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Is Rush Legal? Ingredients and State Laws (2026)

Varies by state

As of November 12, 2026, the contents on file for Rush are Isobutyl nitrite (RUSH Original and SUPER RUSH Black Label, 10 ml), per Australia’s TGA laboratory. Judged by the law on file for Poppers, it is illegal in 51 of 51 jurisdictions. Official actions on file: 3 (FDA, June 24, 2021, Government agency and Government agency, October 6, 2023). Federal: FDA has advised consumers not to buy or use nitrite poppers and named Super RUSH and Super RUSH Nail Polish Remover among the brands in its June 24, 2021 advisory.

Derived only from the ingredients on file (label or official source, as marked) and the law on file for each. Checked November 7, 2026.
Category
poppers (alkyl nitrite)
Product pages
realrush.com/product/rush-10ml

FDA and other official findings (5)

  • FDA, June 24, 2021: An FDA advisory dated June 24, 2021 told consumers not to buy or use nitrite poppers, citing deaths and hospitalizations, and named Super RUSH and Super RUSH Nail Polish Remover among the brands.
    Read the FDA document
  • Government agency: Australia’s TGA Laboratories (a government lab) tested RUSH Original and SUPER RUSH Black Label 10 ml bottles and found isobutyl nitrite as the single major ingredient and noted the products were not registered and labels did not name the specific nitrite.
    Read the government document
  • Peer-reviewed study, September 3, 2024: A 2024 study in the journal Psychoactives analyzed nine poppers products including Rush and PWD Super Rush by NMR and detected isobutyl nitrite in all samples, along with unidentified additional peaks.
    Read the study
  • Government agency, October 6, 2023: Health Canada (Canada’s federal health regulator) public advisory RA-74391 lists Rush poppers seized from a Saint-Hubert, Quebec retail store on October 6, 2023, noting that a product with similar packaging, seized earlier, was tested and found to contain isobutyl nitrite.
    Read the government document
  • Peer-reviewed study, February 15, 2021: A case report in Oxford Medical Case Reports describes life-threatening methemoglobinemia in a 69-year-old man who swallowed Gold Rush, sold as a nail polish remover, which contained 9 ml of isobutyl nitrite.
    Read the study

What is in it: label and official sources

rushpoppers.com is for sale and pwdinc.com returns 403. RealRush.com, which says it sources every bottle from PWD International, sells RUSH 10ML as a cleaning solvent for cleaning purposes only and names no ingredient. Testing by Australia’s TGA laboratory found isobutyl nitrite as the single major ingredient in RUSH Original and SUPER RUSH Black Label, whose labels said only alkyl nitrite; that result is the contents line used here.

Only ingredients disclosed on the label or identified by an official source (FDA, another government agency or lab, an accredited lab or a court record) are listed, each with its source. Compound Laws does not guess at undisclosed contents.

Federal

FDA has advised consumers not to buy or use nitrite poppers and named Super RUSH and Super RUSH Nail Polish Remover among the brands in its June 24, 2021 advisory. Source

Rush ingredients by state

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Compound Analytics. “Is Rush Legal? Ingredients and State Laws (2026).” Compound Laws, https://compoundlaws.com/brands/rush-poppers/. Accessed November 13, 2026.

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