{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/kansas/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"KS","name":"Kansas"},"as_of":"2026-10-07","answer":"As of October 7, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Kansas. Analogue-exposed. Controlling source: K.S.A. 65-4101(g) analog + 65-4101(y) isomer + 65-4105(d) Schedule I (not named).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analogue-exposed","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-07","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"**Analog statute - K.S.A. 65-4101(g)(1):** \"'Controlled substance analog' means a substance that is intended for human consumption, and at least one of the following: (A) The chemical structure of the substance is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance listed in or added to the schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107 ; (B) the substance has a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to  a controlled substance included in the schedules designated in K.S.A. 65-4105 or 65-4107 ; or (C) with respect to a particular individual, such individual represents or intends the substance to have a  hallucinogenic effect  substantially similar \"\n- K.S.A. 65-4101(g), official Kansas Revisor of Statutes: https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_041_0001.html\n**\"Isomer\" definition (why the schedule catch-all does not reach it) - K.S.A. 65-4101(y):** \"'Isomer' means all enantiomers and diastereomers.\" (4-HO-MET is a homolog of the listed 4-substituted tryptamines, not an enantiomer/diastereomer - so the 65-4105(d) \"salts, isomers and salts of isomers\" sweep does not capture it.)\n- K.S.A. 65-4101(y), same official URL.\n**Schedule gap - K.S.A. 65-4105(d):** the hallucinogen list names AET, bufotenine, DET, DMT, psilocybin, psilocyn, AMT, 5-MeO-DiPT, 5-MeO-DMT, etc.; **4-HO-MET is not named**, and there is no \"4-hydroxytryptamine\"/\"any tryptamine\" generic in the subsection.\n- K.S.A. 65-4105(d), official Revisor: https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_041_0005.html","excerpt_source_url":"https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_041_0001.html","citations":[{"title":"K.S.A. 65-4101(g) analog + 65-4101(y) isomer + 65-4105(d) Schedule I (not named)","url":"https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_041_0001.html","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Kansas Revisor of Statutes","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"CO","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"NE","status":"illegal"},{"code":"OK","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"K.S.A. 21-5705(a)","title":"Unlawful cultivation or distribution of controlled substances -- operative offense reaching controlled substance analogs","official_url":"https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_057_0005.html","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"a02f31d36747718ba81cd90a0ab3f739a4bdd4f7170d349c855c2a1ca338c63e"},{"citation":"K.S.A. 65-4105(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — does NOT name it; no tryptamine class); analog reach via K.S.A. 65-4101(g).","title":null,"official_url":"https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_041_0001.html","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"3b14586483ae759637f8cf5f6e9066b2ec3ef1769217cd82acaef2a7a822cb53"}]}