Editing Dimethyltryptamine (section)

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* [[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>