4-Chloromethcathinone (also known as 4-CMC and Clephedrone) is a
stimulant drug of the
cathinone class that has been sold online as a
designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. D ...
.
The exact pharmacology of 4-CMC is unknown, though it is probably a dopamine and serotonin releasing agent. It's chemical structure closely resembles
para-Chloromethamphetamine and studies involving mice indicate that it is neurotoxic.
Legality
Clephedrone is an
Anlage I
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* Allele, a specific version of a gene, as used by Gregor Mendel
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controlled drug in Germany.
Sweden's public health agency suggested classifying 4-Chloromethcathinone (klefedron) as illegal narcotic on June 1, 2015.
As of October 2015 4-CMC is a controlled substance in China.
4-CMC is considered a Schedule 1 substance in Virginia.
In December 2019, the
UNODC
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: ''Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime'') is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the ...
announced scheduling recommendations placing 4-CMC into Schedule II.
See also
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3-Chloromethcathinone
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3-Methylmethcathinone
3-Methylmethcathinone, also known as 3-MMC and metaphedrone, is a designer drug from the substituted cathinone family. 3-MMC is closely related in structure to the more commonly known illicit drug mephedrone (4-MMC), and is also illegal in most ...
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4-Bromomethcathinone
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4-Chloroamphetamine
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4-Cl-3-MMC
4-Chloro-3-Methylmethcathinone (4-Cl-3-MMC) is a chemical compound from the substituted cathinone family. It has stimulant effects, and has been sold as a designer drug. It was first identified in Sweden in 2021. It is illegal in Italy and Finl ...
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4Cl-PVP
4-Chloro-''alpha''-pyrrolidinovalerophenone (also known as 4-chloro-''alpha''-pyrrolidinopentiophenone, 4-chloro-α-PVP, 4Cl-PVP, or 4C-PVP) is an emerging recreational designer drug of the pyrrolidinophenone class, similar in structure to ''a ...
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4-Ethylmethcathinone
4-Ethylmethcathinone (4-EMC) is a recreational designer drug of the stimulant and entactogen class. It is a structural isomer of 4-MEC and 3,4-DMMC. It has been identified in many countries around the world, initially in Europe but was first fo ...
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4-Methylmethcathinone
Mephedrone, also known as , , and , is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include drone, , White Magic, meow meow, bubble, ''txomin'' and yurrpt. It is chemically similar to the cathinone compo ...
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Substituted cathinone
References
Cathinones
Designer drugs
Chlorobenzenes
Serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agents
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