Is DOM legal in Spain?
- Legal status
- DOM (STP) is controlled as a List I psychotropic substance under the 1971 UN Convention as applied in Spain (the Convention schedules were published in the BOE and given effect by Real Decreto 2829/1977), reflecting DOM's individual Schedule I listing.
- Consequences if caught
- Trafficking is a criminal offence under Arts. 368-370 of the Penal Code; personal use or possession in public places is an administrative offence under Ley Organica 4/2015.
- If prescribed or medical
- List I: no accepted therapeutic use; not prescribable.
- Documentation
- Convenio de 1971 sobre sustancias sicotropicas, Lista I (anexo publicado en el BOE); Real Decreto 2829/1977.
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