{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/virginia/","compound":{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-HO-MET"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"VA","name":"Virginia"},"as_of":"2026-10-22","answer":"As of October 22, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is illegal to sell at retail in Virginia. Schedule I (named). Listed as schedule 1, effective 2023-07-01. Controlling source: Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3) - Schedule I hallucinogens.","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"illegal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Schedule I (named)","rule_type":null,"tier":"schedule_i","schedule_class":"schedule_1","limit":null,"effective_date":"2023-07-01","verified_at":"2026-10-22","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"**Sec. 54.1-3446(3)** \"Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which 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 specific chemical designation (for purposes of this subdivision only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers):  **4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine (other names: 4-hydroxy MET, Metocin)** \"\n- Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3), https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/ (official Virginia LIS; psilocybin and psilocyn are separately listed in the same subdivision)","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","citations":[{"title":"Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3) - Schedule I hallucinogens","url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Virginia General Assembly (LIS)","type":"gov","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[{"date":"2026-07-25","field":"effective_date","from":null,"to":"2023-07-01"}]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"DC","status":"restricted"},{"code":"KY","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MD","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NC","status":"illegal"},{"code":"TN","status":"restricted"},{"code":"WV","status":"illegal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-3446(3) (Drug Control Act — Schedule I hallucinogenic substances)","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"04dd2572d2997088bf426a48f7c027992946e63d7fae4671aa02cb18829f3e4d"},{"citation":"Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3)","title":"Schedule I hallucinogenic substances - subdivision (3) chapeau (positional-isomer clause) and named MAPB entry","official_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"e1d542c6cfc51f5d29afabdd32a14e76ff054a6526f8d16b29b8583d4b2551c4"}]}