{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/iowa/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"IA","name":"Iowa"},"as_of":"2026-10-25","answer":"As of October 25, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Iowa. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Iowa Code Sec. 124.204(4) (Schedule I hallucinogenic substances).","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":"2026-10-25","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"4. Hallucinogenic substances. 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... [closed list; no Nymphaea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf","citations":[{"title":"Iowa Code Sec. 124.204(4) (Schedule I hallucinogenic substances)","url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Iowa Legislature","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IL","status":"legal"},{"code":"MN","status":"legal"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"NE","status":"legal"},{"code":"SD","status":"legal"},{"code":"WI","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Iowa Code § 124.204(4) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, does NOT name it); § 124.401 (no general analog-treatment clause).","title":null,"official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"e299c19e0a0f45ee6ef41aa52997209396515185606a85b276885901dcb83e91"}]}