Is Cathinone legal in Sweden?
- Legal status
- Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is classified as a narcotic on Sweden's national narcotics list under the Narcotic Drugs Act. Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition, named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis, separately classified a narcotic since 1989) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc., separately scheduled) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder Schedule-III metabolite.
- Consequences if caught
- Narcotic: possession and trafficking of the isolated alkaloid penalised under the Narcotic Drugs Act; small quantities historically fines, large smuggling prosecuted. No death penalty in Sweden.
- If prescribed or medical
- 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
- Documentation
- No licit personal-import route for a classified narcotic.
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