Is Salvia divinorum legal in Spain?
- Legal status
- Restricted (sale prohibited), not scheduled as a narcotic. Salvia divinorum is named in Orden SCO/190/2004, the official list of plants whose sale to the public is prohibited on grounds of toxicity, effective 2004; salvia is therefore banned from public sale, but it is not listed as a controlled psychotropic and simple possession or ornamental cultivation is not criminalised. Mechanism: NAMED plant on the toxic-plant sale-prohibition list (regulatory, not criminal drug law).
- Consequences if caught
- Selling salvia divinorum to the public is unlawful and product is subject to withdrawal/seizure; because the plant is not on the narcotics schedules, personal possession is not a criminal drug offence.
- If prescribed or medical
- Salvia has no authorised medicinal use; its sale to the public for medicinal purposes is specifically prohibited under the toxic-plants order.
- Documentation
- No lawful public-sale channel for salvia leaf/extract in Spain; commercial supply to consumers is prohibited by the toxic-plants order.
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