As of October 8, 2026, Amanita muscaria / Muscimol is legal to sell at retail in Kentucky. Not named on Kentucky schedules or in any state law; edibles reachable only via general food-adulteration law. Controlling source: 902 KAR 55:015.
Verified October 8, 2026 · confidence: confirmedNothing in 902 KAR 55:015 (Schedules of controlled substances); KRS Chapter 218A names Amanita muscaria, muscimol, or ibotenic acid (official text fetched 2026-10-07; psilocybin is listed, these are not). The regulation adopts the federal schedules with Kentucky-specific additions (tianeptine, bromazolam), none of which are Amanita compounds. No Kentucky statute or rule names these compounds, so the only reach is general food adulteration law read with FDA's Dec. 18, 2024 determination that A. muscaria and its constituents are unapproved food additives, which does not reach inhaled products such as vapes. Analogue-act reach is remote because muscimol and ibotenic acid are not structurally similar to any Schedule I or II hallucinogen.
Among Kentucky's 7 neighbors, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia are legal, the same posture as Kentucky.
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Federal gray area. Not federally scheduled; FDA says A. muscaria, muscimol, ibotenic acid are unapproved food additives, unsafe in food. Federal detail
2 instruments on file for this compound's framework in Kentucky; 3 of 3 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.
584940202b9d4357**Schedule mechanism — 902 KAR 55:015 § 1:** "Each substance that is scheduled or designated as a Schedule I controlled substance under 21 C.F.R. 1308.11 … shall be scheduled or designated at the state level as a Schedule I controlled substance." (Kentucky lists no individual state tryptamines; the question collapses to the federal list, which does not name 4-HO-MET.) — 902 KAR 55:015 § 1: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/902/055/015/9121/ **Analog act — KRS 218A.010(7):** "'Controlled substance analogue,' except as provided in paragraph (b) … means a substance: 1. The chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; and 2. Which has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than … a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or 3. With respect to a particular person, which such person represents or intends to have [such effect] …" And **KRS 218A.010(6):** "'Controlled substance' means … a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V and includes a controlled substance analogue." — KRS 218A.010(6)–(7); via labeled Justia mirror, cross-checked against current FindLaw (identical): https://law.justia.com/codes/kentucky/2014/chapter-218a/section-218a.010/
9e787874586183ca(8) 'Controlled substance' means methamphetamine, or a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through V and includes a controlled substance analogue; (9)(a) 'Controlled substance analogue,' except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, means a substance: 1. The chemical structure of which is substantially similar to the structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; and 2. Which has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II; or 3. With respect to a particular person, which such person represents or intends to have a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II. (b) Such term does not include: 1. Any substance for which there is an approved new drug application; 2. With respect to a particular person, any substance if an exemption is in effect for investigational use for that person pursuant to federal law to the extent conduct with respect to such substance is pursuant to such exemption; or 3. Any substance to the extent not intended for human consumption before the exemption described in subparagraph 2. of this paragraph takes effect with respect to that substance;
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