Is 5-MAPB Legal in Maine? (2026)

Tier

unscheduled

Controlling language, verbatim

O. Unless listed or described in another schedule, the following hallucinogenic drugs or their salts, isomers and salts of isomers whenever the existence of the salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within the chemical designation: (1) 3, 4 - methylenedioxy amphetamine, MDA; ... (9) 3, 4 - methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA; ... (14) Paramethoxyethylamphetamine, PMEA [closed list; 5-MAPB absent]

Source of excerpt

Citations

1. 17-A M.R.S. Sec. 1102(1)(O) - Schedule W hallucinogenic amphetamines (5-MAPB absent) (Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes), 2026-01-05) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
2. 17-A M.R.S. Sec. 1101(3),(19) - narrow isomer definition; imitation-controlled-substance definition (Maine Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes), 2026-01-05)OFFICIAL

Where 5-MAPB stands across the country

Among Maine's one neighbor, New Hampshire is gray area.

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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 Maine

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

**Schedule gap — § 1102(2)(C) & (H):** "any of the following hallucinogenic drugs, or their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers … (1) Bufotenine (2) Ibogaine (3) Mescaline … (6) Psilocybin (7) Psilocyn …" and (H): "(5) Diethyltryptamine, DET; (6) Dimethyltryptamine, DMT; (7) Dipropyltryptamine, DPT; … (12) Alpha-ethyltryptamine, AET." (4-HO-MET not named; no structural tryptamine class.)
— 17-A M.R.S. § 1102, official Maine Legislature: https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-Asec1102.html
**No chemical analog — § 1101(19):** "'Imitation scheduled drug,' a substance that is not a scheduled drug … but which, by dosage unit appearance or by representations made, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance was a scheduled drug." (Appearance/representation-based, not a "substantially similar chemical structure" analog act. The full § 1101 definitions contain no "scheduled drug analog" provision.) Isomer is defined narrowly at § 1101(3).
— 17-A M.R.S. § 1101, official Maine Legislature: https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-Asec1101.html

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• 5-MAPB in New Hampshire Gray area

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