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Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in Argentina?

Illegal

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

Illegal

Psilocybin/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

Illegal

MDMA/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

Illegal

Ibogaine explicitly listed in LISTA I (Ley 19.303) — contradicts trackers calling it unregulated. No legal clinical/therapeutic pathway.

Official source (2018-09)

DMT / Ayahuasca

Illegal

DMT, 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

Illegal

Mescaline 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 access

Tracked 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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