{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/endomorphin-1/district-of-columbia/","compound":{"slug":"endomorphin_1","name":"Endomorphin-1","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endomorphin"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"DC","name":"District of Columbia"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Endomorphin-1 is legal to sell at retail in District of Columbia. Unscheduled - legal as research-use-only; no operative instrument reaches a structurally-dissimilar opioid peptide. Controlling source: DC Code 48-901.02(16) (opiate def).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"legal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Unscheduled - legal as research-use-only; no operative instrument reaches a structurally-dissimilar opioid peptide","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"unscheduled","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-07-18","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"DC has no analogue statute. DC Code 48-901.02(16): \"'Opiate' means any drug or other substance having an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability similar to morphine or being capable of conversion into a drug having such addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability ...\" - a scheduling definition, not a self-executing ban; EM-1 is not scheduled. [No analogue reach.]","excerpt_source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-901.02","citations":[{"title":"DC Code 48-901.02(16) (opiate def)","url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-901.02","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"District of Columbia Legislature","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"DC Code 48-901.02(16) (opiate def)","url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"District of Columbia Legislature","type":"statute","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"MD","status":"legal"},{"code":"VA","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"D.C. Code § 48-902.04(3) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); § 48-902.14 (controlled substances analogue)","title":null,"official_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"2a848ce471c86d2c60a8be123dedf86b7540b207f4bd5bb24dba74f9a7c873b1"},{"citation":"D.C. Code Sec. 48-902.14","title":"Treatment of controlled substance analogues","official_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.14","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"8b8d79b80f81cf85bfb2944364baea522a63f512b81609647f2ddf6b47a05863"}]}