Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in South Korea?

Psilocybin is a controlled psychotropic under the Narcotics Control Act; comprehensive prohibition with minimum multi-year prison terms for use/possession. No therapeutic pathway.

MDMA (ecstasy) controlled under the Narcotics Control Act; prohibited with severe penalties. No medical/therapeutic access.

No therapeutic pathway; subject to strict narcotics control. Restrictive default.

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

Controlled under the Narcotics Control Act but available as a prescription anesthetic; non-medical possession/sale is illegal. Esketamine (Spravato) approved for treatment-resistant depression provides a limited therapeutic pathway.