Legality
Methylone legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Methylone 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 Methylone in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Controlled — methylone is a Narkotika Golongan I substance under national Law No. 35/2009; narcotics are...
- AustraliaControlled — methylone is individually NAMED as a controlled substance (Poisons Standard Schedule 9) and a...
- BrazilControlled — methylone is individually NAMED on Lista F2 (proscribed psychotropics) of Portaria SVS/MS 344/98...
- CanadaTreated as Schedule I under the CDSA on the CONTESTED basis that methylone is an analogue of amphetamine...
- ChinaControlled — methylone was placed under control effective 1 Jan 2014 (NNCC/FDA NPS addition), individually...
- EgyptControlled — methylone is caught by the BLANKET clause added by the 2019 amendment to Anti-Narcotics Law...
- FranceControlled as a stupéfiant — methylone is caught by the GENERIC cathinone-family definition of the Arrêté du...
- GermanyControlled — listed in Anlage II BtMG (marketable but non-prescribable narcotic). Methylone is individually...
- GreeceControlled — narcotic table under Law 4139/2013, implementing 1971 Convention Schedule II (methylone since...
- IndonesiaControlled — methylone is a Narkotika Golongan I substance under Law No. 35/2009 (reinforced by Permenkes...
- IranControlled — methylone is caught by the GENERIC 'industrial/synthetic' psychotropic class of Article 8 of the...
- IraqControlled — as a 1971 Convention party Iraq schedules psychotropics under the Narcotics & Psychotropic...
- IrelandControlled — methylone is caught by the GENERIC cathinone definition brought under the Misuse of Drugs Acts...
- ItalyControlled — Tabella I, DPR 309/1990. Methylone was NAMED by the ministerial decree adding synthetic...
- JapanControlled as a narcotic under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law — methylone was first controlled...
- MalaysiaControlled as a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (First Schedule) — methylone is caught as a...
- NetherlandsControlled ONLY since 1 Jul 2025 — methylone is caught by the BLANKET 2-phenethylamine/cathinone group ban...
- New ZealandControlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 — methylone was brought in by the amendment...
- PhilippinesControlled under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act (RA 9165) — methylone was added by Dangerous Drugs...
- PolandControlled — methylone is individually NAMED in the annex to the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii by the...
- PortugalControlled — methylone is individually NAMED among the NPS added to the tables under Decreto-Lei 54/2013...
- Saudi ArabiaControlled — as a 1971 Convention Schedule II substance methylone falls within the psychotropic schedule...
- SingaporeControlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 — methylone, as a synthetic cathinone, was brought under Class...
- South KoreaControlled as a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act — methylone was temporarily then permanently...
- SpainControlled as a psychotropic (Anexo I, 1971 lists) — methylone is individually NAMED among the synthetic...
- SwedenControlled as narkotika under the Narcotic Drugs Control Act (1992:860) and Ordinance (SFS 1992:1554);...
- SwitzerlandControlled — listed in the Verzeichnisse under BetmVV-EDI (SR 812.121.11); methylone is caught by the GENERIC...
- TaiwanControlled — methylone is individually NAMED as a Schedule III controlled drug under the Narcotics Hazard...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 — methylone is NOT individually named but is...
- VietnamControlled — methylone is a scheduled synthetic substance on the narcotics/psychotropics list (Decree 57/2022...
Not individually verified
For these 194 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Methylone 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
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- 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
- India
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- 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
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe