{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/5-mapb/alabama/","compound":{"slug":"5_mapb","name":"5-MAPB","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MAPB"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"AL","name":"Alabama"},"as_of":"2026-07-20","answer":"As of July 20, 2026, 5-MAPB is legal to sell at retail in Alabama. Unscheduled at state level - no analog act (federal floor applies). Controlling source: Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-2 - Definitions (controlled substance = schedule-based; NO analog defined).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Unscheduled at state level - no analog act (federal floor applies)","rule_type":null,"tier":"unscheduled","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-20","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"Ala. Code 20-2-2(4): 'CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V of Article 2 of this chapter.' (closed, schedule-based definition; no 'controlled substance analog' defined in 20-2-2, and Schedule I at 20-2-23 lists no benzofuran and no general analog clause - the only amphetamine-type catch-all, 20-2-23(f)(2)(xviii), is keyed to '2-Amino-phenyl-1-propanone', a ketone class that 5-MAPB does not satisfy).","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-20/chapter-2/article-1/section-20-2-2/","citations":[{"title":"Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-2 - Definitions (controlled substance = schedule-based; NO analog defined)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-20/chapter-2/article-1/section-20-2-2/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of Ala. Code; official alison.legislature JS-only)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-23 - Schedule I listing (no benzofuran; no general analog clause)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-20/chapter-2/article-2/section-20-2-23/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (mirror of Ala. Code)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"FL","status":"illegal"},{"code":"GA","status":"illegal"},{"code":"MS","status":"legal"},{"code":"TN","status":"gray"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Ala. Code § 20-2-23 (Schedule I) as compiled in the Alabama Board of Health / ADFS Controlled Substances List, entry (280). State control effective March 18, 2014.","title":null,"official_url":"https://adfs.alabama.gov/Content/pdfs/drug-chemistry/2018%20Controlled%20Substance%20List.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"a86fb62a30d307272e3ddcc089889f8e496ba468f8ad8cb2d2f3eb74c6540cdf"}]}