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Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in Palestine?

Illegal

Classic psychedelics are prohibited in Palestine, 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

No therapeutic pathway. Palestinian Authority Anti-Narcotics Act (approved 2015) prohibits manufacture, trafficking and possession of narcotics and psychotropic substances; psilocybin captured as a scheduled hallucinogen. No medical or supervised-use program.

Official source (2015-11)

MDMA

Illegal

Prohibited under PA Anti-Narcotics Act; classed as a controlled psychotropic. No therapeutic access. Synthetic drugs documented in UNODC West Bank reporting as illicit.

Official source (2017-11)

Ibogaine

Illegal

No specific listing located, but blanket prohibition on narcotics/psychotropics under the Anti-Narcotics Act with no medical pathway; treated as prohibited.

Official source (2015-11)

DMT / Ayahuasca

Illegal

DMT is an internationally controlled psychotropic captured by the PA Anti-Narcotics Act; no religious or therapeutic exemption located.

Official source (2015-11)

Mescaline / Peyote

Illegal

Best-effort: mescaline is an internationally controlled hallucinogen prohibited under the blanket narcotics framework; no specific Palestinian listing located.

Official source (2015-11)

Ketamine

Legal / regulated access

Tracked separately — a prescription medicine, excluded from the blended status.

Prescription anesthetic available through the medical system where functional; not a recreational/therapeutic psychedelic pathway. Access constrained by fragmented PA/Gaza health infrastructure.

Official source (2017-11)

Educational information, not legal advice. Laws change — confirm with the official sources above before making decisions.

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