As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in District of Columbia. Analog treated as Schedule I (DC Code 48-902.14). Controlling source: D.C. Code 48-902.04(3) Schedule I (not named) + 48-902.14 analogue (treated as Schedule I).
Verified July 18, 2026 · confidence: confirmedNot named/class in D.C. Code 48-902.04(3) (schedules 4-AcO-DMT but not 4-HO-MET). Reached by controlled substances analogue 48-902.14: analogue treated as Schedule I to the extent intended for human consumption (psilocyn anchor). Mechanism: analog-act, statutory Schedule I treatment. Official DC Council.
**Sec. 48-902.04(3) (hallucinogen chapeau)** - "(3) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, its salts, isomers and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:" - D.C. Code Sec. 48-902.04(3), https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04 (OFFICIAL - DC Council). Psilocyn (3)(S) and even 4-AcO-DMT are listed; 4-HO-MET is not. **Sec. 48-902.14 (controlled substances analogue)** - "(a) A controlled substances analogue shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, be treated for the purposes of any District of Columbia law as a controlled substance in Schedule I. (b) the term 'controlled analogue' means: (1) a substance with a chemical structure that is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; (2) A substance that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than [that] of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or (3) A substance that is represented to have or is intended to have [such effect] " - D.C. Code Sec. 48-902.14, https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.14 (OFFICIAL - DC Council).
Among District of Columbia's 2 neighbors, Virginia is illegal; Maryland is restricted.
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Federal gray area. 4-HO-MET (metocin) - not federally scheduled by name; Schedule I by the Federal Analogue Act when intended for human consumption Federal detail
2 instruments on file for this compound's framework in District of Columbia; 1 of 1 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.
2a848ce471c86d2c**§ 48-902.04(3) (hallucinogen chapeau)** — "(3) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, its salts, isomers and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:" — D.C. Code § 48-902.04(3), https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.04 (OFFICIAL — DC Council). Psilocyn (3)(S) and even 4-AcO-DMT are listed; 4-HO-MET is not. **§ 48-902.14 (controlled substances analogue)** — "(a) A controlled substances analogue shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, be treated for the purposes of any District of Columbia law as a controlled substance in Schedule I. (b) … the term 'controlled analogue' means: (1) a substance with a chemical structure that is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; (2) A substance that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than [that] of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or (3) A substance that … is represented to have or is intended to have [such effect] …" — D.C. Code § 48-902.14, https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-902.14 (OFFICIAL — DC Council).
8b8d79b80f81cf85(a) A controlled substances analogue shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, be treated for the purposes of any District of Columbia law as a controlled substance in Schedule I. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the term controlled analogue means: (1) a substance with a chemical structure that is substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; (2) A substance that has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or (3) A substance that, with respect to a particular person, is represented to have or is intended to have a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to, or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II. (c) Such term does not include: (1) A controlled substance; (2) Any substance for which there is an approved new drug application; (3) With respect to a particular person any substance, if an exemption is in effect for investigational use, for that person, under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1052, 21 U.S.C. Section 355) to the extent conduct with respect to such substance is pursuant to such exemption; or (4) Any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before such an exemption takes effect with respect to that substance.
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