Is 5-MAPB Legal in Iowa? (2026)

Tier

unscheduled

Controlling language, verbatim

4. 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 ... f. 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine, also known as MDA. ... z. 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). [closed enumerated list; no benzofuran/APB/5-MAPB entry and no open phenethylamine or amphetamine structural class]

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. Iowa Code Sec. 124.204(4) - Schedule I hallucinogenic substances (5-MAPB absent) (Iowa Legislature, 2026-01-01) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
2. Iowa Code ch. 124A / Sec. 124.401 - imitation controlled substances (appearance-based) (Iowa Legislature, 2026-01-01)OFFICIAL

Where 5-MAPB stands across the country

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

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Federal posture

Federal gray area. Unscheduled by name; Schedule I by 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; 2 of 2 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

Related

5-MAPB in neighboring states

• 5-MAPB in Illinois Illegal
• 5-MAPB in Minnesota Gray area
• 5-MAPB in Missouri Legal
• 5-MAPB in Nebraska Illegal
• 5-MAPB in South Dakota Illegal
• 5-MAPB in Wisconsin Gray area

5-MAPB in other states

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