{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/pennsylvania/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"PA","name":"Pennsylvania"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Pennsylvania. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii).","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":"(iii) 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... [items 1-27 ending at Methoxetamine; Salvia Divinorum at item 17; no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM","citations":[{"title":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii)","url":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Pennsylvania General Assembly","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"DE","status":"legal"},{"code":"MD","status":"legal"},{"code":"NJ","status":"legal"},{"code":"NY","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"legal"},{"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"}]}