{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/virginia/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"VA","name":"Virginia"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Virginia. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446 (Schedule I), subdivision 3 (hallucinogenic substances).","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":"3. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers... [closed enumerated list incl. AMT, 2C-B, MDA, Bufotenine, DET, DMT, Ibogaine, LSD, Mescaline, Peyote, Psilocybin, Psilocyn, Salvinorin A, MDMA; no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]","excerpt_source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","citations":[{"title":"Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446 (Schedule I), subdivision 3 (hallucinogenic substances)","url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Virginia Law","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"DC","status":"legal"},{"code":"KY","status":"legal"},{"code":"MD","status":"legal"},{"code":"NC","status":"legal"},{"code":"TN","status":"legal"},{"code":"WV","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-3446(3) (Drug Control Act — Schedule I hallucinogenic substances)","title":null,"official_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"04dd2572d2997088bf426a48f7c027992946e63d7fae4671aa02cb18829f3e4d"},{"citation":"Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3)","title":"Schedule I hallucinogenic substances - subdivision (3) chapeau (positional-isomer clause) and named MAPB entry","official_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"e1d542c6cfc51f5d29afabdd32a14e76ff054a6526f8d16b29b8583d4b2551c4"}]}