Mephedrone: Difference between revisions

*'''European Union''': In October 2010, the European Commission called for an EU-wide ban of mephedrone.<ref>http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1355_en.htm?locale=en</ref>

*'''Australia''': Mephedrone has been added to the Australian federal drug watch list and is now considered illegal if intended for human consumption.{{citation needed}}

*'''Austria''': Mephedrone is illegal to possess, produce and sell under the SMG (Suchtmittelgesetz Österreich) as of August 21, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.diepresse.com/589205/mode-droge-mephedron-in-osterreich-verboten|title=Mode-Droge Mephedron in Österreich verboten|publisher=Die Presse|date=August 22, 2010|access-date=December 27, 2019|language=de}}</ref>

*'''Belgium''': Mephedrone was banned on April 29, 2010, by making it a regulated drug requiring the approval of the Ministry of Human Health to import, sell, or possess.{{citation needed}}

*'''Brazil''': Mephedrone was added to the list of Scheduled drugs (class F2), making it illegal to possess, sell, or manufacture without a license as of August 2011.<ref>http://www.anvisa.gov.br/hotsite/talidomida/legis/RDC_36_2011.pdf</ref>

*'''China''': Mephedrone is a Category I psychotropic substance as of September 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.sfda.gov.cn/cmsweb/webportal/W43879541/A64031541.html |title=Mephedrone regulated as psychotropic substances |publisher=State Food and Drug Administration|access-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815082133/http://eng.sfda.gov.cn/cmsweb/webportal/W43879541/A64031541.html |archive-date=15 August 2010}}</ref> It is illegal to sell, buy, import, export, and manufacture it.

*'''Croatia''': Mephedrone is a controlled substance as of January 12, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2010_01_2_12.html|title=Dopuna popisa opojnih droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se može dobiti opojna droga te tvari koje se mogu uporabiti za izradu opojnih droga|publisher=Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare|language=hr|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

*'''Denmark''': Denmark's Minister for Health and Prevention Jakob Axel Nielsen banned mephedrone, flephedrone and ethylcathinone on December 18, 2008. As of July 1, 2012, Denmark also created a type of analogue law that would include cathinones like mephedrone<ref>https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/R0710.aspx?id=140430</ref>

*'''Estonia''': Mephedrone is a controlled substance as of November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs |url=http://www.estlex.ee/tasuta/?id=8&aktid=118262&fd=1&asutus=&grupp=3&leht=2 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5suaZrvK9?url=http://www.estlex.ee/tasuta/?id=8&aktid=118262&fd=1&asutus=&grupp=3&leht=2|archive-date=September 21, 2010|title=Sotsiaalministri 27.11.2009 määrus number 87 |access-date=December 27, 2019|language=et}}</ref>

*'''Finland''': Through the Medicines Act, mephedrone is classified as a "medicinal product", making it illegal to manufacture, import, possess, sell, or transfer it without a prescription.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.city.fi/artikkeli/Rapujuhlat+saaristossa+/2783/ |author=Juha Matias Lehtonen|title=Rapujuhlat saaristossa|language=fi|publisher=City Magazine|date= September 5, 2008|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

*'''France''': French Ministry of Health decided in early June 2010 to add mephedrone to the list of illicit substances in the "Journal Officiel du 11 juin 2010".<ref>http://www.sante-sports.gouv.fr/la-mephedrone-classee-comme-stupefiant.html</ref>

*'''Germany''': Mephedrone is controlled under Anlage I BtMG (''Narcotics Act, Schedule I'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/anlage_i.html|title=Anlage I BtMG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref> as of January 22, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?startbk=Bundesanzeiger_BGBl&jumpTo=bgbl109s3944.pdf|title=Vierundzwanzigste Verordnung zur Änderung betäubungsmittelrechtlicher Vorschriften|publisher=Bundesanzeiger Verlag|access-date=December 27, 2019|language=de}}</ref> It is illegal to manufacture, possess, import, export, buy, sell, procure or dispense it without a license.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/__29.html|title=§ 29 BtMG|publisher=Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=de}}</ref>

*'''Guernsey''': Mephedrone is a Class B controlled substance as of April 16, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/8618651.stm |title=Guernsey makes Mephedrone class B drug|publisher=BBC News |date=April 13, 2010|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

*'''Hungary''': Mephedrone is a List 1 controlled substance as of January 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kozlonyok.hu/nkonline/MKPDF/hiteles/MK10190.pdf|title=MAGYAR  KÖZLÖNY: A MAGYAR KÖZTÁRSASÁG HIVATALOS LAPJA|access-date=December 10, 2019|language=hu}}</ref>

*'''United Kingdom''': Mephedrone is a Class B drug in the United Kingdom as a result of the cathinone catch-all clause.<ref>United Kingdom. (2010). Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (S.I. 2010/1207). London: The Stationery Office Limited. Retrieved February 9, 2018, from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1207/made</ref>

*'''United States''': Mephedrone is currently a Schedule I drug in the United States. This means it is illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute (sell, trade or give) without a DEA license.{{citation needed}}