{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/tennessee/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"TN","name":"Tennessee"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Tennessee. Analog-exposed (39-17-454 analogue). Controlling source: Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-406(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 (39-17-454 analogue)","rule_type":null,"tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"under_review","verbatim_excerpt":"**Sec. 39-17-406(d) (hallucinogen chapeau)** - \"Hallucinogenic substances, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, means any material, compound mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or that contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specified chemical designation; provided, that for purposes of this subsection (d) only, 'isomer' includes the optical, positional, and geometric isomers:\"\n- Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-406(d), https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/ (MIRROR: Justia, 2021). 4-HO-MET is not listed; no tryptamine structural class exists in the section.\n**Sec. 39-17-454(a)(1) (controlled substance analogue)** - \"'controlled substance analogue' means a capsule, pill, powder, product or other substance, however constituted, that has the stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance; and (A) Has a chemical structure which is a derivative or structural analogue of the chemical structure of a controlled substance; provided, that as used in this subdivision (a)(1), 'analogue' means the structure of the tested item differs in no more than two (2) atoms, one (1) functional group, or one (1) double bond, from the structure of a controlled substance; or (B) Is prohibited by Sec. 39-17-452.\"\n- Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-454(a)(1), https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-454/ (MIRROR: Justia, 2021).","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/","citations":[{"title":"Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-406(d) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of Tenn. Code, 2021)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-454(a)(1) - controlled substance analogue definition","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-454/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of Tenn. Code, 2021)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"AL","status":"illegal"},{"code":"AR","status":"restricted"},{"code":"GA","status":"illegal"},{"code":"KY","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MS","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"NC","status":"illegal"},{"code":"VA","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"T.C.A. Sec. 39-17-454","title":"Controlled substance analogues","official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-454/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"34473f1aa806770dbe6d852f73c65beb66ec1a9a3d3a874e8dea9a22854b1cdd"},{"citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-406(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); § 39-17-454(a)(1) (controlled substance analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"8d0822600052fa33ebf0af0598ac4c6ce60ae35645c5081870d2ee8d3f207cf4"}]}