{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/alaska/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"AK","name":"Alaska"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail in Alaska. State-legal (unscheduled; federal analogue caveat). Controlling source: AS 11.71.150 Schedule IIA (not named) + 11.71.900 (no analog def).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"State-legal (unscheduled; federal analogue caveat)","rule_type":null,"tier":"unscheduled","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**Schedule gap - AS 11.71.150 (Schedule IIA):** \"any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, whether optical, position, or geometric, or salts of isomers  (8) bufotenine; (9) diethyltryptamine; (10) dimethyltryptamine;  (18) psilocybin; (19) psilocyn.\" (4-HO-MET not named; isomer-only.)\n- AS 11.71.150; via labeled FindLaw mirror (current Jan 2025): https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-11-criminal-law/ak-st-sect-11-71-150.html\n**No analog definition - AS 11.71.900 (definitions, full read):** \"controlled substance\" is defined as a substance included in the schedules set out in AS 11.71.140-11.71.190; the definitions list contains **no** \"controlled substance analog\" / \"substantially similar\" entry.\n- AS 11.71.900; via labeled Justia mirror (2025): https://law.justia.com/codes/alaska/title-11/chapter-71/article-4/section-11-71-900/","excerpt_source_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-11-criminal-law/ak-st-sect-11-71-150.html","citations":[{"title":"AS 11.71.150 Schedule IIA (not named) + 11.71.900 (no analog def)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/alaska/title-11/chapter-71/article-4/section-11-71-900/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of AK Statutes)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[],"laws":[{"citation":"AS 11.71.150 (Schedule IIA hallucinogens — does NOT name it); AS 11.71.900 (definitions — no controlled-substance-analog definition).","title":null,"official_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-11-criminal-law/ak-st-sect-11-71-150.html","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"e4be178b253819006da5d940d2433c898a4fe77da9fac4a870e8a9e1dfa14561"},{"citation":"AS 11.71.150 (Schedule IIA, hallucinogenic substances)","title":"AS 11.71.150 (Schedule IIA, hallucinogenic substances)","official_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#11.71.150","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-08","text_hash":"04c9a34ecca1186a430496ece244cb292d9434790a2bb67fb571564d3f867a77"}]}