Legality
MDPV legal status by country
Also known as: monkey dust
Countries where the legal status of MDPV 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 MDPV in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled under national law. Narcotics in Aceh are prosecuted under national Law 35/2009, and MDPV is...
- AlbaniaMDPV is a controlled psychotropic substance in Albania. It is printed in List II of the 1971 Convention...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and no pyrovalerone compound is. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 590 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaProhibited. MDPV is named in Schedule 9 of F2026L01327 as «3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE *(MDPV).». Criminal...
- AustriaDesignated a Suchtgift in Austria, and therefore on the narcotics rather than the psychotrope side of the...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. MDPV 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....
- BelarusMDPV is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- BelgiumMDPV 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 35 of lista F1, narcotic substances within lista F, the list of...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. MDPV is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaControlled. MDPV is individually listed by name in Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act,...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaControlled. MDPV was placed under national control by name on the Supplementary List of Controlled NPS...
- 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: MDPV...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. MDPV is not named in the Popis...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaMDPV 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. Neither pyrovalerone nor any of its analogues is named in the Categorías. The pyrrolidine ring...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first 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...
- EstoniaMDPV 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. MDPV is named on liste B nr. 291 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj 2026...
- FinlandControlled. MDPV is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMDPV is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GeorgiaMDPV is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched to...
- GermanyMDPV sits in Anlage II of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the middle tier, which is an uncommon placement worth...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). The entry relied on for MDPV is Fifth...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. MDPV is entry 92 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...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. MDPV 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. MDPV 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 "Methylenedioxypyrovalerone", with "MDPV" in the...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110I MDPV 3, 4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMDPV has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics Law,...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 197 of 2021 added MDPV to Schedule Six at serial 15, described as...
- IrelandMDPV is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 210/2022, Sch....
- 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 «MDPV» as an operative...
- JapanMDPV 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...
- JordanMDPV is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanMDPV 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. MDPV is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-53.
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names MDPV in its...
- LatviaMDPV 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...
- LithuaniaMDPV is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name MDPV on its own. It is reached through the printed...
- MalaysiaMDPV is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule as...
- MaltaMDPV is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous Drugs...
- MexicoMDPV is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General de...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. MDPV is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. MDPV is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 2, and that listing is the whole of what...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. MDPV is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row prints...
- 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 «MDPV, 3,4-», printed in the current schedules of the 1971...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places MDPV under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. MDPV is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. MDPV is named in Group II, Table 2, serial 36 of the annex...
- PanamaControlled. MDPV 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 second limb of article 2 rather than by...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. MDPV is printed as "MDPV" on page 18 of the Dangerous Drugs Board's Updated...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «MDPV» is entry lp. 61 in group II-P of...
- PortugalControlled under the drug tables, not under the new psychoactive substances regime. MDPV was removed from the...
- QatarControlled on the Ministry of Public Health list of controlled narcotic and dangerous psychoactive substances...
- RomaniaMDPV is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Metilendioxipirovaleronă (MDPV)», located at Legea...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists MDPV at the entry «3,4-Метилендиоксипировалерон (MDPV)» (in English,...
- 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 ArabiaControlled. As a 1971 Convention Schedule II psychotropic, MDPV falls under Saudi Arabia's broad...
- SerbiaMDPV 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...
- SlovakiaMDPV is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names MDPV. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 7 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaControlled. MDPV was the first substance temporarily scheduled (end 2011) under the Act on the Control of...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. MDPV is entry 20 of Lista II in...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. MDPV is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III category...
- SwedenControlled. MDPV is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are Läkemedelsverkets...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries MDPV in list d, where the entry reads „MDPV“....
- 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. Item 245 of Перечень 2, psychotropic substances, of the National List approved by...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandMDPV is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Trinidad and TobagoMDPV is in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table «PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)MDPV is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(37),...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine under a four letter Cyrillic abbreviation. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV,...
- United Arab EmiratesThis compound is named in the cathinones block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 3, subitem...
- 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)(37). 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. MDPV 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. MDPV 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 119 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that MDPV 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)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- 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
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- 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 Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe