Flephedrone Explained

Flephedrone, also known as 4-fluoromethcathinone (4-FMC), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone chemical class that has been sold online as a designer drug starting in 2008.^[1]

Toxicity

Flephedrone has only a short history of human use and its toxicity is not well established.^[2]

Legality

Flephedrone has been illegal in Denmark since December 2008.

Flephedrone has been illegal in the UK since April 2010. Flephedrone has been illegal in the Lithuania since April 2010. Flephedrone is illegal in Brazil since 2017 as an analogue or derivative of cathinone. Flephedrone is most likely illegal in Australia as an analogue or derivative of cathinone.

Flephedrone has been illegal in Poland since April 2010.^[3]

Flephedrone has been classed as a narcotic in Sweden since October 2010.^[4]

In the United States, flephedrone is temporarily listed as a Schedule I controlled substance. It is permanently listed as a Schedule I controlled substance in Florida,^[5] Georgia, and Pennsylvania.^[6]

As of October 2015 4-FMC is a controlled substance in China.^[7]

See also

• 3-Fluoromethcathinone (3-FMC)

Notes and References

1. Archer RP . Fluoromethcathinone, a new substance of abuse . Forensic Science International . 185 . 1–3 . 10–20 . March 2009 . 19195800 . 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.11.013 .
2. Thornton SL, Gerona RR, Tomaszewski CA . Psychosis from a bath salt product containing flephedrone and MDPV with serum, urine, and product quantification . Journal of Medical Toxicology . 8 . 3 . 310–3 . September 2012 . 22528592 . 3550171 . 10.1007/s13181-012-0232-4 .
3. Web site: Ustawa z dnia 15 kwietnia 2011 r. o zmianie ustawy o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii (Dz.U. 2011 nr 105 poz. 614). Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych. 17 June 2011.
4. Web site: Läkemedelsverkets författningssamling . The Swedish Medicines Agency's constitutional collection . Medical Products Agency (Sweden), Läkemedelsverkets författningssamling . Swedish .
5. Web site: Notice of Emergency Rule . Department of Business and Professional Regulation . State of Florida .
6. Web site: Sensate Bill 1006 . 2011 . The General Assembly of Pennsylvania .
7. Web site: 关于印发《非药用类麻醉药品和精神药品列管办法》的通知 . China Food and Drug Administration . 27 September 2015 . Chinese . 1 October 2015 . 1 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001222554/http://www.sfda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0056/130753.html . dead .