Is 4-AcO-DMT legal in Ireland?
- Legal status
- 4-AcO-DMT is caught in Ireland by the blanket Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010, which prohibits the sale and supply of any 'psychoactive substance' — any substance producing a psychoactive effect — that is not already separately regulated. As a psilocin-prodrug tryptamine not individually scheduled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, O-acetylpsilocin falls under this general new-psychoactive-substances ban.
- Consequences if caught
- Selling, supplying, importing, exporting or advertising a psychoactive substance is an offence (up to 5 years on indictment); notably, simple possession of 4-AcO-DMT for personal use is not itself an offence under the 2010 Act.
- If prescribed or medical
- Not a medicine; there is no prescription pathway for 4-AcO-DMT.
- Documentation
- Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 — s1 definition of psychoactive substance; s3 sale/supply offence.
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