{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/west-virginia/","compound":{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea_caerulea"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"WV","name":"West Virginia"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in West Virginia. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: W. Va. Code Sec. 60A-2-204(d) (Schedule I, 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":"(d) Hallucinogenic substances. [enumerated; the only plant-named scheduling is] Peyote; meaning all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as Lophophora williamsii Lemaire, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, any extract from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, salts, immediate derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds or extracts; [plus Marihuana (Cannabis, sp.); Ibogaine; Tabernanthe iboga]; no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine","excerpt_source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/60A-2-204/","citations":[{"title":"W. Va. Code Sec. 60A-2-204(d) (Schedule I, hallucinogenic substances)","url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/60A-2-204/","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"West Virginia Legislature","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"KY","status":"legal"},{"code":"MD","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"legal"},{"code":"PA","status":"legal"},{"code":"VA","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"W. Va. Code § 60A-2-204(d) — Schedule I hallucinogenic substances, \"Tryptamines\" sub-list (named)","title":null,"official_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/pdf/60A-2-204/","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"5a2cf2b4af07cb9e363a7ec2797123395fafae86b766845573787a8de42646fd"}]}