{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/5-mapb/pennsylvania/","compound":{"slug":"5_mapb","name":"5-MAPB","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MAPB"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"PA","name":"Pennsylvania"},"as_of":"2026-10-15","answer":"As of October 15, 2026, 5-MAPB is in a legal gray area (sold in practice, exposed to an interpretive ban theory) in Pennsylvania. Gray/analog-exposed: designer-drug substantial-similarity offense. Controlling source: 35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 - 'Designer drug' definition.","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"gray","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Gray/analog-exposed: designer-drug substantial-similarity offense","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"analog_exposed","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":"2000-02-11","verified_at":"2026-10-15","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"\"Designer drug\" means a substance other than a controlled 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 of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III ... The knowing or intentional manufacture, distribution, possession with intent to distribute, or possession of a designer drug","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","citations":[{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 - 'Designer drug' definition","url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Pennsylvania Department of Health (Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act)","type":"legislation","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 (designer drug) with operative offense at 35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36)","url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":null,"type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36) - Prohibited act (designer drug); felony penalty 780-113(l)","url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Pennsylvania Department of Health (DDC Act)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":true},{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(viii) - Schedule I psychedelic phenethylamines (closed 2C-x/NBOMe list; no benzofuran)","url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"FindLaw (mirror of 35 P.S.)","type":"legislation","primary":false,"official":false}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"DE","status":"gray"},{"code":"MD","status":"gray"},{"code":"NJ","status":"gray"},{"code":"NY","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"gray"},{"code":"WV","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); 35 P.S. § 780-102(b) (\"designer drug\")","title":null,"official_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"a0f18075efdb9e1900a6bd516e441b5066a4dc25c2fa3f1980c62f569bd83804"},{"citation":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 (designer drug) with operative offense at 35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36)","title":"Definition of designer drug; prohibited act (manufacture/distribute/possess a designer drug)","official_url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"5afcded3d3e31998d5434f66b3ad7c13850017247162ea744f8dee4937b54554"}]}