{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/delaware/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"DE","name":"Delaware"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail in Delaware. State-legal (unscheduled; federal analogue caveat). Controlling source: 16 Del. C. Sec. 4714(d) Schedule I (not named; 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":"**Sec. 4714(d)** \"Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:  (4) Bufotenine; (5) Diethyltryptamine; (6) Dimethyltryptamine;  (14) Psilocybin; (15) Psilocyn;  (23) Alpha-ethyltrytamine [sic].\"\n- 16 Del. C. Sec. 4714(d), official Delaware Code Online: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c047/sc02/index.html (4-HO-MET not named; no tryptamine structural class)","excerpt_source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c047/sc02/index.html","citations":[{"title":"16 Del. C. Sec. 4714(d) Schedule I (not named; no analog act)","url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c047/sc02/index.html","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Delaware Code Online","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"MD","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NJ","status":"restricted"},{"code":"PA","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"16 Del. C. § 4714(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, does NOT name it).","title":null,"official_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c047/sc02/index.html","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"68691bb2616a99d435eae819a35a080780c3e806c4563eef285c9490f12e97ee"},{"citation":"16 Del. C. Sec. 4701(7), (10)","title":"Uniform Controlled Substances Act - Definitions (Controlled substance; Designer drug)","official_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c047/sc01/index.html","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"05e12a90636e64b4681f47fe6d6679bf2e8eb128c24d5af1bfa22bd1f3588440"}]}