As of July 20, 2026, 5-MAPB is legal to sell at retail in Rhode Island. Unscheduled at state level; no controlled-substance-analogue statute. Controlling source: R.I. Gen. Laws Sec. 21-28-2.08 - Contents of schedules (Schedule I; 5-MAPB/benzofuran absent).
Verified July 20, 2026 · confidence: confirmed(d) Hallucinogenic Substances. ... any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances ... (1) 3, 4-methylenedioxy amphetamine ... [closed named list; no 5-APB/5-MAPB/benzofuran]. (i) Synthetic cathinones ... structurally derived from 2-aminopropan-1-one by substitution at the 1-position with either phenyl, naphthyl, or thiophene ring systems [5-MAPB has no ketone and is not a cathinone]
Among Rhode Island's 2 neighbors, Massachusetts is gray area; Connecticut is legal.
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Federal gray area. Unscheduled by name; Schedule I by Federal Analogue Act when intended for human consumption Federal detail
1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in Rhode Island; 2 of 2 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.
27d6e8e75c645386**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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