Is Mephedrone (4-MMC) legal in India?
- Legal status
- Controlled — NAMED. Mephedrone is individually notified onto the NDPS Act schedule of psychotropic substances in Feb 2015 (India being a major clandestine-production concern).
- Consequences if caught
- NDPS psychotropic: penalties set by small-/commercial-quantity thresholds. India imposes no death penalty for a first drug offence, and mephedrone falls below any capital-repeat tier.
- If prescribed or medical
- NDPS psychotropic with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
- Documentation
- No licit personal-carry or import route for an NDPS psychotropic.
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