Is Adderall legal in Spain?
- Legal status
- Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: psychotropic substance, Lista II (1971 Convention) under Ley 17/1967 and RD 2829/1977 (AEMPS).
- Consequences if caught
- Public possession/use: administrative fine (LO 4/2015); trafficking is criminal (Código Penal art. 368).
- If prescribed or medical
- Available on prescription; carry a Schengen Art. 75 certificate for personal supply.
- Documentation
- Carry the prescription and, for controlled medicines, a Schengen certificate; keep medicines in original packaging.
- Ley 17/1967
- RD 2829/1977, Lista II
- aemps.gob.es
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