Is 4-AcO-DMT legal in Australia?
- Legal status
- 4-AcO-DMT is controlled in Australia as a drug analogue. Under the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 (s301.9) an analogue of a listed controlled or border-controlled drug is itself treated as that drug, and psilocin is a listed controlled drug, so O-acetylpsilocin (the acetate ester of psilocin) is caught. Psilocin also sits in Schedule 9 (Prohibited Substances) of the Poisons Standard, which extends to its analogues.
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking, manufacture and importation attract serious Commonwealth offences, with analogues carrying the same penalties as the parent drug; Schedule 9 status makes possession, use, sale and supply prohibited outside approved research at state and territory level.
- If prescribed or medical
- No general medical use; Schedule 9 permits access to 4-AcO-DMT only for approved analysis, research or clinical trials under health-authority approval.
- Documentation
- Criminal Code Act 1995 s301.9 drug-analogue rule (analogue of psilocin); psilocin in Poisons Standard Schedule 9.
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