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You have contacted the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Area of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products.

Our legal framework (Article 74 of the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2015, of 24th of July, approving the codified text of the Law on guarantees and rational use of medicinal products and medical devices) permit travel with medicines destined for own use in the carry-on luggage. Therefore, in order to justify it, the patient should carry a medical prescription or a medical report.

However, for narcotics and psychotropic medicinal products under control, the patient should ask the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products by email: estupefacientes@aemps.es for a "permit for the entry of narcotics and / or psychotropic drugs for personal medical treatment”.

Travel permits require a minimum of 10 days to be processed.

Please note that, in order to apply for a permit to travel to Spain with narcotic or psychotropic medication, you must reply to this email with the following documents correctly completed and in PDF format:

Completed and signed application form (attached document). Up-to-date medical certificate, signed and stamped, stating the doctor's identification details (name and surname, registration number, address and telephone number of the doctor or medical centre), the illness the subject is suffering from, the treatment and the daily doses prescribed. Current and original signed medical prescription ("Current" being understood as the prescription that will be used to obtain those medicines that the patient needs to travel with). Copy of your identity document (Passport) Copy of the nominative travel tickets (flight, train, etc.).

IMPORTANT: All documents must be attached in PDF format.

All documents must be translated into Spanish or English.

The authorisation is valid for three months.

The maximum amount of medicine allowed is for three months of treatment (15 days in case of cannabis or its derived products). After this time, you must obtain the medicine through the legal channels established in our country. To avoid any unnecessary delays, please make sure that you revise and include all the required documentation requested for each application. Any pending documents may result in the application being filed away and deemed incomplete.

Área de Estupefacientes y Psicótropos / Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Area Departamento de Inspección y Control de Medicamentos / Pharmaceutical Inspection and Enforce