{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/nevada/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"NV","name":"Nevada"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Nevada. Analog-exposed (NRS 453.043). Controlling source: NAC 453.510(4) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analog-exposed (NRS 453.043)","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**NAC 453.510(4) (hallucinogen chapeau + isomer definition)** - \"Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, including, without limitation, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:  For the purposes of this subsection, 'isomer' includes, without limitation, the optical, position or geometric isomer.\"\n- NAC 453.510(4), https://regulations.justia.com/states/nevada/chapter-453/schedules-of-controlled-substances/section-453-510 (MIRROR: Justia regulations, current through Sept. 16, 2024). The list names Psilocin, Psilocybin, DET, DMT, Bufotenine, 5-MeO-DiPT, and 4-AcO-DMT - but **not** 4-HO-MET / 4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine.\n**NRS 453.043 (controlled substance analog)** - \"'Controlled substance analog' means a substance the chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance placed in schedule I or II and: (a) Which has a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to the stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance placed in schedule I or II pursuant to NRS 453.166 or 453.176; or (b) With respect to a particular person, which he or she represents or intends to have a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system substantially similar to [that] of a controlled substance included in schedule I or II.\"\n- NRS 453.043(1), https://nevada.public.law/statutes/nrs_453.043 (MIRROR: public.law).","excerpt_source_url":"https://regulations.justia.com/states/nevada/chapter-453/schedules-of-controlled-substances/section-453-510","citations":[{"title":"NAC 453.510(4) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent)","url":"https://regulations.justia.com/states/nevada/chapter-453/schedules-of-controlled-substances/section-453-510","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia Regulations (mirror of NAC)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"NRS 453.043 - controlled substance analog definition","url":"https://nevada.public.law/statutes/nrs_453.043","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"public.law (mirror of NRS)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":false}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"AZ","status":"illegal"},{"code":"CA","status":"legal"},{"code":"ID","status":"legal"},{"code":"OR","status":"legal"},{"code":"UT","status":"restricted"}],"laws":[{"citation":"NAC 453.510(4) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); NRS 453.043 (controlled substance analog)","title":null,"official_url":"https://regulations.justia.com/states/nevada/chapter-453/schedules-of-controlled-substances/section-453-510","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"80dbac12963598e9497519ac59bd71a8601fb12deb0ad5cb2514749ebc7d7505"},{"citation":"NRS 453.043; NRS 453.219","title":"Controlled substance analog defined; treatment as a substance in Schedule I","official_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-453.html","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"44ee6d0a06f6fb5b0e2531b17e6a9f5715c0907594fbfc0b4632e9fe86fc78e2"}]}