Is MDPV legal in Singapore?
- Legal status
- Controlled. MDPV is captured by a synthetic-cathinone generic group in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act (Class A). It is below the capital tier and not death-eligible: Singapore's capital thresholds (MDA Second Schedule / s.33B) are named per-drug and no capital quantity is listed for synthetic cathinones including MDPV.
- Consequences if caught
- Illegal as a Class A drug; supply and trafficking carry imprisonment and caning, but MDPV has no capital threshold and is not death-eligible.
- If prescribed or medical
- MDPV has no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Singapore.
- Documentation
- No lawful personal-import route for a Class A controlled drug; do not carry.
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