Legality
Cathinone legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Cathinone 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 Cathinone in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled, cathinone (katinona; khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I...
- AlbaniaCathinone is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- AngolaControlled. Catinona is in table II-A of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12 years. Personal use is a...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, neither the alkaloid nor the plant that carries it. This is a positive finding of absence and not...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 310 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaProhibited. Cathinone, an alkaloid of khat, falls in the Schedule 9 class entry of F2026L01327 «CATHINONES...
- AustriaControlled in Austria as a Suchtgift, a narcotic in the strict statutory sense. In the Suchtgiftverordnung,...
- BahamasControlled, and its N methyl homologue is separately named. The 1994 Application Order prints «CATHINONE»...
- BahrainControlled. Cathinone is placed in Group II Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshCathinone is named in Class 'ka' at serial 6 of the First Schedule, immediately after Hashis oil and before...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part II of the First Schedule, the «list OF psychotropic substances under control». Under the Drug...
- BelarusCathinone is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumCathinone is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeCathinone is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule I paragraph 1(a), in the Misuse of...
- 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 98 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the list...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Controlled as a Class C drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 178. Part III of Schedule 2...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Cathinone is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Cabo VerdeControlled. Cathinone is in Table I, part B of Lei n.º 78/IV/93, printed on page 532 of Boletim Oficial I...
- CambodiaControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and...
- CanadaControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- 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:...
- CroatiaCathinone is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaCathinone 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. The parent cathinone alkaloid has no entry, and neither does its plant source. No cathinone...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the second section of Egypt's Table 1. «الجدول رقم (١) - الجواهر...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaCathinone is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Falkland Islands (UK)Class C controlled drug in the Falkland Islands. Part 3 of the Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Ordinance 1987...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Cathinone is named on liste B nr. 86 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Cathinone is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceCathinone is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- GeorgiaCathinone is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyListed by name in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the non-marketable tier. Cathinone holds its own...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). The entry relied on for cathinone is...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Cathinone is entry 18 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part II of the First Schedule, the List of Psychotropic Substances Under Control,...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. Cathinone is named in Lista I del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal (Decreto...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Cathinone is a named entry of the P1 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.)...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Cathinone", with "Benzoylethanamine, Hagigat" in the...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «77 CATHIONE (-)-(s)-2-aminopropophenone», at serial 77 of the...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranCathinone is placed at entry 2 of Schedule 1 of the four psychotropic schedules adopted 1384/09/13, printed...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Schedule Five carries CATHINONE at serial 2, described as «(-)-(s)-...
- IrelandCathinone is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 210/2022,...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק א'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «catinone» as an operative...
- JapanCathinone 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...
- JordanCathinone is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanCathinone is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution...
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Cathinone is listed at Group 2, table 1, serial P1-16.
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names cathinone in its...
- LaosControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and...
- LatviaCathinone is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Cathinone is placed in Table 1 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LibyaIllegal, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- LithuaniaCathinone is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names cathinone. The entry relied on reads «Katinonas...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-A, item 4, prints «卡西酮 / Catinona». The tables are read as amended...
- MalaysiaCathinone is named in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, and «Methcathinone» is...
- MaldivesControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and...
- MaltaCathinone is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoCathinone is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the first of the five groups of article 245 of the...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Cathinone is in Table I, «Tabelul național I. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Cathinone is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 1, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Cathinone is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Catinona», printed among the lists and tables annexed to Ley...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places cathinone under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for cathinone,...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Cathinone is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Cathinone is named in Group II, Table 1, serial 3 of the...
- PakistanCathinone is a psychotropic substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997. Section 2(za)...
- PanamaControlled. Cathinone is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Cathinone is printed as "CATHINONE" on page 12 of the Dangerous Drugs Board's...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «KATYNON» is entry lp. 63 in group I-P of...
- PortugalControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 1-B item 16 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry as «16 - CATHINONE...
- RomaniaCathinone is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Cathinone = (-)-alpha-aminopropiophenone»,...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists cathinone at the entry «Катинон (L-альфа-аминопропиофенон) и его...
- 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...
- SamoaControlled as a Class B narcotic. Second Schedule item 8 of the Narcotics Act 1967 (official version as at 31...
- Saudi ArabiaCathinone is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category A of the...
- SerbiaCathinone is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaCathinone is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names cathinone. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names katinon at Group I, row...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaControlled, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Cathinone is entry 2 of Lista I...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- State of PalestineIllegal, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- SudanIllegal, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and,...
- SurinameIllegal. Lijst I onderdeel C prints the entry as 'Cathinon', between 'Brolamfetamine' and 'DET'. Onderdeel C...
- SwedenControlled. Katinon is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries cathinone in list d, where the entry reads...
- SyriaIllegal, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. The National List approved by Government Resolution No. 121 of 27 February 2020...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandCathinone is not named in Thailand's criminal drug schedules. A substance specific sweep, run in Thai and by...
- Timor-LesteCathinone, the parent beta-ketone amphetamine, is named directly in Table II-A of Lei n.º 2/2017's Anexo II,...
- TongaNAMED. Schedule 1, Class A, from Schedule I of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971 (page 21),...
- Trinidad and TobagoCathinone is in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table «PSYCHOTROPIC...
- TurkeyCathinone is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name cathinone, a...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Cathinone is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by name as the parent alkaloid. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text...
- United Arab EmiratesCathinone, the parent alkaloid, is placed in Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, the psychotropic...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class C drug. Part III of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(f)(4). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Cathinone is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Cathinone is printed in List IB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenSplit status, cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic, and...
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Not individually verified
For these 97 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Cathinone 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
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe