Is 4-HO-MET (Metocin) Legal in Iowa? (2026)

Tier

unscheduled

What the record says

Not named/class in Iowa Code 124.204(4) (isomer-only). Iowa has NO general analog act (124.401 reaches only counterfeit/simulated/imitation + meth/ephedrine analogs). State-legal; federal floor applies. Mechanism: unscheduled. Official Iowa Legislature.

Controlling language, verbatim

**Sec. 124.204(4):** "Hallucinogenic substances. any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers (for purposes of this subsection only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers): bufotenine; diethyltryptamine; dimethyltryptamine; psilocybin; psilocyn; alpha-ethyltryptamine; 5-MeO-DIPT; alpha-methyltryptamine; 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine." (4-HO-MET not listed; isomer-only catch-all does not reach a homolog.) - Iowa Code Sec. 124.204(4), official Iowa Legislature: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf **Scope of prohibited acts - Sec. 124.401:** reaches only "a controlled substance, a counterfeit substance, a simulated controlled substance, or an imitation controlled substance." The only "analog" hooks are narrow - "analogs of methamphetamine" and "analogs of ephedrine pseudoephedrine." Neither reaches a tryptamine. - Iowa Code Sec. 124.401, official: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.401.pdf

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. Iowa Code 124.204(4) Schedule I (not named) + 124.401 (no general analog) (Iowa Legislature) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Where 4-HO-MET (Metocin) stands across the country

Among Iowa's 6 neighbors, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota are illegal; Wisconsin is restricted; Missouri is legal.

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Federal posture

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

Verbatim law on file for Iowa

1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in Iowa; 1 of 1 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

**§ 124.204(4):** "Hallucinogenic substances. … any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers … (for purposes of this subsection only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers): … bufotenine; … diethyltryptamine; … dimethyltryptamine; … psilocybin; … psilocyn; … alpha-ethyltryptamine; … 5-MeO-DIPT; … alpha-methyltryptamine; … 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine." (4-HO-MET not listed; isomer-only catch-all does not reach a homolog.)
— Iowa Code § 124.204(4), official Iowa Legislature: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf
**Scope of prohibited acts — § 124.401:** reaches only "a controlled substance, a counterfeit substance, a simulated controlled substance, or an imitation controlled substance." The only "analog" hooks are narrow — "analogs of methamphetamine" and "analogs of ephedrine … pseudoephedrine." Neither reaches a tryptamine.
— Iowa Code § 124.401, official: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.401.pdf

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4-HO-MET (Metocin) in neighboring states

• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Illinois Illegal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Minnesota Illegal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Missouri Legal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Nebraska Illegal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in South Dakota Illegal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Wisconsin Restricted

4-HO-MET (Metocin) in other states

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