Is MXE legal in Germany?

Also known as: mexxy

Legal status

MXE is listed by name in Anlage I of the Betäubungsmittelgesetz, and the placement is worth contrasting with the parent it derives from. The printed row reads „- | Methoxetamin (MXE) | 2-(Ethylamino)-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)cyclohexanon“. The third column shows the two modifications, the ethylamino group in place of the methylamino and the methoxy in place of the chlorine, and they are what give the compound its own line. The parent arylcyclohexylamine that it was derived from is not in these schedules at all and is governed instead as a medicine, so Germany treats the two very differently and the difference is a listing rather than a matter of degree. Placement is under BtMG § 1 Abs. 1 and the tier is Anlage I, the non-marketable one.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. The dossier's penalty column records that no death-penalty regime applies. The penal provisions are BtMG §§ 29 bis 30a, and the dossier gives the ceiling: not less than five years under § 30a Abs. 1, with a determinate sentence capped at fifteen years by StGB § 38 Abs. 2. No ordinary band is recorded here. Because the named entry exists, a case about this compound is a narcotics case and does not need the arylcyclohexylamine structure group in the other statute, which is where an unnamed analogue of it would have to be taken instead.

If prescribed or medical

Anlage I is the non-marketable tier of the three, read at gesetze-im-internet.de on 21 September 2026, so there is no German prescribing route for this substance, and the fact that a related compound is a prescription medicine here does nothing for it. The dossier records no traveller rule, so this cell states the placement and defers explicitly on the border documentation.

Documentation

Nothing can be carried lawfully. The analysis is what separates this compound from the medicine it resembles, and the two sit under different statutes in Germany, so the identification decides which regime is even in play. The entry was read on 20 September 2026.

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