Is Salvia divinorum legal in Ireland?
- Legal status
- Controlled by blanket NPS law. Salvia divinorum is not scheduled under the Misuse of Drugs Acts; it is caught by the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010, which makes it an offence to sell, supply, import or export any psychoactive substance for human consumption. Mechanism: BLANKET NPS (salvia is a general psychoactive substance, not individually scheduled).
- Consequences if caught
- Advertising, selling, supplying, importing or exporting salvia for human consumption is an offence under the 2010 Act; the ban ended open head-shop sale of salvia.
- If prescribed or medical
- Salvia divinorum and salvinorin A have no authorised medical use in Ireland and no lawful prescription route.
- Documentation
- No lawful commercial import route for consumption; salvia supplied for human consumption is caught by the 2010 Act.
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