Legality
MXE legal status by country
Also known as: mexxy
Countries where the legal status of MXE 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 MXE in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AlbaniaMethoxetamine is a controlled psychotropic substance in Albania. It is printed in List II of the 1971...
- Antigua and BarbudaNot listed, and neither is its parent. This is a positive finding of absence and not a deferral. The terms...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 634 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- AustraliaControlled federally as a named prohibited import, and conditionally by the drug analogue route; not named in...
- AustriaControlled in Austria as a Suchtgift, a narcotic in the strict statutory sense. In the Suchtgiftverordnung,...
- BahamasNot listed in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act (Application) Order, 1994 (S.I. 77 of 1994) as those...
- BahrainNot a controlled drug on the text read. Methoxetamine is not named in any of the twelve tables annexed to...
- BarbadosNot a controlled drug within section 3 in Barbados. Under the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap....
- BelarusMXE is controlled in Belarus. The annexes to Постановление Министерства здравоохранения № 19 от 11 февраля...
- BelgiumMXE (methoxetamine) is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6...
- 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 161 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. MXE is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- CanadaMXE (methoxetamine) is treated as a controlled substance in Canada as an analogue of ketamine, which is...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículo 1, the lista of substances capable of grave toxic effects or considerable...
- 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:...
- CroatiaMXE is a psihotropna tvar, a psychotropic substance, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i...
- CyprusControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended;...
- CzechiaMXE is a psychotropní látka, a psychotropic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o seznamech...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- Dominican RepublicNot listed. Neither this compound nor ketamine, the compound it is modelled on, has an entry. The three...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- EstoniaMXE is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Controlled in the Faroe Islands. Methoxetamine is named on liste B nr. 333 of bekendtgørelse nr. 495 af 26....
- FinlandControlled. MXE is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceMXE is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- GermanyMXE is listed by name in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, and the placement is worth contrasting with...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). The entry relied on for MXE is Fifth...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. MXE is entry 93 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Α, the first table, an entry that opens...
- 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. Methoxetamine is named in Lista II del Convenio de 1971, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. It is not named in Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs...
- HungaryControlled. MXE is a named entry of the P1 jegyzék carried in the 2. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Methoxetamine", with "MXE, 3-MeO-2-Oxo-PCE" in the...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «110N Methoxetamine, MXE 2-(ethylamino)-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranMXE has no entry of its own in Iran’s recovered drug instruments: it is not named in the Anti-Narcotics Law,...
- IraqNot listed as at 22 September 2026. Its parent is the decisive point: ketamine is on no Iraqi schedule, so...
- IrelandMXE is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1; S.I. 210/2022, Sch....
- 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 «metossietamina (MXE)» as...
- JapanMXE 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...
- JordanMXE is a psychotropic substance under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanMXE is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No. 470...
- 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. MXE is listed at Group 2, table 2, serial P2-55,...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names methoxetamine in its...
- LatviaMXE is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force and...
- LebanonControlled. Methoxetamine is placed in Table 1 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1971...
- LithuaniaMXE is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 does not name MXE on its own. It is reached through the printed...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table II-C, item 13, prints «Methoxetamine, MXE / Methoxetamine, MXE». The...
- MalaysiaMethoxetamine is a psychotropic substance under the Poisons Act 1952, named in the Third Schedule as...
- MaltaMXE is governed by the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance, Chapter 31, and not by the Dangerous Drugs...
- MexicoMXE is not a controlled substance by name in Mexico. It is not named in article 234 of the Ley General de...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Methoxetamine is listed in two tables, and the decision does not say which governs....
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. MXE is listed at Notification 25/2025, List 2, and that listing is the whole of what...
- NetherlandsControlled as a hard drug. Methoxetamine is named in lijst I of the Opiumwet, the hard drug list, and the row...
- New ZealandControlled through the open analogue limb rather than by a schedule name. MXE, the arylcyclohexylamine...
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «methoxetamine,», printed in the current schedules of the...
- NigeriaControlled. The Nigeria dossier places MXE under sections 11, 20 and 52 of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. MXE is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift 14...
- OmanControlled, and outside the death penalty article. MXE is named in Group II, Table 2, serial 39 of the annex...
- PanamaControlled. MXE is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical annex....
- 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. Board Regulation No. 7, Series of 2016, adopted 8 November 2016, resolves to...
- PolandControlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «METOKSETAMINA» is entry lp. 31 in group...
- PortugalMXE (methoxetamine) is controlled throughout the EU, and thus in Portugal, under Council Implementing...
- QatarControlled on the Ministry of Public Health list of controlled narcotic and dangerous psychoactive substances...
- RomaniaMXE is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Methoxetamine (MXE) =...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists MXE at the entry «Метоксетамин» (in English, methoxetamine), and the...
- 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 ArabiaMXE is a controlled psychotropic substance in Saudi Arabia, placed at Schedule II Category B of the schedules...
- SerbiaMXE is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak psihoaktivnih...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- SlovakiaMXE is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names MXE. The entry relied on reads «Metoxetamín...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names metoksetamin at Group...
- South AfricaControlled as a Schedule 7 substance under the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, as at the...
- SpainControlled in Spain as a sustancia psicotrópica under Real Decreto 2829/1977. MXE is entry 21 of Lista II in...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Group B Section...
- SurinameIllegal. Methoxetamine is on lijst III, which S.B. 2018 no. 64 annexed to the act, through the Tabel III...
- SwedenControlled. Metoxetamin is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled. The federal schedule ordinance BetmVV-EDI carries MXE 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 231 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...
- ThailandMXE is a Category 1 psychotropic substance in Thailand. The Ministry of Public Health notification...
- Trinidad and TobagoMethoxetamine is in the Second Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chap. 11:25, in the table «PSYCHOTROPIC...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)MXE is controlled federally. Federal Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(100),...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine by its own name as an especially dangerous psychotropic substance whose circulation is...
- United Arab EmiratesMethoxetamine is listed at Schedule 6, item 10 of Decision No. 158 of 2025, at the printed entry...
- 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)(100). 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. List I of Resolution 330, the list of narcotic drugs whose circulation is...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. MXE 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 124 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that MXE 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.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Armenia
- 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
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Fiji
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- 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
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- 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 Korea
- 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