{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/south-carolina/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"SC","name":"South Carolina"},"as_of":"2026-10-07","answer":"As of October 7, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in South Carolina. Analog-exposed (44-53-110(7)). Controlling source: S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-190(D) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analog-exposed (44-53-110(7))","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-07","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"**Sec. 44-53-190(D) (hallucinogen chapeau)** - \"(D) 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, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:\"\n- S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-190(D), https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php (OFFICIAL - SC Legislature). The enumerated tryptamines are Bufotenine, DET, DMT, Psilocybin, Psilocyn only; 4-HO-MET is not present, and no tryptamine structural class exists in Sec. 44-53-190.\n**Sec. 44-53-110(7) (controlled substance analogue)** - \"'Controlled substance analogue' means a 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 or has a stimulant, depressant, analgesic, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II, or III.\"\n- S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-110(7), https://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2022/title-44/chapter-53/section-44-53-110/ (MIRROR: Justia; canonical version identical).","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","citations":[{"title":"S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-190(D) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent)","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-110(7) - controlled substance analogue definition","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2022/title-44/chapter-53/section-44-53-110/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of S.C. Code)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"GA","status":"illegal"},{"code":"NC","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"S.C. Code § 44-53-190(D) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); S.C. Code § 44-53-110(7) (controlled substance analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"2ac96b8e28ca164c94fa2b4735716c4337e73279501c10f692d6c909e05e95fb"},{"citation":"S.C. Code Ann. Sec. 44-53-110(7) & Sec. 44-53-370(a)(1)","title":"Controlled substance analogue definition and prohibited acts (analogue offense)","official_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"fcee94a41f3ee741ab3ba5290b92b34145cab17fac753c4d1f666ee4e6b0e130"}]}