As of July 18, 2026, 4-HO-MET (Metocin) is legal to sell at retail with restrictions in Pennsylvania. Analog-exposed (designer-drug 780-102). Controlling source: 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii) - Schedule I hallucinogens (4-HO-MET absent).
Verified July 18, 2026 · confidence: under_reviewNot named/class in 35 P.S. 780-104(1)(iii). Reached by designer-drug statute 35 P.S. 780-102(b) (intended for human consumption + substantially similar structure or effect; substituted indoles; psilocyn anchor; verbatim quoted from official PA text). Narrowed by Commonwealth v. Herman. Mechanism: analog-act, fact-dependent. FindLaw schedule + official PA analog def.
**35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens)** - "Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers 4. Bufotenine. 5. Diethyltryptamine. 6. Dimethyltryptamine 14. Psilocybin. 15. Psilocyn." - 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii), current as of Jan. 1, 2025, https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/ (MIRROR: FindLaw). 4-HO-MET does not appear; no tryptamine structural class exists in the section. **35 P.S. Sec. 780-102(b) ("Designer drug")** - "'Designer drug' means a substance other than a controlled substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III. Examples of chemical classes in which designer drugs are found include, but are not limited to, the following: Phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcycloalkylamines. (Def. amended Feb. 11, 2000, P.L.9, No.3)" - 35 P.S. Sec. 780-102, https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM (OFFICIAL - Pennsylvania General Assembly, full text of Act 64 of 1972).
Among Pennsylvania's 6 neighbors, West Virginia is illegal; Maryland, New Jersey and Ohio are restricted; Delaware and New York are legal.
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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 Pennsylvania; 1 of 2 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.
a0f18075efdb9e19**35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens)** — "Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers … 4. Bufotenine. 5. Diethyltryptamine. 6. Dimethyltryptamine … 14. Psilocybin. 15. Psilocyn."
— 35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii), current as of Jan. 1, 2025, https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/ (MIRROR: FindLaw). 4-HO-MET does not appear; no tryptamine structural class exists in the section.
**35 P.S. § 780-102(b) ("Designer drug")** — "'Designer drug' means a substance other than a controlled substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III. Examples of chemical classes in which designer drugs are found include, but are not limited to, the following: Phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcycloalkylamines. (Def. amended Feb. 11, 2000, P.L.9, No.3)"
— 35 P.S. § 780-102, https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM (OFFICIAL — Pennsylvania General Assembly, full text of Act 64 of 1972).5afcded3d3e3199835 P.S. Sec. 780-102. "Designer drug" means a substance other than a controlled substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III. Examples of chemical classes in which designer drugs are found include, but are not limited to, the following: Phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcyloalkylamines. (Def. added Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.769, No.107, amended February 11, 2000, P.L. 9, No. 3) 35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36). The knowing or intentional manufacture, distribution, possession with intent to distribute, or possession of a designer drug. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a person who manufactures or distributes a substance in conformance with the provisions of an approved new drug application or an exemption for investigational use within the meaning of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 355). For purposes of this section, no new drug shall be introduced or delivered for introduction except upon approval of an application pursuant to section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. ((36) amended February 11, 2000, P.L. 9, No. 3)
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