Is Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) Legal in Maine? (2026)

Legal

As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Maine. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: 17-A M.R.S. Sec. 1102 (Schedules W, X, Y and Z).

Verified July 18, 2026 · confidence: confirmed
Rule type
permanent
Tier
unscheduled

Controlling language, verbatim

Unless listed in another schedule, any of the following hallucinogenic drugs... (1) Bufotenine (2) Ibogaine (3) Mescaline, including but not limited to peyote (4) N-methyl-3-piperidyl benzilate (5) N-ethyl-3-piperidyl benzilate (6) Psilocybin (7) Psilocyn (8) Hashish [no Nymphaea, nuciferine, or apomorphine in Schedules W/X/Y/Z]

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. 17-A M.R.S. Sec. 1102 (Schedules W, X, Y and Z) (Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, 2026-06-25) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Where Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) stands across the country

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Among Maine's one neighbor, New Hampshire is legal, the same posture as Maine.

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Federal posture

Not federally scheduled. Unscheduled federally; FDA has not approved it for human consumption Federal detail

Verbatim law on file for Maine

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

17-A M.R.S. § 1102 (schedules — does NOT name it); § 1101 (definitions — only appearance-based "imitation scheduled drug," no chemical analog act).MIRROR
Instrument
statute
Source
https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-Asec1102.html
Retrieved
2026-06-19
Fingerprint
930a47e5b9089982
**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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