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Legality · 3-MMC

3-MMC in Macau: not individually verified

Also known as: metaphedrone

Not individually verified

We have not confirmed that 3-MMC specifically is scheduled in Macau, so this page gives no legal status. Publishing a guess here would be worse than publishing nothing. What we do know is the governing national drug law, below.

What is on record
Not confirmed. The Macau 88 substance legal dossier of 2 October 2026 places 3-MMC under Law 17/2009 Table II-A item 34, the cathinone derivatives item, quoting its heading «卡西酮的衍生物» (Derivados da Catinona), and reasons that 3-MMC is a positional methyl and N-methyl substituted cathinone within item 34 structural wording. The row quotes only the heading of item 34 and not the structural substitution wording that decides whether a molecule falls inside it, so the structural reasoning cannot be checked against the instrument's own words from this record, and the placement is not stated here as an answer. This deferral does not mean that use or supply is lawful.

Confirm directly with Macau’s national drug authority or your own embassy before you rely on anything.

What Macau HAS confirmed for related substances

These are related compounds, not 3-MMC. Their status may or may not reflect 3-MMC’s. Confirm 3-MMC directly with Macau's national drug authority or your embassy.

  • Cathinonea related compound, not 3-MMC

    Controlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-A, item 4, prints «卡西酮 / Catinona». The tables are read as amended through Law 12/2026, in force 18 August 2026. Trafficking: Article 8(1) and 8(2). Personal use: Article 14.

    Law 17/2009 of Macau, Table II-A, item 4, and Articles 8(1), 8(2), 10, 11 and 14, with the tables as amended through Law 12/2026, in force 18 August 2026 (amended by Laws 4/2014, 10/2016, 10/2019, 22/2020, 10/2021, 4/2023, 18/2023, 16/2024, 2/2025 and 12/2026) · antidrugs.gov.mo · pj.gov.mo · Verified October 3, 2026

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