{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/new-hampshire/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"NH","name":"New Hampshire"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in New Hampshire. Analog-exposed (controlled drug analog). Controlling source: RSA 318-B:1 VI-a + XXXI-a - controlled drug analog + substantially-similar test.","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analog-exposed (controlled drug analog)","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**RSA 318-B:1, VI-a(a) (controlled drug analog)** - \"'Controlled drug analog' means a substance, however constituted, the chemical structure of which is derivative of, or substantially similar to that of a controlled drug and: (1) Which has been shown in laboratory studies to bind with and activate the same central nervous receptors that are responsible for the psychoactive effects of a certain controlled drug or controlled drug class; or (2) With respect to a particular person, which such person represents or intends to have similar psychoactive effects on the central nervous system as a controlled drug.\"\n- RSA 318-B:1, VI-a(a), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/title-xxx/chapter-318-b/section-318-b-1/ (MIRROR: Justia, 2025).\n**RSA 318-B:1, XXXI-a (\"substantially similar in chemical structure\")** - \"'Substantially similar in chemical structure' means that the substance in question shares a common core structure with a controlled drug, meaning that the 'backbone' of the molecule is the same, and has no more than 2 points of divergence (additions, deletions, or substitutions) from the controlled drug, which may consist of a single atom or a functional group or some combination thereof. Functional groups are further defined as alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, ring structures  amine \"\n- RSA 318-B:1, XXXI-a. Same URL (MIRROR: Justia).\n**RSA 318-B:1, XIII (hallucinogenic drugs, anchor)** - \"'Hallucinogenic drugs' are psychodysleptic drugs  Exemplary of such drugs are mescaline, peyote, psilocybin and d-lysergic acid diethylamide.\"\n- RSA 318-B:1, XIII. Same URL (MIRROR: Justia).","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/title-xxx/chapter-318-b/section-318-b-1/","citations":[{"title":"RSA 318-B:1 VI-a + XXXI-a - controlled drug analog + substantially-similar test","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/title-xxx/chapter-318-b/section-318-b-1/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of RSA)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":false}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"ME","status":"legal"},{"code":"MA","status":"restricted"},{"code":"VT","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. Sec. 318-B:1","title":"Definitions (Controlled Drug Act) -- \"Controlled drug analog\" definition (subparagraph VI-a) and supporting \"Substantially similar in chemical structure\" definition (subparagraph XXXI-a)","official_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXX/318-B/318-B-1.htm","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"619a7ad66c8cea56f3548c7b99acc0555833c502a8a13a80053976fdc5561ce6"},{"citation":"RSA 318-B:1, VI-a (controlled drug analog) + RSA 318-B:1, XXXI-a (\"substantially similar in chemical structure\"); RSA 318-B:2 (prohibition)","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/title-xxx/chapter-318-b/section-318-b-1/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"3fbeffe6c9c96de9524b845c9f63657125bf171a7aef48361b974f83f323af95"},{"citation":"RSA 318-B:2, I; RSA 318-B:1, VI-a, XXXI-a","title":"Acts Prohibited (controlled drug analog); controlled drug analog and substantially-similar-structure definitions","official_url":"https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/xxx/318-b/318-b-2.htm","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"7e1ece894e0c84160f2998877c350c2c1fcc949d34633b590762a31af717d1a1"}]}