{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/kentucky/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"KY","name":"Kentucky"},"as_of":"2026-10-22","answer":"As of October 22, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Kentucky. Not scheduled; Schedule I incorporates federal list, which omits it. Controlling source: 902 KAR 55:015 Sec. 1(1) (Schedules of controlled substances).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Not scheduled; Schedule I incorporates federal list, which omits it","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"unscheduled","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-22","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"Each substance that is scheduled or designated as a Schedule I controlled substance under 21 C.F.R. 1308.11, including a substance temporarily scheduled or designated under 21 C.F.R. 1308.11(h) or 1308.49, shall be scheduled or designated at the state level as a Schedule I controlled substance.","excerpt_source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/902/055/015/","citations":[{"title":"902 KAR 55:015 Sec. 1(1) (Schedules of controlled substances)","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/902/055/015/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Kentucky Legislative Research Commission","type":"regulation","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IL","status":"legal"},{"code":"IN","status":"legal"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"legal"},{"code":"TN","status":"legal"},{"code":"VA","status":"legal"},{"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 (Former statutory list KRS 218A.050 was repealed June 29,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"}]}