{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/district-of-columbia/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"DC","name":"District of Columbia"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in District of Columbia. Analog treated as Schedule I (DC Code 48-902.14). Controlling source: D.C. Code 48-902.04(3) Schedule I (not named) + 48-902.14 analogue (treated as Schedule I).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analog treated as Schedule I (DC Code 48-902.14)","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"**Sec. 48-902.04(3) (hallucinogen chapeau)** - \"(3) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, its salts, isomers and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:\"\n- D.C. Code Sec. 48-902.04(3), https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04 (OFFICIAL - DC Council). Psilocyn (3)(S) and even 4-AcO-DMT are listed; 4-HO-MET is not.\n**Sec. 48-902.14 (controlled substances analogue)** - \"(a) A controlled substances analogue shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, be treated for the purposes of any District of Columbia law as a controlled substance in Schedule I. (b)  the term 'controlled analogue' means: (1) a substance with a chemical structure that is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; (2) A substance that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than [that] of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or (3) A substance that  is represented to have or is intended to have [such effect] \"\n- D.C. Code Sec. 48-902.14, https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.14 (OFFICIAL - DC Council).","excerpt_source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04","citations":[{"title":"D.C. Code 48-902.04(3) Schedule I (not named) + 48-902.14 analogue (treated as Schedule I)","url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"DC Council","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"MD","status":"restricted"},{"code":"VA","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"D.C. Code § 48-902.04(3) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); § 48-902.14 (controlled substances analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"2a848ce471c86d2c60a8be123dedf86b7540b207f4bd5bb24dba74f9a7c873b1"},{"citation":"D.C. Code Sec. 48-902.14","title":"Treatment of controlled substance analogues","official_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.14","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"8b8d79b80f81cf85bfb2944364baea522a63f512b81609647f2ddf6b47a05863"}]}