Editing Dimethyltryptamine (section)

==Society and culture==
===Legal status===
====International law====
{{Main|Convention on Psychotropic Substances}}
Internationally DMT is illegal to possess without authorisation, exemption or license, but ayahuasca and DMT brews and preparations are lawful. DMT is controlled by the Convention on Psychotropic Substances at the international level. The Convention makes it illegal to possess, buy, purchase, sell, to retail and to dispense without a licence.

====By continent and country====
{{See also|Legal status of ayahuasca by country}}
In some countries, ayahuasca is a forbidden or controlled or regulated substance, while in other countries it is not a controlled substance or its production, consumption, and sale, is allowed to various degrees.

=====Asia=====
* [[Israel]] – DMT is an illegal substance; production, trade and possession are prosecuted as crimes.<ref name="judge">{{cite news |date=6 August 2013 |title=Judge's son arrested for importing 2kg of hallucinogenic drug |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4414356,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812064720/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4414356,00.html |archive-date=12 August 2017 |access-date=11 August 2017 |work=[[Ynetnews]] |publisher=[[Yediot Ahronot]] |location=[[Tel Aviv]] |quote=Son of [[Central District (Israel)|central district]] judge arrested for allegedly importing DMT – LSD like drug – from [[Netherlands|Holland]]. [...] The suspect denies the allegations against him and claims he did not know the substance was on the list of illegal drugs. |vauthors=Senyor E}}</ref>
* [[India]] – DMT is illegal to produce, transport, trade in or possess with a minimum prison or jail punishment of ten years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE GOD DRUG- DMT |url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/opinion/THE-GOD-DRUG-DMT.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921184859/http://www.mangaloretoday.com/opinion/THE-GOD-DRUG-DMT.html |archive-date=21 September 2020 |access-date=10 August 2020 |website=Mangaloretoday.com}}</ref>

=====Europe=====
* [[France]] – DMT, along with most of its plant sources, is classified as a ''stupéfiant'' ([[narcotic]]).
* [[Germany]] – DMT is prohibited as a class I drug.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gesetz über den Verkehr mit Betäubungsmitteln (Betäubungsmittelgesetz – BtMG) Anlage I (zu § 1 Abs. 1) (nicht verkehrsfähige Betäubungsmittel) |url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_i.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113610/https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_i.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 |access-date=2018-08-25 |website=gesetze-im-internet.de}}</ref>
*[[Republic of Ireland]] – DMT is an illegal Schedule 1 drug under the [[Misuse of Drugs Act (Ireland)|Misuse of Drugs Acts]].<ref>{{cite web |date=8 September 2017 |title=Man fined for having drug used in Amazon |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/man-fined-for-having-drug-used-in-amazon-458558.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129064142/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/man-fined-for-having-drug-used-in-amazon-458558.html |archive-date=29 January 2019 |access-date=28 January 2019 |website=Irishexaminer.com}}</ref> An attempt in 2014 by a member of the [[Santo Daime]] church to gain a religious exemption to import the drug failed.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 December 2017 |title=Sect leader spared jail for importing hallucinogenic drug for religious 'sacrament' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sect-leader-spared-jail-for-importing-hallucinogenic-drug-for-religious-sacrament-36377897.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129124337/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sect-leader-spared-jail-for-importing-hallucinogenic-drug-for-religious-sacrament-36377897.html |archive-date=29 January 2019 |access-date=28 January 2019 |website=Independent.ie}}</ref>
* [[Latvia]] — DMT is prohibited as a Schedule I drug.<ref>{{cite web |title=Noteikumi par Latvijā kontrolējamajām narkotiskajām vielām, psihotropajām vielām un prekursoriem |url=https://likumi.lv/ta/id/121086-noteikumi-par-latvija-kontrolejamajam-narkotiskajam-vielam-psihotropajam-vielam-un-prekursoriem#piel1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213123947/https://likumi.lv/ta/id/121086-noteikumi-par-latvija-kontrolejamajam-narkotiskajam-vielam-psihotropajam-vielam-un-prekursoriem#piel1 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |access-date=13 February 2019 |website=Likumi.lv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Regulations Regarding Narcotic Substances, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors to be Controlled in Latvia |url=https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/121086 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213124007/https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/121086 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |access-date=13 February 2019 |website=likumi.lv}}</ref>
* [[Netherlands]] – The drug is banned as it is classified as a List 1 Drug per the [[Opium Law]]. Production, trade and possession of DMT are prohibited.
* [[Russia]] – Classified as a Schedule I narcotic, including its derivatives (see [[sumatriptan]] and [[zolmitriptan]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Постановление Правительства РФ от 30 June 1998 N 681 "Об утверждении перечня наркотических средств, психотропных веществ и их прекурсоров, подлежащих контролю в Российской Федерации" (с изменениями и дополнениями) |url=http://base.garant.ru/12112176/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420064645/http://base.garant.ru/12112176/ |archive-date=20 April 2013 |access-date=5 December 2016 |website=Base.garant.ru}}</ref>
* [[Serbia]] –  DMT, along with stereoisomers and salts is classified as List 4 (Psychotropic substances) substance according to Act on Control of Psychoactive Substances.
* [[Sweden]] – DMT is considered a Schedule 1 drug. The Swedish supreme court concluded in 2018 that possession of processed plant material containing a significant amount of DMT is illegal. However, possession of unprocessed such plant material was ruled legal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Läkemedelsverkets författningssamling |url=https://lakemedelsverket.se/upload/lvfs/LVFS_2011-10.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145222/https://lakemedelsverket.se/upload/lvfs/LVFS_2011-10.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2018 |access-date=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HÖGSTA DOMSTOLENS DOM Mål nr meddelad i Stockholm den 13 December 2018 |url=https://www.domstol.se/globalassets/filer/domstol/hogstadomstolen/avgoranden/20182/b-1605-18.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309130030/https://www.domstol.se/globalassets/filer/domstol/hogstadomstolen/avgoranden/20182/b-1605-18.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-09 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=Domstol.se}}</ref> 
* [[United Kingdom]] – DMT is classified as a [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1971|Class A drug]].
* [[Belgium]] – DMT cannot be possessed, sold, purchased or imported. Usage is not specifically prohibited, but since usage implies possession one could be prosecuted that way.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wetgeving rond LSD en tripmiddelen |url=https://www.druglijn.be/drugs-abc/lsd-en-tripmiddelen/wetgeving |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420154514/https://www.druglijn.be/drugs-abc/lsd-en-tripmiddelen/wetgeving |archive-date=2019-04-20 |access-date=2019-04-20 |website=Druglijn.be}}</ref>

