{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/missouri/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"MO","name":"Missouri"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail in Missouri. Unscheduled at state level (analogue def fentanyl-only); federal floor applies. Controlling source: RSMo Sec. 195.017 - Schedule I hallucinogens (enumerated; 4-HO-MET absent).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Unscheduled at state level (analogue def fentanyl-only); federal floor applies","rule_type":null,"tier":"unscheduled","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"**RSMo 195.017.2(5)** - \"Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted  (a) Alpha-ethyltryptamine;  (ll) Psilocybin; (mm) Psilocyn; \"\n- RSMo 195.017, https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=195.017 (OFFICIAL - Missouri Revisor). 4-HO-MET is not listed.\n**RSMo 195.010(7) (analogue definition)** - \"'Controlled substance analogue', a substance the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II and: (a) Which has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect  substantially similar  or (b)  which that individual represents or intends to have [such effect]  The term does not include  any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption \"\n- RSMo 195.010(7), https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=195.010 (OFFICIAL).\n**RSMo 579.068 (the only offense that deploys \"analogue\" - fentanyl/carfentanil only)** - \"A person commits the offense of trafficking drugs in the second degree if  such person knowingly possesses or has under his or her control  (9) More than ten milligrams of fentanyl or carfentanil, or any derivative thereof  or their optical isomers or analogues.\"\n- RSMo 579.068, https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=579.068 (OFFICIAL).","excerpt_source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=195.017","citations":[{"title":"RSMo Sec. 195.017 - Schedule I hallucinogens (enumerated; 4-HO-MET absent)","url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=195.017","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Missouri Revisor of Statutes","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"RSMo Sec. 579.068 - analogue deployed for fentanyl/carfentanil only","url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=579.068","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Missouri Revisor of Statutes","type":"gov","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"AR","status":"restricted"},{"code":"IL","status":"illegal"},{"code":"IA","status":"legal"},{"code":"KS","status":"restricted"},{"code":"KY","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NE","status":"illegal"},{"code":"OK","status":"restricted"},{"code":"TN","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Mo. Exec. Order 24-10 (Aug. 1, 2024)","title":"Executive Order 24-10 -- directing DHSS to designate foods containing unregulated psychoactive cannabis products as coming from an unapproved food source / containing an unapproved food additive, and to embargo and condemn such foods; directing Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control to prohibit sale on liquor-licensed premises","official_url":"https://www.sos.mo.gov/library/reference/orders/2024/eo10","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"40421b2949322e510eb7b3788221c96354a0c74238486b7cc83398124ca8bdc4"},{"citation":"RSMo 195.017.2(5) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); RSMo 195.010(7) (analogue definition); RSMo 579.068 (the only offense that deploys \"analogue,\" and only for fentanyl/carfentanil)","title":null,"official_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=195.017","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"e236a8b51b88a4b867cc47b4d3096a3d974935397766950cd39f51fb092957cb"}]}