Article 30 of Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Patients arriving in the country may bring in preparations of the narcotic substances listed in Schedule No. (1) of the first group annexed to this Decree-Law in a quantity sufficient for their treatment for a period not exceeding (15) days. They may also bring in preparations of the psychotropic substances listed in Schedules Nos. (4, 3, 2) of the second group annexed to this Decree-Law in the quantity necessary for their treatment for a period not exceeding one month, provided that they submit the medical reports and prescriptions upon their arrival at the customs office. Those medical reports or prescriptions must be authenticated in writing or by any other electronic means by the official Kuwaiti authorities “abroad” before arrival in the country. If those medical reports or prescriptions are not authenticated, the General Administration of Customs shall not release these preparations until authentication of Law Index Home Page 403 Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Decree-Law No. 159 of 2025 concerning Combating Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Regulating Their Use and Trade Therein these prescriptions by the entity designated by the Ministry, provided that this authentication is carried out in writing or by any other electronic means within a period not exceeding twenty-four hours from disclosure of those preparations to customs officers. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to anyone possessing the preparations specified in the preceding paragraph pursuant to a medical prescription issued by a physician licensed to practise medicine in the country, provided that the prescription is presented to the competent officer at the port of entry upon entering the country, for comparison with the narcotic or psychotropic preparations and their quantity. The General Administration of Customs shall record in its own system the confiscation of preparations exceeding the quantity permitted in the first paragraph, and shall send them to the Ministry under a detailed report in preparation for their disposal by the Ministry.