{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/hawaii/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"HI","name":"Hawaii"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail in Hawaii. State-legal (unscheduled; federal analogue caveat). Controlling source: HRS 329-14(d) Schedule I (not named) + 329-1 (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 - Sec. 329-14(d):** \"Hallucinogenic substances  any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers  (14) Diethyltryptamine; (15) Dimethyltryptamine;  (26) Psilocybin; (27) Psilocyn;  (37) Alpha-methyltryptamine (AMT); (38) 5-methoxy-N,N-diisopropyltryptamine (5-MeO-DIPT).\" (4-HO-MET not named; no structural class; isomer-only catch-all does not reach a homolog.)\n- HRS Sec. 329-14(d); via labeled Justia mirror (2025): https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-19/chapter-329/section-329-14/\n**No analog definition - HRS Sec. 329-1 (full definitions retrieved):** \"'Controlled substance' means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules I through V of part II.\" The section's A-Z definitions contain **no** \"controlled substance analog\" / \"substantially similar\" entry.\n- HRS Sec. 329-1; via labeled Justia mirror (2025), full section read: https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-19/chapter-329/section-329-1/","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-19/chapter-329/section-329-14/","citations":[{"title":"HRS 329-14(d) Schedule I (not named) + 329-1 (no analog def)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-19/chapter-329/section-329-1/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of HRS)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":false}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[],"laws":[{"citation":"HRS § 329-14(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — does NOT name it); HRS § 329-1 (definitions — contains NO controlled-substance-analog definition).","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-19/chapter-329/section-329-14/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"fbf286ee4ef617a29077df9959ffc4c0c3d58f6a6bb35305e3eda7ed8fcf8776"},{"citation":"HRS 329-14 (Schedule I), subsection (d) hallucinogenic substances","title":"HRS 329-14 (Schedule I), subsection (d) hallucinogenic substances","official_url":"https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0329/HRS_0329-0014.htm","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-08","text_hash":"04a4a24d2429287a8c4b770669251cf37ff5ea8d24572ba58590828c2b88ce2d"}]}