Is Methylone legal in United Arab Emirates?

Legal status

Methylone is listed in the cathinones block of Schedule 5 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at item 3, subitem 29. The entry is «ميثيلون», and the dossier records the accompanying chemical name as 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(methylamino)propan-1-one. The benzodioxole ring in that name is what connects and separates this row from the methylenedioxy amphetamines carried elsewhere in the same schedule: the ring system is shared and the ketone is not, and the schedule resolves the point by enumerating this substance in the cathinones block rather than with the amphetamines. Placement by enumeration is the pattern throughout Schedule 5, so what controls is subitem 29 naming it. The row runs through Articles 10, 41 and 57, with Schedule 10 group 1 carrying the quantity band. The placement was read on 20 September 2026.

Consequences if caught

Item 3, subitem 29 of Schedule 5 sits in one of the four schedule groups Article 57 names. The dossier records the article as stating mandatory death for its trafficking or promotion trigger and as stating no quantity for it, and records that the Schedule 10 group 1 band does not gate that route. So the capital exposure on this row is settled by identification and conduct, and the group 1 figure that does exist answers a separate question. Article 41 carries the personal use route for this branch, with its tariff unstated in the dossier.

If prescribed or medical

The dossier records at the modafinil row that a 268 entry ministry travellers list was checked and expressly not used as a schedule. Attached to this substance: methylone is at Schedule 5, item 3, subitem 29, with no medicinal product or prescribing route recorded against it. The medical question is deferred rather than reasoned out of the Schedule 5 branch.

Documentation

No documentation route is recorded for methylone. Provenance: the entry «ميثيلون» at item 3, subitem 29 and the chemical name the dossier gives as 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(methylamino)propan-1-one were read on 20 September 2026, with the capital analysis resting on Article 57 and not on the group 1 band. The practical point is that this substance is enumerated among the cathinones rather than among the methylenedioxy amphetamines, so a report placing it by ring system alone has not identified the entry that applies.

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