{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/michigan/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"MI","name":"Michigan"},"as_of":"2026-10-07","answer":"As of October 7, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Michigan. Analogue-exposed. Controlling source: MCL 333.7212(1)(c) Schedule 1 (not named) + 333.7104(4) analogue.","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":"**Analogue definition - MCL Sec. 333.7104(4):** \"'Controlled substance analogue' means a substance the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in schedule 1 or 2 and that has a narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to or greater than [that] of a controlled substance included in schedule 1 or 2 or, with respect to a particular individual, that the individual represents or intends to have [such effect]  Controlled substance analogue does not include  (d) Any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption \"\n- MCL Sec. 333.7104(4), official Michigan Legislature: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-7104\n**Schedule 1 - Sec. 7212(1)(c):** hallucinogen list (\"Bufotenine  Diethyltryptamine  Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)  Psilocybin  Psilocyn\") with the catch-all \"their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers\"; Sec. 7212(3) \"'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers.\" No structural tryptamine class. 4-HO-MET not named.\n- MCL Sec. 333.7212, official: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-7212","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-7104","citations":[{"title":"MCL 333.7212(1)(c) Schedule 1 (not named) + 333.7104(4) analogue","url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-7104","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Michigan Legislature","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IN","status":"illegal"},{"code":"OH","status":"restricted"},{"code":"WI","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"MCL § 333.7212(1)(c) (Schedule 1 hallucinogens — does NOT name it); analogue reach via MCL § 333.7104(4) + offense § 333.7404.","title":null,"official_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-7104","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"d1c69c482ce4fb29e115eacdc9b1cb81ab89482cf6e318316e2ef7cfa9c71f75"},{"citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws Sec. 333.27953 (Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act; Definitions)","title":"Definitions -- 'Industrial hemp' (subsection (f)), 'Marihuana' (subsections (h)-(i)), and 'THC' (subsection (aa))","official_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-Initiated-Law-1-of-2018.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"e8c0162c5008c928c54edfbe8dc2e2b6afd3013e3b8047fd467f60b191c5db65"}]}