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=== Legal status ===
:''See also: {{tl|Infobox drug/legal status}} for extensive documentation.''
Legal status allows to specify which controlling acts are active in various countries and organisations. Available parameters are {{para|1=legal_AU, legal_BR, legal_CA, legal_DE, legal_NZ, legal_UK, legal_US, legal_EU, legal_UN}}, and links are provided for standard input. Also, the parameters can have the suffix {{para|1=..._comment}}. 

Also available is {{para|legal_status}}, which is general and allows any text. When using this parameter, consider adding geographical information on where this is law.

{{infobox drug
| drug_name=Example
| legal_AU     = S2
| legal_AU_comment = any text
| legal_BR     = A1
| legal_BR_comment = any text
| legal_CA     = 
| legal_DE     = 
| legal_UK     = gsl
| legal_US     = Schedule II
| legal_US_comment = and OTC in Oregon
| legal_EU     = 
| legal_UN     = 
| legal_NZ     = 
| legal_status = Not marketed in Asia
}}
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
| legal_AU     = S2
| legal_AU_comment = any text
| legal_BR     = A1
| legal_BR_comment = any text
| legal_CA     = 
| legal_DE     = 
| legal_UK     = gsl
| legal_US     = Schedule II
| legal_US_comment = and OTC in Oregon
| legal_EU     = 
| legal_UN     = 
| legal_NZ     = 
| legal_status = Not marketed in Asia
</syntaxhighlight>

Note: if a drug is restricted everywhere to prescription-only, please set '''legal_status = Rx-only''' rather than similarly define for each and every country. {{para|legal_status|Rx-only}} is specifically recognised and shows as {{Infobox drug/legal status|legal_status=Rx-only}}

{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Input !! Meaning
|-
! legal_status !! Anywhere
|-
| Rx-only || ℞ Prescription only
|-
! legal_AU !! Australia<br/>(see [[Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons|SUSMP]])
|-
| Unscheduled || Unscheduled/exempt
|-
|S2 || Schedule 2 Pharmacy Medicine
|-
|S3 || Schedule 3 Pharmacist Only Medicine
|-
|S4 || Schedule 4 Prescription Only Medicine
|-
|S5 || Schedule 5 Caution
|-
|S6 || Schedule 6 Poison
|-
|S7 || Schedule 7 Dangerous Poison
|-
|S8 || Schedule 8 Controlled Drug
|-
|S9 || Schedule 9 Prohibited Substance
|-
! legal_BR !! Brazil<br />(see [[w: Brazilian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act|Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]])
|-
|OTC || Over the counter
|-
|A1|| Class A1: Narcotic Drugs
|-
|A2|| Class A2: Narcotic Drugs
|-
|A3|| Class A3: Psychoactive Drugs
|-
|B1|| Class B1: Psychoactive Drugs
|-
|B2|| Class B2: Anorectic Drugs
|-
|C1|| Class C1: Other controlled substances 
|-
|C2|| Class C2: Retinoids
|-
|C3|| Class C3: Immunosuppressive Drugs
|-
|C4|| <del>Class C4: Antiretroviral Drugs</del> (revoked)
|-
|C5|| Class C5: Anabolic steroids
|-
|D1|| Class D1: Drug precursors
|-
|D2|| Class D2: Drug precursors
|-
|E|| Class E: Controlled plants
|-
|F1|| Class F1: Prohibited narcotics
|-
|F2|| Class F2: Prohibited psychotropics
|-
|F3|| Class F3: Prohibited drug precursors
|-
|F4|| Class F4: Prohibited drug precursors
|-
! legal_CA !! Canada
|-
|OTC || Over the counter
|-
|Rx-only || ℞ Prescription only
|-
| Schedule I || rowspan=8 | See [[Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]]
|-
| Schedule II
|-
| Schedule III
|-
| Schedule IV
|-
| Schedule V
|-
| Schedule VI
|-
| Schedule VII
|-
| Schedule VIII
|-
! legal_UK !! United Kingdom
|-
|GSL || General Sale List
|-
|P || Pharmacy Medicine
|-
|POM || Prescription Only Medicine
|-
|CD || Controlled Drug; if known may specify:
|-
| CD Lic || rowspan=6 | See [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20013998.htm Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (as amended)]
|-
| CD POM
|-
| CD No Reg POM
|-
| CD (Benz) POM
|-
| CD (Anab) POM
|-
| CD Inv POM
|-
! legal_US !! United States
|-
|OTC || Over the counter
|-
|℞-only<br/>Rx-only || Prescription only; if appropriate may specify:
|-
| Schedule I || rowspan=5 | See [[Controlled Substances Act]]
|-
| Schedule II
|-
| Schedule III
|-
| Schedule IV
|-
| Schedule V
|-
! EU !! European Union
|-
! UN !! United Nations
|-
! NZ !! New Zealand
|}