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Schedule II

Legal status

Legal only with a valid prescription. Sharing it is a crime. Store it locked.

United States

Morphine is Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act. Prescriptions are tightly regulated. In many states, leftover opioids should be taken to a take-back location rather than flushed or thrown in the trash.

  • Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how it affects you
  • Traveling with it: keep it in the original labeled container
  • Workplace drug tests will typically detect therapeutic morphine