=====North America=====
* [[Canada]] – DMT is classified as a [[Controlled Drugs and Substances Act|Schedule III]] drug under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, but is legal for religious groups to use.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2019 |title=Health Canada allows more religious groups to import psychedelic ayahuasca |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-canada-allows-more-religious-groups-to-import-psychedelic-ayahuasca-1.4414145 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421212418/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-canada-allows-more-religious-groups-to-import-psychedelic-ayahuasca-1.4414145 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=Ctvnews.ca |vauthors=O'Brien C}}</ref> In 2017 the [[Santo Daime]] Church Céu do Montréal received religious exemption to use [[ayahuasca]] as a sacrament in their rituals.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Dunlevy TC |date=15 October 2019 |title=What's all the buzz about? Montreal woman seeks to demystify ayahuasca. |url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/article400780.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422092750/https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/article400780.html |archive-date=April 22, 2025 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]]}}</ref>
* [[United States]] – DMT is classified in the United States as a [[List of Schedule I drugs (US)|Schedule I]] drug under the [[Controlled Substances Act|Controlled Substances Act of 1970]].

In December 2004, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] lifted a stay allowing the [[Brazil]]-based [[União do Vegetal]] church to use a decoction containing DMT in their Christmas services that year. This decoction is a tea made from boiled leaves and vines, known as [[hoasca]] within the UDV, and [[ayahuasca]] in different cultures. In ''[[Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal]]'', the Supreme Court heard arguments on 1 November 2005, and unanimously ruled in February 2006 that the U.S. federal government must allow the UDV to import and consume the tea for religious ceremonies under the 1993 [[Religious Freedom Restoration Act]].

Also suing under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, three [[Santo Daime]] churches filed suit in federal court to gain legal status to import DMT-containing [[ayahuasca]] tea in 2008. The [[United States District Court for the District of Oregon|U.S. District Court in Oregon]] ruled in ''Church of the Holy Light of the Queen v. Mukasey'' (615 [[Federal Supplement|F.Supp.]]2d 1210) ruled that the religious group could import, distribute, and brew ayahuasca. A matter of religious freedom protected by the religious freedom law, the court issued a [[Injunction|permanent injunction]] barring the government from prohibiting or penalizing the sacramental use of the religious drink.

