{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/arkansas/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"AR","name":"Arkansas"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Arkansas. Analogue-exposed. Controlling source: AR Board of Health Schedule I(d) (not named) + Ark. Code 5-64-414 analog.","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analogue-exposed","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**Schedule gap - Schedule I(d) hallucinogens:** \"Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substance, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers  (for purposes of this paragraph only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers).\" Named tryptamines: psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, DET, AMT, bufotenine, 5-MeO-DMT, 5-MeO-DiPT, 5-MeO-DALT - **4-HO-MET not listed.**\n- AR State Board of Health Controlled Substances List, Schedule I(d), official (AR legislature-hosted PDF): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=/Assembly/Meeting+Attachments/430/26353/Exhibit+I+-+Controlled+Substance+List.pdf\n**Analog act - Ark. Code Sec. 5-64-414:** \"'Controlled substance analog' means a substance: (A) The chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or Schedule II or that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the  effect  of a controlled substance included in Schedule I or Schedule II \" and \"(b) A controlled substance analog, to the extent intended for human consumption, is treated for the purposes of this chapter as a substance included in Schedule I.\"\n- Ark. Code Sec. 5-64-414; via labeled Justia mirror: https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-5/subtitle-6/chapter-64/subchapter-4/section-5-64-414/","excerpt_source_url":"https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=/Assembly/Meeting+Attachments/430/26353/Exhibit+I+-+Controlled+Substance+List.pdf","citations":[{"title":"AR Board of Health Schedule I(d) (not named) + Ark. Code 5-64-414 analog","url":"https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=/Assembly/Meeting+Attachments/430/26353/Exhibit+I+-+Controlled+Substance+List.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Arkansas State Board of Health","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"LA","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"MS","status":"restricted"},{"code":"OK","status":"restricted"},{"code":"TN","status":"restricted"},{"code":"TX","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Ark. Code Sec. 5-64-414","title":"Controlled substance analog","official_url":"https://advance.lexis.com/container?config=Arkansas+Code","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"8b08e9b5aa606d970ebf0b9c361549f7123b42dba6fe6a96b10ec5d98339f646"},{"citation":"Arkansas List of Controlled Substances (Dept. of Health rule), Article II Schedule I, (d) hallucinogenic substances","title":"Arkansas List of Controlled Substances (Dept. of Health rule), Article II Schedule I, (d) hallucinogenic substances","official_url":"https://codeofarrules.arkansas.gov/Rules/PartDocument?partID=705","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-08","text_hash":"0e4bb5ed5f750abfad4888848213c30f86d1a3db4457a43c42cdbe794b3858ba"},{"citation":"Arkansas State Board of Health Controlled Substances List, Schedule I(d) hallucinogens (under Ark. Code §§ 5-64-201/-205 — does NOT name it); analog reach via Ark. Code § 5-64-414.","title":null,"official_url":"https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=/Assembly/Meeting+Attachments/430/26353/Exhibit+I+-+Controlled+Substance+List.pdf","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"383736ff797cfc9e43298a641080dc6b56f7580db49a85f72bc7654824dc50b5"}]}