Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in Peru?

Scheduled/banned; possession for strictly personal use is not punishable under the 1991 Penal Code (Art. 299) but there is no lawful supply or therapeutic pathway.

Banned; personal-use possession not punishable under the Penal Code but no lawful supply or therapeutic pathway.

No recognised lawful supply or therapeutic pathway; restrictive default.

Traditional/cultural exemption only: ayahuasca ritual use declared National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional N° 836/INC (2008); lawful for traditional Indigenous and religious ceremonial use. Per edge rule this exemption does NOT make the country green; supervised non-traditional therapeutic supply is not generally authorised.

San Pedro (Echinopsis pachanoi) lawful for traditional medicine use; not criminalised in cactus form. Traditional-use framing; isolated mescaline is controlled.

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

Prescription anaesthetic; lawful medical use.