Legality
Mephedrone (4-MMC) legal status by country
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Countries where the legal status of Mephedrone (4-MMC) 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 Mephedrone (4-MMC) in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled, NAMED (national law governs). Mephedrone is prosecuted as Narkotika Golongan I under the national...
- AlbaniaMephedrone is a controlled psychotropic substance in Albania. It is printed in List II of the 1971 Convention...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and no cathinone of any kind is. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 596 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaProhibited. Mephedrone is named in Schedule 9 of F2026L01327 as «4-METHYLMETHCATHINONE *(MEPHEDRONE).», in...
- AustriaA Suchtgift in Austrian law, listed rather than inferred. In the Suchtgiftverordnung, Annex V.2 lists it...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. Mephedrone is reached through the class entry that Decision 39 of 2016 added, which is the only...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusMephedrone is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumMephedrone is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- 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 152 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Mephedrone is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CambodiaControlled, TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Convention Schedule...
- CanadaControlled, mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone), a synthetic cathinone, is captured as an analogue of...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaControlled, NAMED. Mephedrone is individually listed as a Category I psychotropic in the national...
- 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:...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. Mephedrone is not named in the...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaMephedrone 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. No cathinone is named anywhere in the Categorías, so there is no listed member of this family and...
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1, by group and not by name. «الجدول...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaMephedrone is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Mephedrone is named on liste B nr. 303 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Mephedrone is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMephedrone is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- GeorgiaMephedrone is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyMephedrone is listed by name in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz. The printed row reads „- |...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019), as a cathinone derivative. Seventh...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Mephedrone is entry 58 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that...
- 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. Mephedrone is named in Lista II del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. It is not named in Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs...
- HungaryControlled. Mephedrone 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 "Mephedrone", with "4-methylmethcathinone, 4-MMC,...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110B MEPHEDRONE 4-methylmethcathinone (4-MMC) 4-methylephedrone...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMephedrone has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 197 of 2021 added Mephedrone to Schedule Six at serial 17, described as...
- IrelandMephedrone is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I....
- 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 «mefedrone» as an operative...
- JapanMephedrone 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...
- JordanMephedrone is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and...
- KazakhstanMephedrone is not named in Kazakhstan's controlled list, and the route that reaches it is the analogue rule...
- 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. Mephedrone is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-54.
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names mephedrone in its...
- LaosControlled, TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II...
- LatviaMephedrone is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Mephedrone is placed in Table 1 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971 Convention...
- LithuaniaMephedrone is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names mephedrone. The entry relied on reads «Mefedronas...
- MalaysiaMephedrone is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule and in the...
- MaldivesControlled, TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 psychotropics...
- MaltaMephedrone is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoMephedrone is named in Mexican law as a psychotropic, in the first of the five groups of article 245 of the...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Mephedrone 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. Mephedrone is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 2, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Mephedrone 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 «mephedrone, 4-», printed in the current schedules of the...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places mephedrone under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Mephedrone is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Mephedrone is named in Group II, Table 2, serial 37 of the...
- PanamaControlled. Mephedrone 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. Mephedrone is printed as "mephedrone" on page 18 of the Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «MEFEDRON» is entry lp. 58 in group II-P of...
- PortugalControlled, NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the Decreto-Lei 15/93 tables implementing EU Council...
- QatarControlled on the Ministry of Public Health list of controlled narcotic and dangerous psychoactive substances...
- RomaniaMephedrone is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «4-metilmetcatinona (mefedrona) =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists mephedrone at the entry «4-Метилметкатинон (мефедрон)» (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 ArabiaMephedrone is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category B of the...
- SerbiaMephedrone 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...
- SlovakiaMephedrone is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names mephedrone. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names mefedron at Group I,...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 7 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaControlled, NAMED. Mephedrone is scheduled as a psychotropic under the Narcotics Control Act...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Mephedrone is entry 60 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Mephedrone is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III...
- SwedenControlled. Mefedron is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries mephedrone in list d, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. Item 232 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...
- ThailandMephedrone is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Timor-LesteMephedrone is named directly in Table II-A of Lei n.º 2/2017's Anexo II, item 26, printed with no formula,...
- Trinidad and TobagoMephedrone is in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table «PSYCHOTROPIC...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Mephedrone is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine under a heading that carries both the common name and a positional abbreviation....
- United Arab EmiratesMephedrone is named in the cathinones block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 3, subitem 26....
- 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)(36). 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. Mephedrone 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. Mephedrone 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 115 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Mephedrone (4-MMC) 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
- 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
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- 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
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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