drug policy
Government wants to ban drug derivative 1-V-LSD
The federal drug commissioner Burkhard Blienert speaks of “unscrupulous players in the drug market”. photo
© Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
1-V-LSD is a derivative of the psychoactive drug LSD and has so far been available over the counter. The federal government now wants to close this gap quickly.
The federal government wants to close a gap in drug policy and ban the previously legally available 1-V-LSD. It has forwarded a corresponding draft ordinance to the Bundesrat; according to the agenda available on the Internet, this will be discussed at its next meeting on September 16. The regulation would expand the list of banned new psychoactive substances.
1V-LSD, a derivative of the psychoactive drug LSD, is one of them. So far it has been freely available in online shops and shops. The draft states: “The substance 1-V-LSD is a substance with a psychedelic effect, which is converted to LSD when it passes through the body and is already represented on the drug market for purposes of abuse.”
The federal government’s drug commissioner, Burkhard Blienert (SPD), told the “Welt am Sonntag” newspaper that suppliers of the drug were “unscrupulous players in the drug market”. He warned of “incalculable health risks” when taking the derivative, whose unexplored formula could sometimes be stronger than LSD.
Ordinance on the Federal Council agenda, item 55