Is MDA legal in Germany?

Also known as: sass, sally

Legal status

MDA is listed in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz under a name most readers will not recognise. The dossier records the row as „Tenamfetamin | Methylendioxyamfetamin (MDA) | (RS)-1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)propan-2-ylazan“, so the international non-proprietary name in the first column is Tenamfetamin, and the familiar abbreviation appears only in the second. That is a practical point rather than a pedantic one: a search of the German table for the common abbreviation alone can miss the entry, and the substance is squarely listed. The third column fixes the racemate and the benzodioxole ring. Placement is under BtMG § 1 Abs. 1 and the tier is Anlage I, the non-marketable one.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The dossier's penalty column records that no death-penalty regime applies. The penal provisions are BtMG §§ 29 bis 30a, and the dossier records the ceiling: not less than five years under § 30a Abs. 1, with a determinate sentence capped at fifteen years by StGB § 38 Abs. 2. No ordinary band is recorded and none is stated. The exposure attaches to the primary amine described in the third column, and the N-methylated relative is a separate line in the same Anlage, so a mixed sample is answered by whichever entries the analysis actually supports rather than by one of them standing for both.

If prescribed or medical

Anlage I is the non-marketable tier, read at gesetze-im-internet.de on 21 September 2026, so no German prescribing route exists for this substance and none can be created by a prescription issued elsewhere. The dossier records no traveller rule for narcotics carried into Germany, so this cell states the placement and defers explicitly on the documentation.

Documentation

Nothing lawful can be carried. If the German table is being searched directly, search the international non-proprietary name as well as the abbreviation, because the first column is where the entry actually sits. The row was read on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Germany’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.