Editing 2C-B (section)

===Legal status===
====United Nations====
The [[United Nations|UN]] [[Commission on Narcotic Drugs]] added 2C-B to Schedule II of the [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] in March 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | work = Green List | edition = 23rd | date = August 2003 | publisher = International Narcotics Control Board |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302130637/http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

2C-B is a scheduled drug in most jurisdictions.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/2cb/2cb_law.shtml |title=Erowid 2C-B page}}</ref> The following is a partial list of territories where the substance has been scheduled.

====Argentina====
2C-B is controlled under the List 1, as well as similar substances like [[2C-I]] or [[2C-T-2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cicad.oas.org/fortalecimiento_institucional/legislations/PDF/AR/decreto_299.pdf|title=Last Argentina Controlled Drugs List |access-date=May 15, 2012}}</ref>

====Australia====
2C-B is controlled in [[Australia]] and on the list of substances subject to import and export controls (Appendix B). It was placed on Schedule One of the Drugs Misuse and Trafficking Act when it first came to notice in 1994, when in a showcase legal battle chemist R. Simpson was charged with manufacturing the substance in Sydney. Alexander Shulgin came to Australia to testify on behalf of the defense, to no avail.

2C-B is not specifically listed in the Australia [[Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons|Poisons Standard]] (October 2015), however similar drugs such as [[2C-T-2]] and [[2C-I]] are making 2C-B fall under the Australian analogue act.<ref name="Poisons Standard">Poisons Standard October 2015 https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L01534</ref>

====Belgium====
In [[Belgium]], 2C-B is a controlled substance making production, distribution, and possession illegal.

====Brazil====
In [[Brazil]], 2C-B is a controlled substance making production, distribution, and possession illegal.

====Canada====
In [[Canada]], 2C-B is classified under [[Controlled Drugs and Substances Act]] as Schedule III as "4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxybenzeneethanamine and any salt, isomer or salt of isomer thereof".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://isomerdesign.com/Cdsa/schedule.php?schedule=3&section=ALL&structure=C |title=CDSA Schedule II |access-date=2008-06-13 |archive-date=2020-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725132820/http://isomerdesign.com/Cdsa/schedule.php?schedule=3&section=ALL&structure=C |url-status=dead }}</ref>

2C-B has been rescheduled (Schedule III), in a new amendment, taking effect on October 31, 2016. This is to include the other 2C-x analogues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2016/2016-05-04/html/sor-dors72-eng.php|work = Canada Gazette | title = Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Part J — 2C-phenethylamines)| publisher =Government of Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Integrated Services Branch, Canada |date = 2016-05-04 }}</ref>

====Chile====
In August 2007, 2C-B, along with many other psychologically active substances,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ispch.cl/sites/default/files/5_agencia_reguladora/decreto_867_07.pdf|title=APRUEBA REGLAMENTO DE LA LEY Nº 20.000 QUE SANCIONA EL TRÁFICO ILÍCITO DE ESTUPEFACIENTES Y SUSTANCIAS SICOTRÓPICAS Y SUSTITUYE LA LEY Nº 19.366.}}</ref> was added to Ley 20.000, known as the {{ill|Ley de Drogas|es|Ley de drogas (Chile)}}.

====Czech Republic====
Possession of more than 200&nbsp;mg of 2C-B is punishable with a two years jail sentence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives//law/countries/law_czech.shtml|title=Erowid Psychoactive Vaults : Drug Laws : Czech Republic|website=erowid.org}}</ref> Smaller amount is punishable by a fine. The 200&nbsp;mg threshold is merely a guideline which the court can reconsider depending on circumstances.

====Denmark====
In [[Denmark]], 2C-B is listed as a category B drug.<ref name="danish order on drugs">{{cite web | url = https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=137169 | title = Bekendtgørelse om euforiserende stoffer | access-date = 2013-10-01 | date = 2008-07-01 | language = da}}</ref>

====Estonia====
In [[Estonia]], 2C-B is classified as Schedule I.

====Germany====
In [[Germany]], 2C-B is controlled in the [[Betäubungsmittelgesetz]] (BtMG) Anlage I as "Bromdimethoxyphenethylamin" (BDMPEA).

====Italy====
2C-B is schedule I (tabella I).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salute.gov.it/medicinaliSostanze/paginaInternaMedicinaliSostanze.jsp?id=7&menu=strumenti |title=Italy Drug Schedule (Tabella I) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627153948/http://www.salute.gov.it/medicinaliSostanze/paginaInternaMedicinaliSostanze.jsp?id=7&menu=strumenti |archive-date=2011-06-27 }}</ref>

====Japan====
In [[Japan]], 2C-B was scheduled in 1998. It was previously marketed as "Performax".

==== Luxembourg ====
In [[Luxembourg]], 2C-B is a prohibited substance since 2001.<ref>[http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2001/12/14/n10/jo Règlement grand-ducal du 14 décembre 2001 modifiant l'annexe du règlement grand-ducal modifié du 4 mars 1974 concernant certaines substances toxiques].</ref>

====Netherlands====
In the [[Netherlands]], 2C-B was scheduled on July 9, 1997.

