Legality
3-MMC legal status by country
Also known as: metaphedrone
Countries where the legal status of 3-MMC has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for 3-MMC in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled in Aceh under national narcotics law (UU 35/2009), Aceh's Islamic...
- Albania3-MMC is a controlled psychotropic substance in Albania. It is printed in List II of the 1971 Convention...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and no cathinone of any kind is. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 108 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaProhibited. 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is not named in F2026L01327 or in the Criminal Code Regulations...
- AustriaControlled as a Suchtgift, placed there by regulation rather than by the statute itself. In the...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. 3-MMC is reached through the class entry that Decision 39 of 2016 added, which is the only route...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- Belarus3-MMC is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- Belgium3-MMC is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017 prints...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 19 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the list...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. 3-MMC is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Canada3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled, caught under Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- China3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled by name since 1 Oct 2015, when it was included in China's...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45: 3-MMC...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. 3-MMC is not named in the Popis...
- Czechia3-MMC is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. No cathinone of any kind is named in the Categorías. Cathinone itself, methcathinone and the...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1, by group and not by name. «الجدول...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- Estonia3-MMC is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. 3-MMC is named on liste B nr. 323 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj 2026...
- FinlandControlled. 3-MMC is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- France3-MMC is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- Germany3-MMC is a named entry in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz. The printed row reads „- |...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019), on the reading that Seventh Schedule...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. 3-MMC is entry 59 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that opens...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- HondurasControlled. 3-MMC is named in Lista II del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal (Decreto...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. It is not named in Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs...
- HungaryControlled. 3-MMC is a named entry of the P1 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "3-methylmethcathinone", with "3-MMC" in the Annað...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110ZZE 3-Methylmethcathinone...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- Iran3-MMC has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 347 of 2025 is not the instrument that carries this row; Statement 238 of...
- Ireland3-MMC is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 210/2022,...
- IsraelControlled on the derivative clause rather than by name; read the cathinone entry at חלק א' סימן ב' פרט 3א
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «3-MMC» as an operative...
- Japan3-MMC is a 麻薬, a narcotic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第一第七十七号. The entry is...
- Jordan3-MMC is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- Kazakhstan3-MMC is not named in Kazakhstan's controlled list, and the route that reaches it is the analogue rule rather...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. 3-MMC is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-84, 3...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names 3-MMC in its...
- Latvia3-MMC is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- Lithuania3-MMC is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name 3-MMC on its own. It is reached through the...
- Malaysia3-MMC is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule as...
- Malta3-MMC is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- Mexico3-MMC is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General de...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. 3-MMC is in Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care conțin...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. 3-MMC is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 2, and that listing is the whole of what...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. 3-MMC is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row prints...
- New ZealandControlled through the open analogue limb rather than by a schedule name. 3-MMC, a substituted cathinone, has...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places 3-MMC under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. 3-MMC is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14...
- OmanNot listed in the annex to the Law on Combating Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances issued by Royal Decree...
- PanamaControlled. 3-MMC is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista II of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the list of nuevas sustancias psicoactivas...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. 3-MMC is printed as "3-Methyl methcathinone" on page 19 of the Dangerous...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «3-MMC» is entry lp. 77 in group II-P of...
- Portugal3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled under the Decreto-Lei 54/2013 new-psychoactive-substances...
- Qatar3-MMC is not named in Table 1, Table 2 or Table 4 of Law No. 9 of 1987, and it is on none of the three...
- Romania3-MMC is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «2-(metilamino)-1-(3-metilfenil) propan-1-onă...
- RussiaControlled in Russia through a derivative entry, not by name. The dossier places 3-MMC under the Decree 681...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- Saudi Arabia3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled in Saudi Arabia via the GCC unified controlled-substances list...
- Serbia3-MMC is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak psihoaktivnih...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- Slovakia3-MMC is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names 3-MMC. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names metilmetkatinon,...
- South Korea3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is controlled in South Korea, reached by the analogue-control and...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. 3-MMC is entry 59 of Lista II...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- SurinameIllegal. 3-MMC is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III category...
- SwedenControlled. 3-MMC is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries 3-MMC in list d, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), reached not by a named...
- Thailand3-MMC is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Trinidad and Tobago3-MMC is in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table «PSYCHOTROPIC...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)3-MMC is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine under a Cyrillic abbreviation rather than a spelled out chemical name. Постанова № 770,...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug through a generic definition. It is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(104). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled, and the decreto places it in two different schedules. The entry read for this row is...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan through a class entry. List I of Resolution 330, the list of narcotic drugs whose...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. 3-MMC is printed in List IIB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 128 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that 3-MMC specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe