Legality
Mephedrone (4-MMC) legal status by country
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...
- AustraliaControlled — mephedrone is listed by name ('4-METHYLMETHCATHINONE (MEPHEDRONE)') as a Schedule 9 Prohibited...
- BahrainControlled — TREATY-floor (via the GCC unified narcotics list). Mephedrone is captured by national...
- BangladeshControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II...
- BrazilControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually listed in ANVISA Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998 Lista F2 (proscribed...
- BruneiControlled — NAMED / TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is caught under Brunei's Misuse of Drugs Act...
- CambodiaControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Convention...
- CanadaControlled — mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone), a synthetic cathinone, is captured as an analogue of...
- ChinaControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually listed as a Category I psychotropic in the national...
- CubaControlled — GENERIC. Mephedrone is caught by the Cuban Penal Code's generic drug-trafficking provisions...
- EgyptControlled — TREATY-floor / NAMED. Mephedrone is captured by Egypt's narcotics/psychotropics tables (Law...
- FranceControlled — NAMED (later GENERIC too). Mephedrone was individually classed as a stupéfiant by arrêté of 2...
- GermanyControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually placed in BtMG Anlage I (non-marketable narcotic) by the 24th...
- GreeceControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the Greek narcotics tables implementing EU Council...
- IndiaControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually notified onto the NDPS Act schedule of psychotropic substances...
- IndonesiaControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is scheduled as Narkotika Golongan I (added by Ministry of Health Permenkes to...
- IranControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is captured by Iran's psychotropics schedule incorporating the 1971...
- IraqControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is captured by Iraq's Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No....
- IrelandControlled — GENERIC + BLANKET. Mephedrone is caught by the generic cathinone control added to the Misuse of...
- ItalyControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to Tabella I (stupefacenti) by Ministerial Decree of 24...
- JapanControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is designated as a controlled substance under the Pharmaceutical Affairs /...
- JordanControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is captured by Jordan's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law,...
- KuwaitControlled — TREATY-floor (via the GCC unified narcotics list). Mephedrone is captured by national...
- LaosControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II...
- MalaysiaControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952...
- MaldivesControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 psychotropics...
- MexicoControlled — TREATY-floor / NAMED. Mephedrone is captured by the Ley General de Salud psychotropics schedule...
- MyanmarControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II...
- NetherlandsControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is placed on the Opiumwet List II implementing EU Council Decision 2010/759/EU...
- New ZealandControlled — mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone / 4-MMC) is a Class B controlled drug, listed by name in Part...
- NigeriaControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is captured by the NDLEA Act / national drug schedule, which...
- OmanControlled — TREATY-floor (via the GCC unified narcotics list). Mephedrone is captured by national...
- PakistanControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II...
- PhilippinesControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the Dangerous Drugs Board controlled list (DDB Board...
- PolandControlled — NAMED + BLANKET. Mephedrone is individually added to the narcotics/psychotropics schedule of the...
- PortugalControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the Decreto-Lei 15/93 tables implementing EU Council...
- QatarControlled — TREATY-floor (via the GCC unified narcotics list). Mephedrone is captured by national...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled — TREATY-floor (via the GCC unified narcotics list). Mephedrone is captured by Saudi Arabia's ban...
- SingaporeControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to the First Schedule (Class A) of the Misuse of Drugs...
- South KoreaControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is scheduled as a psychotropic under the Narcotics Control Act...
- SpainControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually added to Lista I of psychotropic substances (Real Decreto...
- Sri LankaControlled — TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is controlled via national incorporation of the 1971 Schedule II...
- SwedenControlled (illegal) — mephedrone (mefedron / 4-metylmetkatinon) is classified as narkotika and appears by...
- SwitzerlandControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually listed in the BetmVV-EDI narcotics annex (Verzeichnis of...
- TaiwanControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually scheduled as a Schedule 3 (第三級) controlled drug under the...
- ThailandControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is scheduled as a Category 1 narcotic under the Narcotics Code (cathinones...
- TurkeyControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone was individually added to Turkey's controlled-substances list by...
- United Arab EmiratesControlled — NAMED / TREATY-floor. Mephedrone is captured by the UAE MOHAP controlled-substances schedules...
- United KingdomControlled — GENERIC (the archetypal case). Mephedrone is never individually named; it is caught by the...
- VietnamControlled — NAMED. Mephedrone (4-MMC) is individually listed in the government narcotics/psychotropics...
Not individually verified
For these 174 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
- 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
- Libya
- 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
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- 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
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe