Is 25I-NBOMe legal in Ireland?
- Legal status
- 25I-NBOMe is controlled in Ireland, subjected to EU-wide control by Council Implementing Decision 2014/688/EU (25 September 2014) and listed in Schedule I of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances in March 2015; it is additionally caught by the blanket Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010.
- Consequences if caught
- Possession and supply are offences under the Misuse of Drugs Acts and the 2010 Act, with imprisonment for supply or sale.
- If prescribed or medical
- No approved medical use; not available on prescription.
- Documentation
- Council Implementing Decision 2014/688/EU (25 Sept 2014); Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010.
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