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

Tier

schedule i

Schedule

schedule 1

Effective

2023-07-01

Controlling language, verbatim

**Sec. 54.1-3446(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, 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 subdivision only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers): **4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine (other names: 4-hydroxy MET, Metocin)** " - Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3), https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/ (official Virginia LIS; psilocybin and psilocyn are separately listed in the same subdivision)

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3) - Schedule I hallucinogens (Virginia General Assembly (LIS)) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Change history

• 2026-07-25Effective date changed from none to 2023-07-01.

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

Among Virginia's 6 neighbors, North Carolina and West Virginia are illegal; District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee are restricted.

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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 Virginia

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

**§ 54.1-3446(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, 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 subdivision only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers): … **4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine (other names: 4-hydroxy MET, Metocin)** …"
— Va. Code § 54.1-3446(3), https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/ (official Virginia LIS; psilocybin and psilocyn are separately listed in the same subdivision)

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 subdivision only, the term "isomer" includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers):
(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran (other name: MAPB)

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4-HO-MET (Metocin) in neighboring states

• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in District of Columbia Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Kentucky Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Maryland Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in North Carolina Illegal
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Tennessee Restricted
• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in West Virginia Illegal

4-HO-MET (Metocin) in other states

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