Is Mephedrone (4-MMC) legal in Sweden?
- Legal status
- Controlled (illegal) — mephedrone (mefedron / 4-metylmetkatinon) is classified as narkotika and appears by name in förteckning (Schedule) I of the Swedish Medical Products Agency's narcotics schedules (Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter LVFS 2011:10, consolidated; originally narcotics-classified 25 May 2009). A firm named listing.
- Consequences if caught
- Offences are prosecuted under narkotikastrafflagen (1968:64): unlawful possession, use, transfer, supply and manufacture are criminal, with penalties ranging from fines and up to 3 years' imprisonment for ordinary narkotikabrott to up to 10 years for grovt (aggravated) narkotikabrott.
- If prescribed or medical
- No mephedrone-containing medicinal product is approved in Sweden; as a förteckning I substance it has no accepted medical use and cannot be lawfully prescribed.
- Documentation
- Listed among narkotika in Läkemedelsverkets förteckningar (LVFS 2011:10, konsoliderad); control framework under Förordning (1992:1554) om kontroll av narkotika and narkotikastrafflagen (1968:64).
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