Editing Morphine (section)

=== Legal status ===
* In Australia, morphine is classified as a [[Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons#Schedule 8 Controlled Drug (Possession without authority illegal)|Schedule 8]] drug under the variously titled State and Territory Poisons Acts.
* In Canada, morphine is classified as a [[Controlled Drugs and Substances Act#Schedule I|Schedule I]] drug under the [[Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]].
* In France, morphine is in the strictest schedule of controlled substances, based upon the December 1970 French controlled substances law.
* In Germany, morphine is a ''verkehrsfähiges und verschreibungsfähiges Betäubungsmittel'' listed under ''Anlage III'' (the equivalent of CSA Schedule II) of the [[Betäubungsmittelgesetz]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_iii_61.html | title = Anlage III (zu §&nbsp;1 Abs.&nbsp;1) verkehrsfähige und verschreibungsfähige Betäubungsmittel | trans-title = Appendix III (to §1 paragraph 1) marketable and prescription narcotics | language = de | work = Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Office of Justice) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140428231820/http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_iii_61.html | archive-date = 28 April 2014 }}</ref>
* In Switzerland, morphine is scheduled similarly to Germany's legal classification of the drug.
* In Japan, morphine is classified as a narcotic under the [[:ja:麻薬及び向精神薬取締法|Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act]] ({{lang|ja|麻薬及び向精神薬取締法}}, ''mayaku oyobi kōseishinyaku torishimarihō'').
* In the Netherlands, morphine is classified as a List 1 drug under the [[Opium Law]].
* In New Zealand, morphine is classified as a Class B drug under the [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1975]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127113036/https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1975/0116/latest/DLM436586.html|date=13 January 2022|title=Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, sch 2|url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1975/0116/latest/DLM436586.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In the United Kingdom, morphine is listed as a Class A drug under the [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1971]] and a Schedule 2 Controlled Drug under the [[Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001]].
* In the United States, morphine is classified as a [[Controlled Substances Act#Schedule II controlled substances|Schedule II]] controlled substance under the [[Controlled Substances Act]] under main [[Administrative Controlled Substances Code Number]]&nbsp;9300. Morphine pharmaceuticals are subject to annual manufacturing quotas; in 2017 these quotas were 35.0 [[tonnes]] of production for sale, and 27.3 tonnes of production as an intermediate, or chemical precursor, for conversion into other drugs.<ref>{{Federal Register|82|51293}}</ref> Morphine produced for use in extremely dilute formulations is excluded from the manufacturing quota.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
* [[United Nations|Internationally]] (UN), morphine is a Schedule I drug under the [[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs]].<ref>{{cite journal |date = March 2011 |title = List of narcotic drugs under international control |type = PDF |edition = 50th |page = 5 |url = http://www.incb.org/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Yellow_List/NAR_2011_YellowList_50edition_EN.pdf |journal = Yellow List |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141222073522/http://www.incb.org/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Yellow_List/NAR_2011_YellowList_50edition_EN.pdf |archive-date = 22 December 2014 }}</ref>