Is DOM legal in Mexico?
- Legal status
- DOM (STP) is a Fraccion I psychotropic under Article 245 of the Ley General de Salud (listed as 2-amino-1-(2,5-dimetoxi-4-metil)fenilpropano, DOM/STP), Mexico's transposition of DOM's individual Schedule I listing under the 1971 UN Convention.
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking is a federal crime under the Ley General de Salud and Codigo Penal Federal; DOM is not in the Art. 479 personal-use table, so any amount exposes the holder to prosecution.
- If prescribed or medical
- Fraccion I: substances with scant or no therapeutic value; not prescribable.
- Documentation
- Ley General de Salud, Articulo 245, Fraccion I.
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