Is 2-FDCK legal in Switzerland?
- Legal status
- Controlled substance — Switzerland controls 2-FDCK under the narcotics schedules of the BetmVV-EDI; the WHO ECDD (2023) lists Switzerland among jurisdictions controlling it. Mechanism: national listing among controlled psychoactive substances; exact Verzeichnis left to confirmation. Unlike ketamine (an authorised medicine in Verzeichnis b), 2-FDCK has no authorised use.
- Consequences if caught
- Unauthorised handling of 2-FDCK is an offence under the Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BetmG) — from fines to imprisonment according to quantity and intent.
- If prescribed or medical
- No authorised medicinal use; 2-FDCK has no marketing authorisation as a medicine.
- Documentation
- Purchase or import without authorisation is an offence; 2-FDCK is a Schedule II psychotropic under the 1971 Convention (from 3 December 2024).
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