Is Salvia divinorum legal in Italy?
- Legal status
- Controlled. NAMED (plant + active): the Ministry of Health decree of 11 January 2005 (Gazzetta Ufficiale n.54, 7 March 2005) inserted both Salvia divinorum and salvinorina A into Tabella I of the narcotics/psychotropics schedules under D.P.R. 309/1990. Mechanism: NAMED (plant and salvinorin A).
- Consequences if caught
- Production, sale, possession and import of salvia and salvinorin A are criminal offences under the Testo Unico stupefacenti; salvia products were seized from shops once the ban took effect.
- If prescribed or medical
- Salvia divinorum and salvinorin A have no recognised therapeutic use and no lawful prescription route in Italy.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal-import route; salvia leaf/extract is prohibited and seized on import as a Tabella-I substance.
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