{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/5-mapb/kentucky/","compound":{"slug":"5_mapb","name":"5-MAPB","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MAPB"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"KY","name":"Kentucky"},"as_of":"2026-07-20","answer":"As of July 20, 2026, 5-MAPB is in a legal gray area (sold in practice, exposed to an interpretive ban theory) in Kentucky. Analog-exposed (controlled substance analogue folded into 'controlled substance'). Controlling source: KRS 218A.010(8),(9) - 'controlled substance' includes a controlled substance analogue; analogue definition.","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"gray","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Analog-exposed (controlled substance analogue folded into 'controlled substance')","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-20","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"(8) 'Controlled substance' means methamphetamine, or a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V and includes a controlled substance analogue; (9)(a) 'Controlled substance analogue,' except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, means a substance: 1. The chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; and 2. Which has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than ... a controlled substance in Schedule I or II","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/kentucky/chapter-218a/section-218a-010/","citations":[{"title":"KRS 218A.010(8),(9) - 'controlled substance' includes a controlled substance analogue; analogue definition","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/kentucky/chapter-218a/section-218a-010/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia (full-text mirror of KRS 218A.010, 2025)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":false},{"title":"KRS 218A.010(8), (9)","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54047","pinpoint":null,"publisher":null,"type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"KRS 218A.010 - official Kentucky Legislature statute page (RENDER-DEBT: binary PDF)","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54047","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Kentucky Legislature (Legislative Research Commission)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":true},{"title":"902 KAR 55:015 - Kentucky Schedule I by incorporation of 21 CFR 1308.11 (5-MAPB not federally named)","url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kentucky/902-KAR-55-015","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Cornell LII (mirror of 902 KAR 55:015)","type":"regulation","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IL","status":"illegal"},{"code":"IN","status":"gray"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"gray"},{"code":"TN","status":"gray"},{"code":"VA","status":"illegal"},{"code":"WV","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"902 KAR 55:015 § 1 (Schedule I = incorporation of 21 CFR 1308.11 by reference); analog reach via KRS 218A.010(6) + (7). (Former statutory list KRS 218A.050 was repealed June 29, 2017.)","title":null,"official_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/902/055/015/9121/","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"584940202b9d43573efc93f665b11c07c0bb93b6ad93ef82b6f63a99be92c5e2"},{"citation":"KRS 218A.010(8), (9)","title":"Definitions for chapter -- 'controlled substance' includes a controlled substance analogue; definition of controlled substance analogue","official_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54047","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"9e787874586183ca3f61c3b65ac56210a2908b6a1d2cdbd3f5c0583dfcdeaab3"}]}