Editing 5-MeO-AMT (section)

==Society and culture==
===Legal status===
====Australia====
5-MeO-AMT is considered a Schedule 9 prohibited substance in Australia under the [[Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons|Poisons Standard]] (October 2015).<ref name="Poisons Standard">{{cite web | title = Poisons Standard | work = Federal Register of Legislation | publisher = Australian Government | date = October 2015 | url = https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01534 }}</ref> A Schedule 9 substance is a substance which may be abused or misused, the manufacture, possession, sale or use of which should be prohibited by law except when required for medical or scientific research, or for analytical, teaching or training purposes with approval of Commonwealth and/or State or Territory Health Authorities.<ref name="Poisons Standard" />

====Sweden====
[[Riksdag|''Sveriges riksdags'']] health ministry [[:sv:Statens folkhälsoinstitut|''Statens folkhälsoinstitut'']] classified 5-MeO-αMT as "health hazard" under the act [[:sv:Lagen om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor|''Lagen om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor'']] (translated ''Act on the Prohibition of Certain Goods Dangerous to Health'') as of Oct 1, 2004, in their regulation SFS 2004:696 listed as 5-metoxi-alfametyltryptamin (5-MeO-AMT), making it illegal to sell or possess.<ref>{{cite web |title=Förordning om ändring i förordningen (1999:58) om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor | trans-title = Ordinance amending the ordinance (1999: 58) on the prohibition of certain dangerous goods; |url=http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/sfs/20040696.pdf |language=Swedish | work = Swedish Code of Statutes |id=SFS 2004:696 |date=19 August 2004}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
5-MeO-αMT was made illegal in the United Kingdom as of 7 January 2015, along with 5-MeO-DALT. This was following the events of 10 June 2014 when the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended that 5-MeO-αMT be scheduled as a class A drug by updating the blanket ban clause on tryptamines.

====United States====
5-MeO-AMT is unscheduled at the federal level in the [[United States]].<ref name="PART 1308 — SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - 1308.11 Schedule I">{{Cite web |url=http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/cfr/1308/1308_11.htm |title=§1308.11 Schedule I. |access-date=2014-12-17 |archive-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827043725/http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/cfr/1308/1308_11.htm |url-status=dead | work = Diversion Control Division | publisher = Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice }}</ref> However, the DEA considers the chemical a controlled substance analogue.<ref name="5-MeO-AMT; Fast Facts"></ref> The agency's opinion on this matter may change at any time.

=====Florida=====
5-MeO-AMT is a [[Controlled Substances Act|Schedule I]] controlled substance in the state of [[Florida]], making it illegal to buy, sell, or possess.<ref name="Florida Statutes - Chapter 893 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL">{{cite web | url = http://leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0800-0899/0893/0893.html | work = Florida Statutes | title = Chapter 893 - Drug Abuse Prevention and Control }}</ref>