Is 2-FDCK legal in Germany?
- Legal status
- Controlled narcotic — 2-FDCK (2-Fluordeschlorketamin) was added by name to Anlage II of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BtMG) by the 24th BtMÄndV (BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 379), in force 5 December 2024, as a marketable-but-not-prescribable narcotic. Mechanism: named listing. This diverges from ketamine, which Germany treats as a non-scheduled prescription medicine under the Arzneimittelgesetz.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised trafficking, production or possession of 2-FDCK is prosecuted under the BtMG (typically up to 5 years, more in aggravated cases) — a sharper regime than for ketamine, which is not a scheduled narcotic in Germany.
- If prescribed or medical
- As an Anlage II substance, 2-FDCK may be handled only under narcotics-law authorisation and cannot be prescribed; it has no medicinal-product status.
- Documentation
- Purchase or import without a BtMG permit is an offence; the listing implements CND Decision 67/4 placing 2-FDCK in Schedule II of the 1971 Convention (effective 3 December 2024).
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