{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/pennsylvania/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"PA","name":"Pennsylvania"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Pennsylvania. Analog-exposed (designer-drug 780-102). Controlling source: 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analog-exposed (designer-drug 780-102)","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens)** - \"Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers  4. Bufotenine. 5. Diethyltryptamine. 6. Dimethyltryptamine  14. Psilocybin. 15. Psilocyn.\"\n- 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii), current as of Jan. 1, 2025, https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/ (MIRROR: FindLaw). 4-HO-MET does not appear; no tryptamine structural class exists in the section.\n**35 P.S. Sec. 780-102(b) (\"Designer drug\")** - \"'Designer drug' means a substance other than a controlled substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III. Examples of chemical classes in which designer drugs are found include, but are not limited to, the following: Phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcycloalkylamines. (Def. amended Feb. 11, 2000, P.L.9, No.3)\"\n- 35 P.S. Sec. 780-102, https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM (OFFICIAL - Pennsylvania General Assembly, full text of Act 64 of 1972).","excerpt_source_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/","citations":[{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent)","url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"FindLaw (mirror of 35 P.S.)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":false},{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-102(b) - designer drug definition (official PA text)","url":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Pennsylvania General Assembly","type":"gov","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"DE","status":"legal"},{"code":"MD","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NJ","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NY","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"restricted"},{"code":"WV","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); 35 P.S. § 780-102(b) (\"designer drug\")","title":null,"official_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"a0f18075efdb9e1900a6bd516e441b5066a4dc25c2fa3f1980c62f569bd83804"},{"citation":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 (designer drug) with operative offense at 35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36)","title":"Definition of designer drug; prohibited act (manufacture/distribute/possess a designer drug)","official_url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"5afcded3d3e31998d5434f66b3ad7c13850017247162ea744f8dee4937b54554"}]}