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

Tier

unscheduled

What the record says

Not named/class in N.Y. Public Health Law 3306 Schedule I(d) (isomer-only; psilocyn named but 4-HO-MET is its homolog). PHL 3302 confirmed: controlled substance means a substance listed in 3306; no analog/substantially-similar provision. Control is enumerated listing + emergency by-name scheduling. Net: unscheduled at state level; federal floor applies. Labeled Justia mirror.

Controlling language, verbatim

**PHL Sec. 3306, Schedule I(d) (hallucinogen chapeau)** - "Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, 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 whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this paragraph only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers): (18) Psilocybin. (19) Psilocyn." - N.Y. Pub. Health Law Sec. 3306, Sch. I(d)(18)-(19), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3306/ (MIRROR: Justia). The qualifier is "isomers" only (optical/position/geometric); no homologue extension, so the N-ethyl homolog 4-HO-MET is not captured. **PHL Sec. 3302(4) (definitions - no analog provision)** - "'Controlled substance' means a substance or substances listed in section thirty-three hundred six of this title." PHL 3302's 41 definitions contain no "analog," "analogue," or "substantially similar in chemical structure" provision. - N.Y. Pub. Health Law Sec. 3302(4), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3302/ (MIRROR: Justia).

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. N.Y. Public Health Law Sec. 3306 - Schedule I(d) (psilocyn named, isomer-only) (Justia (mirror of N.Y. PHL)) PRIMARYLEGISLATION
2. N.Y. Public Health Law Sec. 3302(4) - definitions (no analog provision) (Justia (mirror of N.Y. PHL))LEGISLATION

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

Among New York's 5 neighbors, Vermont is illegal; Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are restricted; Connecticut 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 New York

1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in New York; 0 of 2 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

**PHL § 3306, Schedule I(d) (hallucinogen chapeau)** — "Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, 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 whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this paragraph only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers): … (18) Psilocybin. (19) Psilocyn."
— N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3306, Sch. I(d)(18)–(19), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3306/ (MIRROR: Justia). The qualifier is "isomers" only (optical/position/geometric); no homologue extension, so the N-ethyl homolog 4-HO-MET is not captured.
**PHL § 3302(4) (definitions — no analog provision)** — "'Controlled substance' means a substance or substances listed in section thirty-three hundred six of this title." PHL 3302's 41 definitions contain no "analog," "analogue," or "substantially similar in chemical structure" provision.
— N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3302(4), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3302/ (MIRROR: Justia).

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4-HO-MET (Metocin) in neighboring states

• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Connecticut Legal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Massachusetts Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in New Jersey Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Pennsylvania Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Vermont Illegal

4-HO-MET (Metocin) in other states

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