Is Mephedrone (4-MMC) legal in Germany?

Also known as: meow meow

Legal status

Mephedrone is listed by name in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz. The printed row reads „- | 4-Methylmethcathinon(Mephedron) | 1-(4-Methylphenyl)-2-methylaminopropan-1-on“, so the German table leads with the systematic positional name and carries the market name in brackets after it. The methyl group is fixed at ring position four, which is what separates this entry from the three-methyl isomer that Germany lists on a separate row: the schedule resolves the substituted cathinones one isomer at a time rather than as a family. Placement is under BtMG § 1 Abs. 1 and the tier is Anlage I, the non-marketable one. Because the substance is named in the narcotics table, the structure-group route in the new psychoactive substances statute is not used and is not blended into the answer.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The dossier's penalty column records that no death-penalty regime applies. The provisions are BtMG §§ 29 bis 30a and the recorded figure is the ceiling: not less than five years under § 30a Abs. 1, with a determinate sentence capped at fifteen years by StGB § 38 Abs. 2. No ordinary band is recorded and none is stated. Since the schedule works isomer by isomer, the position of the ring methyl is a fact the case depends on, and a sample that is not this isomer belongs to whichever row or structural group actually reaches it.

If prescribed or medical

Anlage I is the non-marketable tier of the three, read at gesetze-im-internet.de on 21 September 2026, so no German prescribing route exists for this substance. The dossier records no traveller rule for narcotics entering Germany, so this cell attaches the placement and defers explicitly on the border documentation rather than describing a route.

Documentation

Nothing lawful can be carried here. The record that decides a case is the positional analysis, because the German table separates the methylmethcathinone isomers by line and a mislabelled product proves nothing about which one is present. The entry was read on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Germany’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.