{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/alabama/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"AL","name":"Alabama"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Alabama. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-23 (Schedule I).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"unscheduled","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"(3) Any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted... [closed list; no Nymphaea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-20/chapter-2/article-2/section-20-2-23/","citations":[{"title":"Ala. Code Sec. 20-2-23 (Schedule I)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-20/chapter-2/article-2/section-20-2-23/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"FL","status":"legal"},{"code":"GA","status":"legal"},{"code":"MS","status":"legal"},{"code":"TN","status":"legal"}],"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"}]}