{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/tennessee/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"TN","name":"Tennessee"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Tennessee. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-406(d) (Schedule I); Sec. 39-17-438 (Salvia only); Sec. 39-17-454 (analogues).","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, means any material, compound mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances... [items (d)(1)-(50); no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]. TN's named-plant statute (Sec. 39-17-438) reaches only 'the active chemical ingredient in the hallucinogenic plant salvia divinorum.'","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/","citations":[{"title":"Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 39-17-406(d) (Schedule I); Sec. 39-17-438 (Salvia only); Sec. 39-17-454 (analogues)","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Justia","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"AL","status":"legal"},{"code":"AR","status":"legal"},{"code":"GA","status":"legal"},{"code":"KY","status":"legal"},{"code":"MS","status":"legal"},{"code":"MO","status":"legal"},{"code":"NC","status":"legal"},{"code":"VA","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"T.C.A. Sec. 39-17-454","title":"Controlled substance analogues","official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-454/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"34473f1aa806770dbe6d852f73c65beb66ec1a9a3d3a874e8dea9a22854b1cdd"},{"citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-406(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); § 39-17-454(a)(1) (controlled substance analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2021/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/section-39-17-406/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"8d0822600052fa33ebf0af0598ac4c6ce60ae35645c5081870d2ee8d3f207cf4"}]}