{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/connecticut/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"CT","name":"Connecticut"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail in Connecticut. State-legal (unscheduled; federal analogue caveat). Controlling source: Conn. Agencies Regs. Sec. 21a-243-7(c) Schedule I (not named) + 21a-240 (no analog act).","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":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"**Scheduling gap - Sec. 21a-243-7(c):** the only tryptamines listed are alpha-ethyltryptamine, 5-MeO-DiPT, bufotenine/mappine, DET, DMT,  psilocybin, psilocyn; each is named individually and the sweep reaches only \"their salts, isomers and salts of isomers.\" No \"4-hydroxytryptamine\" class, no general tryptamine catch-all. 4-HO-MET is not named and (as a homolog, not isomer) is not captured.\n- Conn. Agencies Regs. Sec. 21a-243-7(c) (amended, Tracking No. PR2025-018, posted 9/18/2025), official CT eRegulations: https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/RCSADisplay/21a-243-7\n**Definitional category, but NOT an independent schedule - Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 21a-240(23):** \"'Hallucinogenic substances'  Exemplary of such drugs are mescaline, peyote, psilocyn and d-lysergic acid diethylamide, which are controlled substances under this chapter unless modified.\" A substance is a \"controlled substance\" only if listed in Schedules I-V of the regulations (Sec. 21a-240(9)) - so this definition does **not** independently schedule 4-HO-MET.\n- Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 21a-240(23), (9); via labeled Justia mirror (2024), full section read: https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-21a/chapter-420b/section-21a-240/","excerpt_source_url":"https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/RCSADisplay/21a-243-7","citations":[{"title":"Conn. Agencies Regs. Sec. 21a-243-7(c) Schedule I (not named) + 21a-240 (no analog act)","url":"https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/RCSADisplay/21a-243-7","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Connecticut DCP (eRegulations)","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"MA","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NY","status":"legal"},{"code":"RI","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Conn. Agencies Regs. § 21a-243-7(c) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, does NOT name it); definitions at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-240.","title":null,"official_url":"https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Search/RCSADisplay/21a-243-7","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"b1eb51cbe6059976a4ba24cdf0280c9cd279d19973515d202a2fa4fc4ca4e35e"},{"citation":"Regs. Conn. State Agencies 21a-243-7 (Schedule I), as amended by DCP regulation PR2025-018 (posted 9/18/2025; Regulation Review Committee file 2026REG2026-003)","title":"Regs. Conn. State Agencies 21a-243-7 (Schedule I), as amended by DCP regulation PR2025-018 (posted 9/18/2025; Regulation Review Committee file 2026REG2026-003)","official_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/rrdata/pr/2026REG2026-003-RC.PDF","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-08","text_hash":"483048084506f8ec08f79094f2ce73c272ca182c77d288d2a8f241502f5138de"}]}