Cairo: The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Monday, February 16, 2026, that the unconstitutionality of replacing the schedules annexed to law No. 182 of 1960 by the head of the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) does not prevent the punishment of perpetrators of drug crimes.

According to State Information Service Egypt, the court declared unconstitutional decision No. 600 of 2023 issued by the head of the EDA concerning the replacement of the schedules annexed to the presidential decree-law no. 182 of 1960 on combating narcotics and regulating their use and trafficking.

It further ruled that all previous and subsequent decisions issued by the head of the authority amending the schedules annexed to the aforementioned law are null and void.

The Court based its ruling of unconstitutionality on the grounds that the referred decision constituted an encroachment upon the legislative delegation granted to the minister of health and population to amend the schedules annexed to the Anti-Narcotics Law under Article (32) of that law.