{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/montana/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"MT","name":"Montana"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Montana. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 50-32-222(4) (Schedule I hallucinogenic).","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":"(4) Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following is a hallucinogenic substance, including salts, isomers, and salts of isomers... [closed list incl. peyote at (aa) and Salvia divinorum at (ll); no Nymphaea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/montana/title-50/chapter-32/part-2/section-50-32-222/","citations":[{"title":"Mont. Code Ann. Sec. 50-32-222(4) (Schedule I hallucinogenic)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/montana/title-50/chapter-32/part-2/section-50-32-222/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"ID","status":"legal"},{"code":"ND","status":"legal"},{"code":"SD","status":"legal"},{"code":"WY","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"MCA 50-32-222(4) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); MCA 50-32-222(11) + 50-32-101(7) (Dangerous Drug Analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0320/part_0020/section_0220/0500-0320-0020-0220.html","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"2aaa76f87ec35feefabb3ab1b57986a40c597b4dd83b03fbe6afba996c638a42"},{"citation":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-32-222(11); 50-32-101(7)","title":"Dangerous drug analogues folded into Schedule I; dangerous drug analogue defined","official_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0500/chapter_0320/part_0020/section_0220/0500-0320-0020-0220.html","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"e7b1283b843566508dac7cbb207e2437135ecc77359570c8187d4320afd3942b"}]}