{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/illinois/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is illegal to sell at retail in Illinois. Schedule I (named). Listed as schedule 1, effective 2019-01-01. Controlling source: 720 ILCS 570/204(d)(79) - Schedule I (Justia mirror).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"illegal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Schedule I (named)","rule_type":null,"tier":"schedule_i","schedule_class":"schedule_1","limit":null,"effective_date":"2019-01-01","verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**720 ILCS 570/204(d)** \"Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for the purposes of this paragraph only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers):  **(79) 4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine (4-HO-MET)** \"\n- 720 ILCS 570/204(d)(79); text via Justia mirror (labeled; ILGA official pages are JS-only and returned empty): https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/2021/chapter-720/act-720-ilcs-570/article-ii/\nSource note on the section: \"(Source: P.A. 99-371, eff. 1-1-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-368, eff. 1-1-18; 100-789, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)\"\n**State analog provision** (backup, not needed): 720 ILCS 570/401 - a \"controlled substance analog\" is a substance with a \"chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II  [and] shall be treated in the same manner as the controlled substance to which it is substantially similar,\" expressly referencing \"substituted indoles.\"\n- 720 ILCS 570/401, same source","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/2021/chapter-720/act-720-ilcs-570/article-ii/","citations":[{"title":"720 ILCS 570/204(d)(79) - Schedule I (Justia mirror)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/2021/chapter-720/act-720-ilcs-570/article-ii/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of ILCS)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":false}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IN","status":"illegal"},{"code":"IA","status":"legal"},{"code":"KY","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"WI","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"720 ILCS 570/204 (Schedule I), subsection (d) hallucinogens","title":"720 ILCS 570/204 (Schedule I), subsection (d) hallucinogens","official_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072005700K204","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-08","text_hash":"e391e180685834443cde3fdc63cada8c8f53ad97c32c5d11ffa85c75b201255a"},{"citation":"720 ILCS 570/204(d) — Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Schedule I hallucinogens; 4-HO-MET at (d)(79).","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/illinois/2021/chapter-720/act-720-ilcs-570/article-ii/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"9e72e7d7ab83df36e2476a816faf0b1f4e3dcc192aa2a3d2b587c907a5324017"},{"citation":"720 ILCS 570/204(f)","title":"Schedule I; enumeration -- Stimulants (Illinois Controlled Substances Act)","official_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072005700K204.htm","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"3bf228249e291429f6d5050180850b73907f802eaa193b2109c00dc0770c2895"}]}