{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/rhode-island/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"RI","name":"Rhode Island"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Rhode Island. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-2.08(d).","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":"Hallucinogenic Substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances... [items (1)-(26) ending at Datura stramonium; names Peyote, Salvia Divinorum, Datura; no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/2021/title-21/chapter-21-28/section-21-28-2-08/","citations":[{"title":"R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-2.08(d)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/2021/title-21/chapter-21-28/section-21-28-2-08/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"CT","status":"legal"},{"code":"MA","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28-2.08(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); § 21-28-1.02 (imitation controlled substance — appearance-based)","title":null,"official_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE21/21-28/21-28-2.08.htm","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"27d6e8e75c6453866316d2ba515d84646810475d2b557687e85961d5a4255459"}]}