{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/states/ohio/","jurisdiction":{"code":"OH","name":"Ohio"},"as_of":"2026-10-22","summary":"In Ohio, Compound Laws tracks 19 compounds: 4 legal to sell at retail, 3 restricted, 2 in a gray area, 5 illegal, and 5 whose status varies by product form. 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CBN non-intoxicating, not on the THC-trigger lists (watch residual THC)","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbn/ohio/"},{"slug":"hhc","name":"HHC (Hexahydrocannabinol)","form":"capsule","status":"illegal","headline":"Federally scheduled (schedule_i eff. 2026-05-04) · state law: illegal","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/hhc/ohio/"},{"slug":"cbd","name":"CBD (Cannabidiol, hemp-derived)","form":"edible","status":"restricted","headline":"Ohio: over 0.4 mg total THC per container is not hemp since Mar 20, 2026; THC-free CBD only in general retail.","verified_at":"2026-10-08","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbd/ohio/"},{"slug":"cbg","name":"CBG / CBDA / CBGA (hemp-derived)","form":"flower","status":"illegal","headline":"Ohio SB 56: final hemp products over 0.4 mg total THC per container are marijuana, dispensary only, since Mar 20, 2026.","verified_at":"2026-10-08","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbg/ohio/"},{"slug":"thcp","name":"THCP","form":"all","status":"illegal","headline":"Synthetic exclusion (SB 56)","verified_at":"2026-10-19","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/thcp/ohio/"},{"slug":"thcv","name":"THCV (Tetrahydrocannabivarin)","form":"vape","status":"restricted","headline":"0.4 mg per container cap counts THCV (ORC 928.01 + 928.031 list); about 2 mg cartridge is over","verified_at":"2026-10-22","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/thcv/ohio/"},{"slug":"4_ho_met","name":"4-HO-MET (Metocin)","form":"all","status":"restricted","headline":"Analog treated as Schedule I (R.C. 3719.013)","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/4-ho-met/ohio/"},{"slug":"5_mapb","name":"5-MAPB","form":"all","status":"gray","headline":"Gray/analog-exposed: controlled-substance-analog treated as Schedule I","verified_at":"2026-10-07","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/5-mapb/ohio/"},{"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/ohio/"},{"slug":"blue_lotus","name":"Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)","form":"all","status":"legal","headline":"Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction","verified_at":"2026-07-18","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/blue-lotus/ohio/"},{"slug":"amanita_muscimol","name":"Amanita muscaria / Muscimol","form":"all","status":"legal","headline":"Not named on Ohio schedules or in any state law; 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