Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in Argentina?
Classic psychedelics are prohibited in Argentina, with no lawful pathway for supervised therapeutic use.
Status by substance
Statuses reflect lawful access for supervised therapeutic use — not recreational legality. Last reviewed 2026-06.
Psilocybin
IllegalPsilocybin/psilocin in LISTA I (Ley 19.303); prohibited, no medical use. Personal possession de facto decriminalized via the Supreme Court Arriola ruling (2009), but no lawful supply or therapeutic pathway.
Official source (2018-09) ↗MDMA
IllegalMDMA/MDA in LISTA I (Ley 19.303); prohibited. No MDMA-assisted therapy or trial pathway. Personal possession de facto decriminalized via Arriola.
Official source (2018-09) ↗Ibogaine
IllegalIbogaine explicitly listed in LISTA I (Ley 19.303) — contradicts trackers calling it unregulated. No legal clinical/therapeutic pathway.
Official source (2018-09) ↗DMT / Ayahuasca
IllegalDMT, harmaline and harmine all in LISTA I. No religious/therapeutic exemption — Santo Daime petitions rejected (2006/2016) and facilitators prosecuted. Brew not separately named but active alkaloids scheduled.
Official source (2024-01) ↗Mescaline / Peyote
IllegalMescaline in LISTA I; isolated alkaloid and consumable preparations prohibited. Live San Pedro (Trichocereus, native) sold ornamentally and not separately scheduled, but preparing a consumable extract falls under the mescaline prohibition; peyote not native.
Official source (2018-09) ↗Ketamine
Legal / regulated accessTracked separately — a prescription medicine, excluded from the blended status.
Registered anesthetic in LISTA II (ANMAT Disposition 3682/2003); dispensed under filed prescription (Venta Bajo Receta Archivada). Off-label depression use within the medical system.
Official source (2018-09) ↗Educational information, not legal advice. Laws change — confirm with the official sources above before making decisions.
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