{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/mississippi/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"MS","name":"Mississippi"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Mississippi. Analogue-exposed. Controlling source: Miss. Code Sec. 41-29-113(d) Schedule I (not named) + 41-29-139 analogue (FindLaw mirror).","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":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**Scheduling gap - Sec. 41-29-113(d) \"Hallucinogenic substances\":** the listed tryptamines are only AET, AMT, bufotenine, DET, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, 5-MeO-DiPT, psilocybin, psilocyn (and the like); the subsection sweep reaches only \"their salts, isomers (whether optical, positional, or geometric) and salts of isomers.\" There is NO 4-hydroxytryptamine class and NO general tryptamine catch-all. 4-HO-MET is not named and (as a homolog, not an isomer) is not captured.\n- Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 41-29-113(d); via labeled FindLaw mirror (current through 2024): https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-41-public-health/ms-code-sect-41-29-113/\n**Analog reach - Sec. 41-29-139(a):** \"it is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally: (1) To sell, barter, transfer, manufacture, distribute, dispense or possess with intent to  a controlled substance [including a controlled substance analogue].\"\n- Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 41-29-139(a) (analogue definition/treatment in Sec. 41-29-105); FindLaw mirror.","excerpt_source_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-41-public-health/ms-code-sect-41-29-113/","citations":[{"title":"Miss. Code Sec. 41-29-113(d) Schedule I (not named) + 41-29-139 analogue (FindLaw mirror)","url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-41-public-health/ms-code-sect-41-29-113/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"FindLaw (mirror of MS Code)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"AL","status":"illegal"},{"code":"AR","status":"restricted"},{"code":"LA","status":"restricted"},{"code":"TN","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Miss. Code 41-29-113 Schedule I (d) hallucinogenic substances, as amended by 2026 SB 2117 (eff. 7/1/2026)","title":"Miss. Code 41-29-113 Schedule I (d) hallucinogenic substances, as amended by 2026 SB 2117 (eff. 7/1/2026)","official_url":"https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/SB/2100-2199/SB2117SG.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-08","text_hash":"d4c9828d10a47104037b4ff8ba411cbf9c865126019f911381d624a2cfa3e495"},{"citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-113(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — does NOT name it); analog reach via § 41-29-105 (definition) + § 41-29-139.","title":null,"official_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-41-public-health/ms-code-sect-41-29-113/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"de75d1d511ddec2f36c6ddf8e3f75875e6e4cc752f683ec70bbdf557598a767d"},{"citation":"Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 41-29-113(d)","title":"41-29-113 Schedule I of controlled substances -- (d) Hallucinogenic substances: (d)(31) Tetrahydrocannabinols (synthetic equivalents / derivatives / isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity) and (d)(55) Synthetic cannabinoids","official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-41/chapter-29/article-3/section-41-29-113/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"f02ce112ef4b0694de52fbcb8732a08d53a17a95d5f546881e977eb9dccd01cb"}]}