Editing Cathinone (section)

===Legality===
Internationally, cathinone is a [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances#Schedules of Controlled Substances|Schedule I]] drug under the [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]].<ref name="urlwww.incb.org">{{cite web | url = http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120831222336/http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | archive-date = 2012-08-31 | title = List of psychotropic substances under international control | work = International Narcotics Control Board | publisher = United Nations | year = 2003 }}</ref> Circa 1993, the [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] added cathinone to the [[Controlled Substances Act]]'s Schedule I.

The sale of khat is legal in some jurisdictions, but illegal in others (see [[Khat#Regulation|Khat (Regulation)]]). [[Substituted cathinone]]s were also often used as the key ingredient of recreational drug mixes commonly known as "[[Bath salts (drug)|bath salts]]" in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec12/bathsalts_09-20.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121229055853/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec12/bathsalts_09-20.html | archive-date = 29 December 2012 |title=Synthetic Street Drug Camouflaged as Bath Salts Has Dangerous, Bizarre Effects |publisher=PBS NewsHour |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Urquhart C | date =  4 September 2004 | work = The Guardian | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/04/Israel | title = Drugs and dance as Israelis blot out intifada | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161108053442/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/04/israel | archive-date = 8 November 2016 | access-date = 19 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Chai C | date = 16 April 2015 | work = Globalnews.ca | url = http://globalnews.ca/news/1942263/what-you-need-to-know-about-flakka-the-latest-drug-causing-erratic-behaviour/ | title = What you need to know about flakka, the latest drug causing erratic behaviour | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150420001955/http://globalnews.ca/news/1942263/what-you-need-to-know-about-flakka-the-latest-drug-causing-erratic-behaviour/ | archive-date = 20 April 2015 | access-date = 19 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Chemistry World">{{cite web |vauthors=Extance A |title=The rising tide of 'legal highs' |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/the-rising-tide-of-legal-highs/3007738.article |website=Chemistry World |access-date=3 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803224149/https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/the-rising-tide-of-legal-highs/3007738.article |url-status=live }}</ref>

The table below shows the legality of khat and cathinone in various countries:
{| class="wikitable"
|-http://www.who.int/countries/eri/en/
! Region !! Regulation
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| Eritrea || Legal
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| Ethiopia || Legal
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| Somalia || Legal
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| Djibouti || Legal
|-
| Kenya || Khat is legal but cathinone and cathine are classified as Class C substances
|-
| South Africa || Khat is a protected plant
|-
| China || Illegal
|-
| Israel || Legal – The khat plant leaves are allowed to be chewed and beverages containing khat are legal, but it is illegal to sell pills based on cathinone extracts
|-
| Malaysia || Illegal
|-
| Saudi Arabia || Illegal
|-
| Yemen || Khat is legal but the cultivation and selling of the plant is regulated by the government
|-
| Denmark || Illegal
|-
| Finland || Illegal
|-
| France || Khat is prohibited as a stimulant
|-
| Germany || Khat is illegal but a derivative of cathinone is available upon prescription
|-
| Ireland || Illegal unless authorized
|-
| Netherlands || Cathinone and cathine have been illegal but khat was announced as illegal in 2012
|-
| Norway || Illegal
|-
| Poland || Illegal
|-
| Sweden || Illegal
|-
| Switzerland || Illegal
|-
| United Kingdom || Illegal
|-
| Canada || Illegal to obtain unless approved by a medical practitioner
|-
| United States || Illegal
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| Australia || Illegal
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| New Zealand || Illegal
|-
| Georgia || The khat plant itself is allowed to be sold and chewed, but it is illegal to sell or make beverages containing khat
|-
| Turkey || Illegal <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2011/02/20110213-4.htm|title=Başbakanlık Mevzuatı Geliştirme ve Yayın Genel Müdürlüğü|website=www.resmigazete.gov.tr}}</ref>
|-
| Bulgaria || Illegal under List I - "Plants and substances with a high risk to the public health due to their harmful effect of misuse, prohibited for use in human and veterinary medicine"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mh.government.bg/media/filer_public/2015/06/19/naredba-red-za-klasifitsirane-na-rasteniyata-i-veshtestvata-kato-narkotichni-08-11-2013.pdf | title = НАРЕДБА за реда за класифициране на растенията и веществата като наркотични | language = Bulgarian | trans-title=REGULATION on the procedure for classifying plants and substances as narcotic | work = Ministry of Health | publisher = Republic of Bulgaria |access-date=2017-08-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827003245/http://www.mh.government.bg/media/filer_public/2015/06/19/naredba-red-za-klasifitsirane-na-rasteniyata-i-veshtestvata-kato-narkotichni-08-11-2013.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-27 }}</ref>
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