Inhalant Ban 2026: Every State That Bans Inhalant Products
2 full · 49 partial
As of November 12, 2026, 2 of 51 US jurisdictions ban every tracked inhalant compound at retail and 49 ban some of them. Tracked: Poppers and Nitrous Oxide.
Inhalant ban here means a state law that prohibits selling alkyl nitrite products (poppers) or nitrous oxide for inhalation at retail. Many states also restrict these products by age, container size or labeling; those rows show as restricted. Each tracked inhalant is reported on its own row; a state is counted as banning inhalants when every tracked inhalant is illegal there.When does the inhalant ban take effect?
No federal inhalant ban effective date is pending as of November 13, 2026. State bans have their own dates below.
Map: inhalant bans by state
AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNWIMINYMARIORNVWYSDIAILINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
All tracked inhalant compounds bannedSome bannedNone bannedNot yet verified
Status by state and compound
| State | Poppers | Nitrous Oxide |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Partial ban | ||
| Alaska Partial ban | ||
| Arizona Partial ban | ||
| Arkansas Partial ban | ||
| California Partial ban | ||
| Colorado Partial ban | ||
| Connecticut Partial ban | ||
| Delaware Partial ban | ||
| District of Columbia Partial ban | ||
| Florida Partial ban | ||
| Georgia Partial ban | ||
| Hawaii Partial ban | ||
| Idaho Partial ban | ||
| Illinois Partial ban | ||
| Indiana Partial ban | ||
| Iowa Partial ban | ||
| Kansas Partial ban | ||
| Kentucky Partial ban | ||
| Louisiana Partial ban | ||
| Maine Partial ban | ||
| Maryland Partial ban | ||
| Massachusetts Partial ban | ||
| Michigan Partial ban | ||
| Minnesota Partial ban | ||
| Mississippi Partial ban | ||
| Missouri Partial ban | ||
| Montana Partial ban | ||
| Nebraska Partial ban | ||
| Nevada Partial ban | ||
| New Hampshire Partial ban | ||
| New Jersey Partial ban | ||
| New Mexico Partial ban | ||
| New York Partial ban | ||
| North Carolina Partial ban | ||
| North Dakota Partial ban | ||
| Ohio Partial ban | ||
| Oklahoma Partial ban | ||
| Oregon Partial ban | ||
| Pennsylvania Partial ban | ||
| Rhode Island Partial ban | ||
| South Carolina Partial ban | ||
| South Dakota Partial ban | ||
| Tennessee Banned | ||
| Texas Partial ban | ||
| Utah Partial ban | ||
| Vermont Partial ban | ||
| Virginia Partial ban | ||
| Washington Banned | ||
| West Virginia Partial ban | ||
| Wisconsin Partial ban | ||
| Wyoming Partial ban |
Watch: what is moving on inhalant products
QuietNo pending legislation, deadlines or enforcement actions on file for inhalant products nationally.
Related
Poppers ban · Nitrous Oxide ban · All changes
Cite this page
Compound Analytics. “Inhalant Ban 2026: Every State That Bans Inhalant Products.” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/bans/inhalants/. Accessed November 13, 2026.
Compound Laws, published by Compound Analytics, reports the record: statutes verbatim, official citations, enforcement facts and verification dates. Nothing here is legal advice and nothing here describes how to get around a law. A jurisdiction with no verified row is reported as not yet verified, never as legal. Found an error? Corrections policy.
About · Methodology · Glossary · Changes · RSS · Data licensing · llms.txt · Sitemap