{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/states/kentucky/","jurisdiction":{"code":"KY","name":"Kentucky"},"as_of":"2026-10-22","summary":"In Kentucky, Compound Laws tracks 19 compounds: 3 legal to sell at retail, 7 restricted, 1 in a gray area, 3 illegal, and 5 whose status varies by product form. 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regulated kratom product","verified_at":"2026-10-19","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/speciociliatine/kentucky/"},{"slug":"d8","name":"Delta-8 THC","form":"all","status":"restricted","headline":"Delta-8 restricted: regulated covered product (registry + age 21 + behind counter)","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/d8/kentucky/"},{"slug":"d9","name":"Delta-9 THC (hemp-derived)","form":"vape","status":"restricted","headline":"Hemp Delta-9 vape - restricted","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/d9/kentucky/"},{"slug":"thca","name":"THCa","form":"all","status":"illegal","headline":"Illegal: registry post-decarboxylation (total-THC) basis bars raw THCa flower (302 KAR)","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/thca/kentucky/"},{"slug":"cbn","name":"CBN (Cannabinol)","form":"all","status":"restricted","headline":"CBN expressly listed NON-INTOXICATING; sale conditioned on hemp-derived-cannabinoid permit/registration + ISO testing/labeling","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbn/kentucky/"},{"slug":"hhc","name":"HHC (Hexahydrocannabinol)","form":"capsule","status":"illegal","headline":"Federally scheduled (schedule_i eff. 2026-05-04) · state law: restricted","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/hhc/kentucky/"},{"slug":"cbd","name":"CBD (Cannabidiol, hemp-derived)","form":"edible","status":"restricted","headline":"Kentucky: full-spectrum CBD is 'non-intoxicating' if 15:1 and 2.5 mg or less THC per serving; registration.","verified_at":"2026-10-08","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbd/kentucky/"},{"slug":"cbg","name":"CBG / CBDA / CBGA (hemp-derived)","form":"flower","status":"illegal","headline":"Kentucky bars making hemp cigarettes/cigars and selling hemp buds or ground floral material to unlicensed buyers.","verified_at":"2026-10-08","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbg/kentucky/"},{"slug":"thcp","name":"THCP","form":"all","status":"restricted","headline":"THCP restricted: covered product framework","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/thcp/kentucky/"},{"slug":"thcv","name":"THCV (Tetrahydrocannabivarin)","form":"vape","status":"restricted","headline":"Inhalable hemp may not contain PEG or propylene glycol (902 KAR 45:021 s.2(21)); this cart has both","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/thcv/kentucky/"},{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","form":"all","status":"restricted","headline":"Analogue-exposed","verified_at":"2026-07-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/kentucky/"},{"slug":"5_mapb","name":"5-MAPB","form":"all","status":"gray","headline":"Analog-exposed (controlled substance analogue folded into 'controlled substance')","verified_at":"2026-07-20","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/5-mapb/kentucky/"},{"slug":"endomorphin_1","name":"Endomorphin-1","form":"all","status":"legal","headline":"Unscheduled - legal as research-use-only; no operative instrument reaches a structurally-dissimilar opioid peptide","verified_at":"2026-07-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/endomorphin-1/kentucky/"},{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","form":"all","status":"legal","headline":"Not scheduled; Schedule I incorporates federal list, which omits it","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/kentucky/"},{"slug":"amanita_muscimol","name":"Amanita muscaria / Muscimol","form":"all","status":"legal","headline":"Not named on Kentucky schedules or in any state law; edibles reachable only via general food-adulteration law.","verified_at":"2026-10-08","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/amanita-muscimol/kentucky/"},{"slug":"epn","name":"EPN / Euphorinol","form":"edible","status":"restricted","headline":"Restricted - intoxicating 'covered product' regime (HB 544 / 902 KAR 45:190); registry + 21+ + behind-counter; registry admission uncertain","verified_at":"2026-10-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/epn/kentucky/"}],"laws":[{"citation":"302 KAR 50:070 Section 1(1)-(3); 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