Legality
Methylone legal status by country
Also known as: bk-MDMA
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...
- AlbaniaMethylone is a controlled psychotropic substance in Albania. It is printed in List II of the 1971 Convention...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed. It is both a cathinone and a methylenedioxy compound, and the Act has neither. This is a positive...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 625 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia. The annex to Government Decision N 1129-Ն of 21 August 2003, at controlled lists 1 to...
- AustraliaProhibited. Methylone is named in Schedule 9 of F2026L01327 as «METHYLONE *(MDMC).», and as a controlled drug...
- AustriaDesignated a Suchtgift in Austria, and therefore on the narcotics rather than the psychotrope side of the...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainControlled. Methylone is reached through the class entry that Decision 39 of 2016 added, which is the only...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusMethylone is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11...
- BelgiumMethylone is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 158 of lista F2, psychotropic substances within lista F, the...
- BruneiNot a controlled drug in Brunei. Absent from Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IIIA of the First Schedule to...
- BulgariaControlled. Methylone is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaTreated as Schedule I under the CDSA on the contested basis that methylone is an analogue of amphetamine...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- ChinaControlled, methylone was placed under control effective 1 Jan 2014 (NNCC/FDA NPS addition), individually...
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireControlled under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, which adopts the UN Convention tables by article 45:...
- CroatiaControlled in Croatia through a bounded entry rather than under its own name. Methylone is not named in the...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaMethylone is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. This compound is the beta-keto analogue of MDMA, and MDMA is itself unnamed in the Categorías....
- EgyptControlled as a narcotic substance in the first section of Egypt's Table 1, by group and not by name. «الجدول...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaMethylone is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Methylone is named on liste B nr. 326 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26. maj...
- FinlandControlled. Methylone is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMethylone is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list...
- GeorgiaMethylone is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyListed by name in Anlage II of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, the marketable but not prescribable tier....
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019), as a cathinone derivative. Seventh...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Methylone is entry 98 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that...
- GrenadaNot listed in the First Schedule to the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Chapter 84A, as that...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- HondurasControlled. Methylone is named in Lista II del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal (Decreto...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. It is not named in Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs...
- HungaryControlled. Methylone is a named entry of the P1 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.)...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Methylone", with...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110J METHYLONE Beta-keto-MDMA...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMethylone has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics...
- IraqControlled psychotropic. Statement 197 of 2021 added Methylone to Schedule Six at serial 16, printing...
- IrelandMethylone is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 210/2022,...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק א'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «metilone» as an operative...
- JapanMethylone is a 麻薬, a narcotic, designated by Cabinet Order in Japan under 麻薬及び向精神薬取締法別表第一第七十七号. The entry is...
- JordanMethylone is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanMethylone is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution...
- KenyaNot a controlled drug under Cap. 245 on the text read: it is not named in the First Schedule of narcotic...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Methylone is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-56.
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names methylone in its...
- LatviaMethylone is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonNot a controlled substance under Law 673 of 16 March 1998 on the version read: it is not named in the four...
- LithuaniaMethylone is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name methylone on its own. It is reached through...
- MalaysiaMethylone is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule and in the...
- MaltaMethylone is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous...
- MexicoMethylone is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Methylone is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Methylone is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 2, and that listing is the whole of...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Methylone is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled, and named rather than inferred. Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 names or describes...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «methylone, beta-keto-», printed in the current schedules of...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places methylone under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Methylone is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. Methylone is named in Group II, Table 2, serial 38 of the...
- PanamaControlled. Methylone is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista II of the psicotropicos sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule through the second limb of article 2 rather than by...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Methylone is printed as "methylone" on page 18 of the Dangerous Drugs Board's...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «METYLON» is entry lp. 62 in group II-P of...
- PortugalControlled under the drug tables, not under the new psychoactive substances regime. Methylone, metilona was...
- QatarControlled on the Ministry of Public Health list of controlled narcotic and dangerous psychoactive substances...
- RomaniaMethylone is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «ß-ceto-MDMA (metilona) =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists methylone at the entry «Метилон (3,4-метилендиокси-N-метилкатинон)»...
- Saint LuciaNot a named entry in Schedule 2 to the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Cap. 3.02, in any of Part I, Part II...
- Saudi ArabiaMethylone is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category B of the...
- SerbiaMethylone is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaMethylone is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names methylone. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names metilon at Group I, row...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 7 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- South KoreaControlled as a narcotic under the Narcotics Control Act, methylone was temporarily then permanently...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. Methylone is entry 24 of Lista...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Methylone is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III category...
- SwedenControlled. Metylon is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries methylone in list d, where the entry reads...
- TaiwanCategory 3 narcotic (第三級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. Item 233 of Перечень 2, psychotropic substances, of the National List approved by...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandMethylone is a Category I narcotic in Thailand. The Thai FDA table of controlled narcotic drugs updated 15...
- Trinidad and TobagoMethylone is in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table «PSYCHOTROPIC...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Methylone is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine under a heading that gives the common name and the beta keto formula together....
- United Arab EmiratesMethylone is listed in the cathinones block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 3, subitem 29....
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug through a generic definition. It is not named in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of...
- United StatesControlled. Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(47). Listed by name. This...
- UruguayControlled. The national list is the Anexo I enacted by article 6 of Decreto 198/025 of 25 September 2025,...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Methylone is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Methylone is printed in List IIB of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
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Not individually verified
For these 118 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
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Guam (US)
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe