Can you bring codeine to Albania?

• Controlled medication

  prohibited

  The Customs Authority's own prohibitions page states plainly: "It is prohibited the import, export, transit of narcotics and psychotropic substances" — a criminal offense under Albanian Criminal Law — and this explicitly extends to "plants, narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances of natural or synthetic nature, their materials and their preparations", with reference to Law No. 7975 (26.07.1995) "On the narcotic medicines and psychotropic substances".

  Unlike ordinary medication, the Customs Authority's page describing narcotics/psychotropic substances states a blanket import prohibition with no traveler or personal-medical-use exception mentioned. No personal-use carve-out was found on an Albanian government page — do not assume one applies. If you take a medication that is a controlled substance in your home country, verify directly with the Albanian Embassy before travelling.

  If you're only changing planes here Applies in transit too

  Albania's customs authority prohibits the transit of narcotics and psychotropic substances, as well as their import and export.

  Transit rule: General Directorate of Customs (Republic of Albania) — Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances and human trafficking · Checked against the source on 2026-10-15

  Also covers: controlled substance, narcotic medication, psychotropic medication, adderall, amphetamine, xanax, alprazolam, oxycodone, codeine, opioid painkiller, stimulant medication

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  Source General Directorate of Customs (Republic of Albania) — Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances and human traffickingChecked against the source on 2026-10-18

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. Not medical advice. Don't stop or change a medicine because of a travel rule without talking to your doctor. See update history