Is Xylazine legal in Germany?
- Legal status
- Xylazine (Xylazin) is regulated in Germany as a prescription and pharmacy-only veterinary medicine (verschreibungspflichtiges, apothekenpflichtiges Tierarzneimittel) authorised for veterinary use — e.g. Rompun for cattle, horses and deer species — under EU/German veterinary-medicines law, and is not listed in the schedules (Anlagen) of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz (BtMG).
- Consequences if caught
- Supply of xylazine outside the veterinary/pharmacy channel is a veterinary-medicines-law matter, not a BtMG narcotics offence, since it is not a scheduled Betäubungsmittel.
- If prescribed or medical
- Dispensed only on a veterinary prescription through pharmacies or veterinary dispensaries for animal sedation/analgesia; xylazine has no authorised human indication.
- Documentation
- Xylazine veterinary products such as Rompun are authorised Tierarzneimittel overseen by the BVL (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit) as Germany's veterinary-medicines authority.
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