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Are kratom, amanita and mad honey legal in Norway?

The narcotics list, the 2023 kratom proposal and the poison risks.

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Short answer

Whether kratom, fly agaric or mad honey is legal in Norway depends on DMP's narcotics list, and Norway's medicines agency proposed adding kratom to it in 2023. Anything on the list is illegal to import, keep or use. Red fly agaric is a poisonous mushroom, and mad honey can contain plant toxins that affect the heart.

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Why

  1. Norway prohibits importing, making, selling, storing and using narcotics, and the Norwegian Medical Products Agency (DMP) keeps the detailed list of substances that count as narcotics.
  2. In June 2023 the Norwegian Medicines Agency, now DMP, proposed listing kratom and its alkaloids mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine as narcotics, after Norwegian Customs reported several hundred kratom seizures between 2012 and 2021.
  3. Helsenorge describes red fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) as a poisonous mushroom, with symptoms that usually start 30 minutes to 3 hours after eating it.

Details

The 2023 proposal also notes that deaths caused by kratom have occurred and that no medicines containing kratom are on the market. Mad honey is honey made from rhododendron nectar, known mainly from the Turkish Black Sea region, and Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) advises against eating it because its grayanotoxins mainly affect the muscles, heart and blood pressure. If you think someone has eaten red fly agaric, contact the Poison Information Centre (Giftinformasjonen) on 22 59 13 00.

Tip

Before you order kratom, mushroom products or mad honey online, check the current narcotics list on DMP's website, since importing a listed substance is a crime.

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This answer is for reference only. Rules can change, so check the Norwegian Medical Products Agency (DMP) before you travel.

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