=====Oceania=====
* [[New Zealand]] – DMT is classified as a Class A drug under the [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1975]].<ref>{{cite news |author-link2=New Zealand Press Association |date=19 May 2011 |title=Rare drug bound for Blenheim |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/5025678/Rare-drug-bound-for-Blenheim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024072226/http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/5025678/Rare-drug-bound-for-Blenheim |archive-date=24 October 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012 |newspaper=Marlborough Express |publisher=[[Fairfax New Zealand]] |location=[[Blenheim, New Zealand]] |vauthors=Berry M, ((NZPA))}}</ref><ref name="NZMoDA">{{cite web |date=1 May 2012 |title=Schedule 1: Class A controlled drugs |url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1975/0116/latest/DLM436576.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302164159/http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1975/0116/latest/DLM436576.html |archive-date=2 March 2012 |access-date=23 May 2012 |website=Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 |publisher=[[Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)|Parliamentary Counsel Office/Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata]] |ref=NZMoDA |location=[[Wellington]], N.Z.}}</ref>
* [[Australia]] – DMT is listed as 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 |date=30 September 2015 |title=Poisons Standard October 2015 |url=https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01534 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119074606/https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01534/ |archive-date=2016-01-19 |access-date=2016-01-06 |work=comlaw.gov.au}}</ref> A Schedule 9 drug is outlined in the [[Poisons Act 1964]] as "Substances 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 the CEO."<ref>{{cite web |date=1964 |title=Poisons Act |url=http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/FileStore.nsf/Documents/MRDocument:26063P/$FILE/Poisons%20Act%201964%20-%20%5B09-f0-04%5D.pdf?OpenElement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222191725/http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/FileStore.nsf/Documents/MRDocument%3A26063P/%24FILE/Poisons%20Act%201964%20-%20%5B09-f0-04%5D.pdf?OpenElement |archive-date=22 December 2015 |work=slp.wa.gov.au}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2012, the [[Australian federal government]] was considering changes to the [[Criminal law of Australia|Australian Criminal Code]] that would classify any plants containing any amount of DMT as "controlled plants".<ref>{{cite web |date=24 June 2010 |title=Consultation on implementation of model drug schedules for Commonwealth serious drug offenses |url=http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Consultationsreformsandreviews_ConsultationonimplementationofmodeldrugschedulesforCommonwealthseriousdrugoffences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107074102/http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Consultationsreformsandreviews_ConsultationonimplementationofmodeldrugschedulesforCommonwealthseriousdrugoffences |archive-date=7 November 2011 |publisher=[[Attorney-General's Department (Australia)|Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department]]}}</ref> DMT itself was already controlled under current laws. The proposed changes included other similar blanket bans for other substances, such as a ban on any and all plants containing [[mescaline]] or [[ephedrine]]. The proposal was not pursued after political embarrassment on realisation that this would make the official [[List of Australian floral emblems|Floral Emblem of Australia]], [[Acacia pycnantha]] (Golden Wattle), illegal.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} The Therapeutic Goods Administration and federal authority had considered a motion to ban the same, but this was withdrawn in May 2012 (as DMT may still hold potential entheogenic value to native and/or religious people).<ref>{{cite journal |date=August 2012 |title=AUSSIE DMT BAN |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/79564875/aussie-dmt-ban |journal=American Herb Association Quarterly Newsletter |volume=27 |issue=3 |page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216060822/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/79564875/aussie-dmt-ban |archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> Under the [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1981]] 6.0&nbsp;g (3/16 oz) of DMT is considered enough to determine a court of trial and 2.0&nbsp;g (1/16 oz) is considered intent to sell and supply.<ref>{{cite web |title=Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 (2015) |url=http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/FileStore.nsf/Documents/MRDocument:28280P/$FILE/Misuse%20Of%20Drugs%20Act%201981%20-%20%5B06-e0-00%5D.pdf?OpenElement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222180141/http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/FileStore.nsf/Documents/MRDocument%3A28280P/%24FILE/Misuse%20Of%20Drugs%20Act%201981%20-%20%5B06-e0-00%5D.pdf?OpenElement |archive-date=22 December 2015 |work=slp.wa.gov.au}}</ref>

===Black market===
[[Construction of electronic cigarettes|Electronic cigarette cartridges]] or [[vape pen]]s filled with DMT started to be sold on the black market by 2018.<ref>{{cite news |vauthors=Black L |title=New on the Black Market: Vape Pens Full of DMT |url=https://www.thestranger.com/features/2018/08/15/30763161/new-on-the-black-market-vape-pens-full-of-dmt |work=The Stranger |language=en |access-date=2020-02-29 |archive-date=2020-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229091407/https://www.thestranger.com/features/2018/08/15/30763161/new-on-the-black-market-vape-pens-full-of-dmt |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Power2020">{{cite web | vauthors = Power M | title=I Sell DMT Vape Pens So People Can 'Break Through' at Their Own Speed | website=VICE | date=5 June 2020 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-sell-dmt-vape-pens-so-people-can-break-through-at-their-own-speed/ | access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref><ref name="McClure2020">{{cite web | vauthors = McClure J | title=DMT Pens: Is It Safe to Vape DMT? | website=DoubleBlind Mag | date=5 February 2020 | url=https://doubleblindmag.com/are-dmt-vape-pens-safe/ | access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref>