{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/endomorphin-1/pennsylvania/","compound":{"slug":"endomorphin_1","name":"Endomorphin-1","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endomorphin"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"PA","name":"Pennsylvania"},"as_of":"2026-07-18","answer":"As of July 18, 2026, Endomorphin-1 is legal to sell at retail in Pennsylvania. Unscheduled - legal as research-use-only; no operative instrument reaches a structurally-dissimilar opioid peptide. Controlling source: 35 P.S. 780-102 (designer drug; disjunctive, human-consumption gate, enumerated small-molecule classes).","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":"35 P.S. 780-102: \"'Designer drug' means a substance other than a controlled substance that is INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III ... OR that produces an effect substantially similar ... Examples of chemical classes ... include ... phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcycloalkylamines.\" [Disjunctive effect, but gated by 'intended for human consumption' and cabined to listed small-molecule classes.]","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM","citations":[{"title":"35 P.S. 780-102 (designer drug; disjunctive, human-consumption gate, enumerated small-molecule classes)","url":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Pennsylvania Legislature","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"35 P.S. 780-102 (designer drug def)","url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-102.html","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Pennsylvania Legislature","type":"statute","primary":false,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"DE","status":"legal"},{"code":"MD","status":"legal"},{"code":"NJ","status":"legal"},{"code":"NY","status":"legal"},{"code":"OH","status":"legal"},{"code":"WV","status":"legal"}],"laws":[{"citation":"35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); 35 P.S. § 780-102(b) (\"designer drug\")","title":null,"official_url":"https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-06-19","text_hash":"a0f18075efdb9e1900a6bd516e441b5066a4dc25c2fa3f1980c62f569bd83804"},{"citation":"35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 (designer drug) with operative offense at 35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36)","title":"Definition of designer drug; prohibited act (manufacture/distribute/possess a designer drug)","official_url":"https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-20","text_hash":"5afcded3d3e31998d5434f66b3ad7c13850017247162ea744f8dee4937b54554"}]}