Is Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) Legal in New York? (2026)

Legal

As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in New York. Not scheduled; apomorphine named only in a Schedule II exclusion. Controlling source: N.Y. Public Health Law Sec. 3306 (Schedule I(d); apomorphine exclusion Schedule II).

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

Controlling language, verbatim

(d) 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, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation... [no Nymphaea or nuciferine]. Opium and opiate... excluding apomorphine, dextrorphan, nalbuphine, nalmefene, naloxone, and naltrexone... [apomorphine excluded, not scheduled]

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. N.Y. Public Health Law Sec. 3306 (Schedule I(d); apomorphine exclusion Schedule II) (New York State Senate (Open Legislation), 2026-06-25) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Where Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) stands across the country

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Among New York's 5 neighbors, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont are legal, the same posture as New York.

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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 New York

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

N.Y. Public Health Law § 3306, Schedule I(d) (hallucinogenic substances — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent)MIRROR
Instrument
statute
Source
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3306/
Retrieved
2026-06-19
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**PHL § 3306, Schedule I(d) (hallucinogen chapeau)** — "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, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this paragraph only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers): … (18) Psilocybin. (19) Psilocyn."
— N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3306, Sch. I(d)(18)–(19), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3306/ (MIRROR: Justia). The qualifier is "isomers" only (optical/position/geometric); no homologue extension, so the N-ethyl homolog 4-HO-MET is not captured.
**PHL § 3302(4) (definitions — no analog provision)** — "'Controlled substance' means a substance or substances listed in section thirty-three hundred six of this title." PHL 3302's 41 definitions contain no "analog," "analogue," or "substantially similar in chemical structure" provision.
— N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3302(4), https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/pbh/article-33/title-1/3302/ (MIRROR: Justia).

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