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

Tier

unscheduled

What the record says

Not named/class in R.I. Gen. Laws 21-28-2.08(d) (confirmed current on official RI server; last amended 2017, no 4-HO tryptamine added). Only appearance-based imitation statute 21-28-1.02(25); no structural analog. Net: unscheduled at state level; federal floor applies. Imitation statute is a marketing-based vector only.

Controlling language, verbatim

**R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-2.08(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens - current)** - "Hallucinogenic Substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or that contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this subsection only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers): (4) Bufotenine (5) Diethyltryptamine (6) Dimethyltryptamine (15) Psilocybin (16) Psilocyn " - R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-2.08(d), https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE21/21-28/21-28-2.08.htm (OFFICIAL - RI General Assembly; pulled June 19, 2026; History line ends at P.L. 2017, ch. 53/59). 4-HO-MET does not appear, and no tryptamine structural class exists in the section. **R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-1.02(25) (imitation controlled substance - appearance-based, NOT a structural analog)** - "'Imitation controlled substance' means a substance that is not a controlled substance, that by dosage unit, appearance (including color, shape, size, and markings), or by representations made, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance " - R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-1.02(25), https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/2021/title-21/chapter-21-28/section-21-28-1-02/ (MIRROR: Justia). The definitions section contains no "analog"/"analogue"/"substantially similar chemical structure" provision.

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-2.08(d) - Schedule I hallucinogens (current; 4-HO-MET absent) (Rhode Island General Assembly) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

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

Among Rhode Island's 2 neighbors, Massachusetts is 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 Rhode Island

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

**R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28-2.08(d) (Schedule I hallucinogens — current)** — "Hallucinogenic Substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or that contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of the salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this subsection only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers): … (4) Bufotenine … (5) Diethyltryptamine … (6) Dimethyltryptamine … (15) Psilocybin (16) Psilocyn …"
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28-2.08(d), https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE21/21-28/21-28-2.08.htm (OFFICIAL — RI General Assembly; pulled June 19, 2026; History line ends at P.L. 2017, ch. 53/59). 4-HO-MET does not appear, and no tryptamine structural class exists in the section.
**R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28-1.02(25) (imitation controlled substance — appearance-based, NOT a structural analog)** — "'Imitation controlled substance' means a substance that is not a controlled substance, that by dosage unit, appearance (including color, shape, size, and markings), or by representations made, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance …"
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28-1.02(25), https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/2021/title-21/chapter-21-28/section-21-28-1-02/ (MIRROR: Justia). The definitions section contains no "analog"/"analogue"/"substantially similar chemical structure" provision.

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