{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/iowa/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"IA","name":"Iowa"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail in Iowa. State-legal (unscheduled; federal analogue caveat). Controlling source: Iowa Code 124.204(4) Schedule I (not named) + 124.401 (no general analog).","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. 124.204(4):** \"Hallucinogenic substances.  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  (for purposes of this subsection only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers):  bufotenine;  diethyltryptamine;  dimethyltryptamine;  psilocybin;  psilocyn;  alpha-ethyltryptamine;  5-MeO-DIPT;  alpha-methyltryptamine;  5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine.\" (4-HO-MET not listed; isomer-only catch-all does not reach a homolog.)\n- Iowa Code Sec. 124.204(4), official Iowa Legislature: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf\n**Scope of prohibited acts - Sec. 124.401:** reaches only \"a controlled substance, a counterfeit substance, a simulated controlled substance, or an imitation controlled substance.\" The only \"analog\" hooks are narrow - \"analogs of methamphetamine\" and \"analogs of ephedrine  pseudoephedrine.\" Neither reaches a tryptamine.\n- Iowa Code Sec. 124.401, official: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.401.pdf","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf","citations":[{"title":"Iowa Code 124.204(4) Schedule I (not named) + 124.401 (no general analog)","url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Iowa Legislature","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IL","status":"illegal"},{"code":"MN","status":"illegal"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"NE","status":"illegal"},{"code":"SD","status":"illegal"},{"code":"WI","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Iowa Code § 124.204(4) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, does NOT name it); § 124.401 (no general analog-treatment clause).","title":null,"official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"e299c19e0a0f45ee6ef41aa52997209396515185606a85b276885901dcb83e91"}]}