In the Netherlands, 2C-B became a list I substance of the [[Opium Law]] despite no health incidents occurring. Following the ban, other phenethylamines were sold in place of 2C-B until the Netherlands became the first country in the world to ban [[2C-I]], [[2C-T-2]] and [[2C-T-7]] alongside 2C-B.

====Norway====
In [[Norway]], 2C-B was classified as Schedule II on March 22, 2004, listed as 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/ho/xo-19780630-0008.html |title=Norway Drug Schedule}}</ref>

====Poland====
2C-B is schedule I (I-P group) in [[Poland]].

====Russia====
Banned as a narcotic drug with a criminal penalty for possession of at least 10&nbsp;mg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://base.garant.ru/70237124/|title=Постановление Правительства РФ от 01.10.2012 N 1002 "Об утверждении значительного, крупного и особо крупного размеров наркотических средств и психотропных веществ, а также значительного, крупного и особо крупного размеров для растений, содержащих наркотические средства или психотропные вещества, либо их частей, содержащих наркотические средства или психотропные вещества, для целей статей 228, 228.1, 229 и 229.1 Уголовного кодекса Российской Федерации" (с изменениями и дополнениями) |website=base.garant.ru}}</ref>

====Spain====
In [[Spain]], 2C-B was added to Category 2 prohibited substances in 2002.

====Sweden====
2C-B is currently classified as Schedule I in [[Sweden]].

2C-B was first classified as "health hazard" under the act Lagen om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varor (Act on the Prohibition of Certain Goods Dangerous to Health) as of April 1, 1999, under SFS 1999:58<ref name='Sweden 1999:58'>{{cite web | url = http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/fakta/a9990058.HTM | title = Förordning (1999:58) om förbud mot vissa hälsofarliga varo | access-date = 2013-10-01 | date = 1999-02-25 | language = sv | archive-date = 2013-10-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215233/http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/fakta/a9990058.HTM | url-status = dead }}</ref> that made it illegal to sell or possess. Then it became schedule I as of June 1, 2002, published in LVFS 2002:4<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lakemedelsverket.se/upload/lvfs/LVFS_2002-4.pdf | title = Föreskrifter om ändring i Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter (LVFS 1997:12) om förteckningar över narkotika: LVFS 2002:4 | language = sv | access-date = 2013-09-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213216/http://www.lakemedelsverket.se/upload/lvfs/LVFS_2002-4.pdf | archive-date = 2013-10-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref> but mislabeled "2-CB" in the document. However, this was corrected in a new document, LVFS 2009:22<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lakemedelsverket.se/upload/lvfs/LVFS_2009-22.pdf | title = Föreskrifter om ändring i Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter (LVFS 1997:12) om förteckningar över narkotika: LVFS 2009:22 | language = sv | access-date = 2013-09-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180916034638/https://lakemedelsverket.se/upload/lvfs/LVFS_2009-22.pdf | archive-date = 2018-09-16 | url-status = dead }}</ref> effective December 9, 2009.

====Switzerland====
In [[Switzerland]], 2C-B is listed in Anhang D of the DetMV and is illegal to possess.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.swissmedic.ch/produktbereiche/00447/00536/index.html?lang=en&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1ad1IZn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDdn12hGym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--&.pdf|title = Verzeichnis aller betäubungsmittelhaltigen Stoffe|access-date = 2013-11-30|website = Swissmedic|publisher = Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products|language = de|date = 2011-08-18|page = 2|trans-title = Directory of all narcotics-containing substances|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315071907/http://www.swissmedic.ch/produktbereiche/00447/00536/index.html?lang=en|archive-date = 2012-03-15|url-status = dead}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
All drugs in the 2C family are Class A under the [[Drugs controlled by the UK Misuse of Drugs Act|Misuse of Drugs Act]] which means they are illegal to produce, supply or possess. Possession carries a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment while supply is punishable by life imprisonment and an unlimited fine.<ref name="talk_to_frank_law_uk">{{Cite web |title=2C family {{!}} FRANK |url=https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/2c#the-law |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007052545/https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/2c#the-law |archive-date=2024-10-07 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=www.talktofrank.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

====United States====
In the United States, 2C-B is classified as a [[Controlled Substances Act#Schedule I|Schedule I]] controlled substance. This became permanent law on June 2, 1995,<ref name="fed_reg_1995">{{Cite web |date=1994-06-02 |title=Federal Register, Volume 60 Issue 106 (Friday, June 2, 1995) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-06-02/html/95-13454.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104010125/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-06-02/html/95-13454.htm |archive-date=2023-11-04 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=[[GovInfo]]}}</ref> following a proposal by the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] in December 1994.<ref name="fed_reg_1994">{{Cite web |date=1994-12-20 |title=Federal Register, Volume 59 Issue 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1994-12-20/html/94-31162.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520001044/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1994-12-20/html/94-31162.htm |archive-date=2024-05-20 |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=GovInfo}}</ref>