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Switzerland

What psychedelic access is allowed in Switzerland?

Exceptional medical licenses. Access depends on the substance and setting; this is not blanket permission to possess, buy or sell psychedelics.

Official source: Limited medical use of banned narcotics →

The Federal Office of Public Health can license physicians to treat patients with psilocybin, LSD or MDMA when standard therapies have failed. The program has run since 2014; around 100 physicians held authorizations in 2024.

Current law

Narcotics Act, Art. 8(5), exceptional licences

  • Access is case-by-case, via the treating physician's application
  • Reserved for serious conditions where other treatments failed
  • Patients must generally be resident in Switzerland
  • No general clinic or retreat access

Providers and their documented services

1 listed

Praxis Fischmann

Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne

Listed, not verified

Documented services

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

Sources

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