{"id":52374,"date":"2025-10-03T01:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/52374\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T01:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T01:01:25","slug":"saudi-arabia-issues-new-rules-for-travelers-carrying-psychotropic-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/52374\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Issues New Rules for Travelers Carrying Psychotropic Medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saudi Aviation Authority has introduced updated regulations for international travelers, requiring the declaration and prior registration of psychotropic and narcotic medicines before entering the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>According to a circular issued on Monday, the new policy will take effect on November 1. Passengers carrying such medications must register them in advance through the Ministry of Health\u2019s dedicated online portal at cds.fada.gov.sa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216499 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Medicine.jpg\" alt=\"Medicine in hand\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Officials said the initiative is designed to improve monitoring and ensure full compliance with Saudi Arabia\u2019s drug control laws. Travelers and airlines that fail to observe the guidelines will face strict penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Air carriers around the world have also been directed to brief passengers on the updated rules. The Aviation Authority stressed that the step is part of broader efforts to regulate the transport of restricted medicines while protecting public health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saudi Aviation Authority has introduced updated regulations for international travelers, requiring the declaration and prior registration of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":{"0":"post-52374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}