Is DOM legal in Australia?
- Legal status
- DOM (STP) is a Schedule 9 (Prohibited Substance) in the Poisons Standard (SUSMP), named as 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (DOM/STP), reflecting DOM's individual Schedule I listing under the 1971 UN Convention; it is also a border-controlled drug for importation.
- Consequences if caught
- State/territory trafficking and possession offences and Criminal Code (Cth) importation offences apply, with penalties up to life imprisonment for commercial importation.
- If prescribed or medical
- Schedule 9: use permitted only for research with authorisation; not prescribable.
- Documentation
- Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (Poisons Standard), Schedule 9.
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