Legality
MDA legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of MDA 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 MDA in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled — MDA is a Golongan I narcotic under national Law 35/2009 (narcotics are federal; Aceh's Qanun...
- AustraliaControlled — MDA is a Schedule 9 prohibited substance in the Poisons Standard and a border-controlled drug...
- BahrainControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under Decree-Law 15/2007. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. CAPITAL...
- BangladeshControlled — MDA falls within the Class 'Ka' (A) amphetamine-type-stimulant grouping of the Narcotics Control...
- BrazilControlled — MDA is a proscribed psychotropic on Lista F2 of ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998. NAMED mechanism.
- BruneiControlled — MDA is a Class A controlled drug named in the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 27), mirroring...
- CambodiaControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic (Table I) under the Law on Drug Control 2012 (1971 Schedule I...
- CanadaControlled — MDA (methylenedioxyamphetamine) is enumerated by name among amphetamines in Schedule I of the...
- ChinaControlled — MDA is a listed controlled psychotropic in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances...
- CubaControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Penal Code narcotics provisions (2022 Penal Code / Ley 62...
- EgyptControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Anti-Narcotics Law 182/1960 tables. NAMED/scheduled...
- FranceControlled — MDA is classed as a stupefiant (1971 Convention Schedule I transposed into the French narcotics...
- GermanyControlled — MDA is individually listed by name in Anlage I to the Betaeubungsmittelgesetz (BtMG), the...
- GreeceControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the narcotics tables of Law 4139/2013 (1971 Schedule I...
- IndiaControlled — MDA is a scheduled psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act (listed with MDMA). NAMED...
- IndonesiaControlled — MDA is a Golongan I narcotic under Law (UU) 35/2009 (Lampiran I, as an enumerated MDMA-class...
- IranControlled — MDA is caught by the amphetamine/'industrial psychotropic drugs' class language of the 2017...
- IraqControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law 50/2017....
- IrelandControlled — MDA is individually scheduled (Schedule 1) under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and its...
- ItalyControlled — MDA is scheduled by name in Tabella I of D.P.R. 309/1990 (stupefacenti e sostanze psicotrope)....
- JapanControlled — MDA is a designated narcotic (mayaku) under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act...
- JordanControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 23/2016....
- KuwaitControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under Law 74/1983. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. CAPITAL available...
- LaosControlled — MDA is caught by the amphetamine-type-stimulant / 'other psychotropic substances' class language...
- LibyaControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Anti-Narcotics Law 7/1990. NAMED/scheduled mechanism....
- MalaysiaControlled — MDA is a scheduled dangerous drug (First Schedule) under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. NAMED...
- MaldivesControlled — MDA is a scheduled drug under the Drug Act (Law 17/2011). NAMED/scheduled mechanism. Capital...
- MexicoControlled — MDA is a psicotropico listed under Ley General de Salud art. 245. NAMED mechanism.
- MyanmarControlled — MDA is a scheduled psychotropic under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law 1993....
- NetherlandsControlled — MDA is a List I hard drug named under the Opium Act (Opiumwet). NAMED mechanism.
- New ZealandControlled — MDA is listed by name as a Class B1 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (a notch...
- NigeriaControlled — MDA is a scheduled drug under the NDLEA Act. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. NOT capital: the death...
- OmanControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic/psychotropic under Royal Decree 17/99. NAMED/scheduled mechanism....
- PakistanControlled — MDA is a scheduled substance under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997. NAMED/scheduled...
- PhilippinesControlled — MDA is a dangerous drug under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act (RA 9165). NAMED mechanism....
- PolandControlled — MDA is listed by name in grupa I-P (annex to the 2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction);...
- PortugalControlled — MDA is named in Tabela II-A of Decreto-Lei 15/93. NAMED mechanism. Personal-quantity...
- QatarControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under Law 9/1987. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. CAPITAL available...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled — MDA is a prohibited scheduled narcotic/psychotropic (zero tolerance). NAMED/scheduled mechanism....
- SingaporeControlled — MDA is a Class A controlled drug named in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973...
- South KoreaControlled — MDA is a psychotropic (hyangjeongsingseong) under the Act on the Control of Narcotics, etc....
- South SudanControlled — MDA is scheduled under the inherited penal/narcotics framework. Scheduled mechanism. Capital...
- SpainControlled — MDA is a psicotropico on Lista I of the 1971 Convention as transposed into Spanish law (Real...
- Sri LankaControlled — MDA is a scheduled drug under the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. NAMED/scheduled...
- State of PalestineControlled — MDA is scheduled under the PA's inherited (Jordanian/Egyptian-derived) narcotics law. Scheduled...
- SudanControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Act 1994. NAMED/scheduled...
- SwedenControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic in foerteckning I (Laekemedelsverket narkotika lists, 1971 Schedule...
- SwitzerlandControlled — MDA is listed by name in Verzeichnis d (prohibited substances) of the BetmVV-EDI under the...
- SyriaControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the Anti-Narcotics Law 2/1993. NAMED/scheduled mechanism....
- TaiwanControlled — MDA is a Category 2 controlled substance (amphetamine derivative, MDMA class) under the...
- ThailandControlled — MDA is a Category 1 narcotic under the Narcotics Code B.E. 2564 (2021), the...
- TurkeyControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic/psychotropic under the UMKK schedules. NAMED mechanism. Turkey...
- United Arab EmiratesControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under Federal Decree-Law 30/2021 on Narcotics. NAMED/scheduled...
- United KingdomControlled — MDA is individually named as a Class A drug in Schedule 2 Part I of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971...
- VietnamControlled — MDMA is named in Penal Code art. 251 and MDA falls under 'other solid narcotic' (former death...
- YemenControlled — MDA is a scheduled narcotic under the national narcotics law. NAMED/scheduled mechanism. Capital...
Not individually verified
For these 168 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that MDA 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
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Suriname
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe