Is Peyote legal in Germany?
- Legal status
- Mescaline (Meskalin) is listed in Anlage I of the Narcotic Drugs Act (BtMG) as a non-tradable, non-prescribable narcotic; the peyote (Lophophora) cactus is not itself named, so control attaches to the isolated alkaloid rather than to the living plant.
- Consequences if caught
- Handling isolated mescaline is a BtMG offence; the intact peyote cactus is not scheduled by name, leaving the living plant a grey-zone ornamental.
- If prescribed or medical
- As an Anlage I substance mescaline is non-prescribable; peyote is not a licensed medicine.
- Documentation
- BtMG Anlage I lists "Mescalin (3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenethylazan)"; no entry names peyote, Lophophora or mescaline-containing cacti.
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