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==Legal status==

Internationally, 1B-LSD is not scheduled under the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

Internationally, 1B-LSD is not scheduled under the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances. It is considered to exist in a legal grey area in many countries, meaning that while it is not specifically illegal, individuals may still be charged for its possession under certain circumstances such as under analogue laws and with the intent to sell or consume.

*'''Austria''': 1B-LSD is technically not illegal but it may fall under the NPSG (Neue-Psychoaktive-Substanzen-Gesetz Österreich) as an analogue of LSD, thus making it illegal to supply for human consumption.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Der Standard|date=September 28, 2011|title=Synthetische Drogen: Neues Gesetz soll "Legal Highs" bekämpfen|trans-title=Synthetic drugs: New law is to combat legal highs|access-date=January 1, 2020|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1317018702282/kraeutermischungen-synthetische-drogen-neues-gesetz-soll-legal-highs-bekaempfen|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/ME/ME_00317/imfname_231611.pdf|title=Entwurf: Bundesgesetz, mit dem ein Bundesgesetz über den Schutz vor Gesundheitsgefahren im Zusammenhang mit Neuen Psychoaktiven Substanzen (Neue-Psychoaktive-Substanzen-Gesetz, NPSG) erlassen und das Suchtmittelgesetz (SMG) geändert wird|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref>

*'''Germany''': 1B-LSD is controlled under the NpSG (''New Psychoactive Substances Act'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/anlage.html|title=Anlage NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz [Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection]|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref> as of July 18, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl119s1083.pdf|title=Verordnung zur Änderung der Anlage des Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetzes und von Anlagen des Betäubungsmittelgesetzes|publisher=Bundesanzeiger Verlag|work=Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2019 Teil I Nr. 27|pages=1083-1094|publication-date=July 17, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref> Production and import with the aim to place it on the market, administration to another person and trading is punishable. Possession is illegal but not penalized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/__4.html|title=§ 4 NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz [Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection]|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref>

*'''Japan''': 1B-LSD is controlled by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in Japan, making it illegal to possess or sell.<ref>{{cite web|title=新たに指定された指定薬物の名称|language=ja|url=https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/11126000/000345410.pdf|publisher=厚生労働省 [Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)]|access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref>

*'''Latvia''': 1B-LSD is illegal in Latvia. Although it is not officially scheduled, it is controlled as an LSD structural analog due to an amendment made on June 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=121086|title=Noteikumi par Latvijā kontrolējamajām narkotiskajām vielām, psihotropajām vielām un prekursoriem|publisher=VSIA Latvijas Vēstnesis|access-date=January 1, 2020|publication-date=November 10, 2005|language=lv}}</ref>

*'''Lithuania''': 1B-LSD is illegal in Lithuania and is specifically named on the list of illegal substances since June 5, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalActEditions/TAR.7B3B40DCD13A|title=LR SAM Įsakymas Dėl Narkotinių ir psichotropinių medžiagų sąrašų patvirtinimo|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=lt}}</ref>

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*'''Switzerland''': 1B-LSD can be considered a controlled substance as a defined derivative of Lysergic Acid under Verzeichnis E point 263. It is legal when used for scientific or industrial use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20101220/index.html|title=Verordnung des EDI über die Verzeichnisse der Betäubungsmittel, psychotropen Stoffe, Vorläuferstoffe und Hilfschemikalien|publisher=Bundeskanzlei [Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref>

*'''United Kingdom''': 1B-LSD is illegal to produce, supply, or import under the Psychoactive Substance Act, which came into effect on May 26, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/contents/enacted|title=Psychoactive Substances Act 2016|access-date=January 1, 2020|publisher=UK Government}}</ref>

*'''United States''': 1B-LSD ~~is unscheduled~~ in the United States.

