for personal use and for health reasons, within the quantities prescribed for the patient by physicians licensed to practise medicine in the country. These substances or preparations may not be transferred to any other person, whatever the reasons. If any quantity is not used by the patient because the patient has no need for it, the patient or the person responsible for the patient's care, as the case may be, must deliver it to the entity designated by the Minister. Article 22 A physician licensed to practise medicine in the country may possess certain narcotic or psychotropic substances or preparations to treat patients in emergencies, provided that these substances are kept, without alteration, in the form consistent with their intended medical use. The physician is prohibited from handing over any quantity thereof to patients for them to use themselves. In emergencies, dispensing may take place before the prescription is written, inside or outside the health facility, provided that this is done on direct instructions from the physician and under the physician's personal responsibility. The physician must observe the provisions concerning possession of narcotic and psychotropic substances or preparations mentioned in Article (37) of this Decree-Law and enter them Law Index 401 Home Page Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 Concerning Combating Narcotics Psychotropic Substances and Regulating Their Use and Trade in the special register. The Minister shall issue a decision on the procedures to be followed in possessing, storing, and returning these substances or preparations to the entity from which they were dispensed.