{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/south-carolina/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"SC","name":"South Carolina"},"as_of":"2026-10-19","answer":"As of October 19, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in South Carolina. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-190(D); apomorphine excluded at Sec. 44-53-210.","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":"2026-10-19","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"(D) 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... [no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","citations":[{"title":"S.C. Code Sec. 44-53-190(D); apomorphine excluded at Sec. 44-53-210","url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"South Carolina Legislature","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"GA","status":"legal"},{"code":"NC","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"S.C. Code § 44-53-190(D) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); S.C. Code § 44-53-110(7) (controlled substance analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"2ac96b8e28ca164c94fa2b4735716c4337e73279501c10f692d6c909e05e95fb"},{"citation":"S.C. Code Ann. Sec. 44-53-110(7) & Sec. 44-53-370(a)(1)","title":"Controlled substance analogue definition and prohibited acts (analogue offense)","official_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"fcee94a41f3ee741ab3ba5290b92b34145cab17fac753c4d1f666ee4e6b0e130"}]}