*'''United States''': Since 1B-LSD can be considered a prodrug for LSD, its possession and sale may be prosecutable in the United States under the Federal Analogue Act.{{citation needed}}

==See also==

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 ==Legal status==
-Internationally, 1B-LSD is not scheduled under the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
+Internationally, 1B-LSD is not scheduled under the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances. It is considered to exist in a legal grey area in many countries, meaning that while it is not specifically illegal, individuals may still be charged for its possession under certain circumstances such as under analogue laws and with the intent to sell or consume.
 *'''Austria''': 1B-LSD is technically not illegal but it may fall under the NPSG (Neue-Psychoaktive-Substanzen-Gesetz Österreich) as an analogue of LSD, thus making it illegal to supply for human consumption.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Der Standard|date=September 28, 2011|title=Synthetische Drogen: Neues Gesetz soll "Legal Highs" bekämpfen|trans-title=Synthetic drugs: New law is to combat legal highs|access-date=January 1, 2020|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1317018702282/kraeutermischungen-synthetische-drogen-neues-gesetz-soll-legal-highs-bekaempfen|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/ME/ME_00317/imfname_231611.pdf|title=Entwurf: Bundesgesetz,  mit  dem  ein  Bundesgesetz  über  den  Schutz  vor  Gesundheitsgefahren  im Zusammenhang  mit Neuen Psychoaktiven  Substanzen  (Neue-Psychoaktive-Substanzen-Gesetz, NPSG) erlassen und das Suchtmittelgesetz (SMG) geändert wird|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref>
 *'''Germany''': 1B-LSD is controlled under the NpSG (''New Psychoactive Substances Act'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/anlage.html|title=Anlage NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz [Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection]|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref> as of July 18, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl119s1083.pdf|title=Verordnung zur Änderung der Anlage des Neue-psychoaktive-Stoffe-Gesetzes und von Anlagen des Betäubungsmittelgesetzes|publisher=Bundesanzeiger Verlag|work=Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2019 Teil I Nr. 27|pages=1083-1094|publication-date=July 17, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref> Production and import with the aim to place it on the market, administration to another person and trading is punishable. Possession is illegal but not penalized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/npsg/__4.html|title=§ 4 NpSG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz [Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection]|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref>
+*'''Japan''': 1B-LSD is controlled by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in Japan, making it illegal to possess or sell.<ref>{{cite web|title=新たに指定された指定薬物の名称|language=ja|url=https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/11126000/000345410.pdf|publisher=厚生労働省 [Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)]|access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref>
 *'''Latvia''': 1B-LSD is illegal in Latvia. Although it is not officially scheduled, it is controlled as an LSD structural analog due to an amendment made on June 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=121086|title=Noteikumi par Latvijā kontrolējamajām narkotiskajām vielām, psihotropajām vielām un prekursoriem|publisher=VSIA Latvijas Vēstnesis|access-date=January 1, 2020|publication-date=November 10, 2005|language=lv}}</ref>
 *'''Lithuania''': 1B-LSD is illegal in Lithuania and is specifically named on the list of illegal substances since June 5, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalActEditions/TAR.7B3B40DCD13A|title=LR SAM Įsakymas Dėl Narkotinių ir psichotropinių medžiagų sąrašų patvirtinimo|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=lt}}</ref>
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 *'''Switzerland''': 1B-LSD can be considered a controlled substance as a defined derivative of Lysergic Acid under Verzeichnis E point 263. It is legal when used for scientific or industrial use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20101220/index.html|title=Verordnung des EDI über die Verzeichnisse der Betäubungsmittel, psychotropen Stoffe, Vorläuferstoffe und Hilfschemikalien|publisher=Bundeskanzlei [Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=de}}</ref>
 *'''United Kingdom''': 1B-LSD is illegal to produce, supply, or import under the Psychoactive Substance Act, which came into effect on May 26, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/contents/enacted|title=Psychoactive Substances Act 2016|access-date=January 1, 2020|publisher=UK Government}}</ref>
-*'''United States''': 1B-LSD is unscheduled in the United States.
+*'''United States''': Since 1B-LSD can be considered a prodrug for LSD, its possession and sale may be prosecutable in the United States under the Federal Analogue Act.{{citation needed}}
 ==See also==