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

Legal

As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Pennsylvania. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii).

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

Controlling language, verbatim

(iii) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted... [items 1-27 ending at Methoxetamine; Salvia Divinorum at item 17; no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. 35 P.S. Sec. 780-104(1)(iii) (Pennsylvania General Assembly, 2026-06-25) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Where Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) stands across the country

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Among Pennsylvania's 6 neighbors, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and West Virginia are legal, the same posture as Pennsylvania.

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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 Pennsylvania

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

35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); 35 P.S. § 780-102(b) ("designer drug")MIRROR
Instrument
statute
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https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/
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2026-06-19
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**35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii) (Schedule I hallucinogens)** — "Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers … 4. Bufotenine. 5. Diethyltryptamine. 6. Dimethyltryptamine … 14. Psilocybin. 15. Psilocyn."
— 35 P.S. § 780-104(1)(iii), current as of Jan. 1, 2025, https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-35-ps-health-and-safety/pa-st-sect-35-780-104/ (MIRROR: FindLaw). 4-HO-MET does not appear; no tryptamine structural class exists in the section.
**35 P.S. § 780-102(b) ("Designer drug")** — "'Designer drug' means a substance other than a controlled substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III. Examples of chemical classes in which designer drugs are found include, but are not limited to, the following: Phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcycloalkylamines. (Def. amended Feb. 11, 2000, P.L.9, No.3)"
— 35 P.S. § 780-102, https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1972/0/0064..HTM (OFFICIAL — Pennsylvania General Assembly, full text of Act 64 of 1972).
35 P.S. Sec. 780-102 (designer drug) with operative offense at 35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36) · Definition of designer drug; prohibited act (manufacture/distribute/possess a designer drug)OFFICIAL
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Definition of designer drug; prohibited act (manufacture/distribute/possess a designer drug)
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https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/health/documents/topics/documents/laws-and-regulations/DDC_Act.pdf
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2026-07-20
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35 P.S. Sec. 780-102. "Designer drug" means a substance other than a controlled substance that is intended for human consumption and that either has a chemical structure substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III of this act or that produces an effect substantially similar to that of a controlled substance in Schedules I, II or III. Examples of chemical classes in which designer drugs are found include, but are not limited to, the following: Phenethylamines, N-substituted piperidines, morphinans, ecgonines, quinazolinones, substituted indoles and arylcyloalkylamines. (Def. added Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.769, No.107, amended February 11, 2000, P.L. 9, No. 3)

35 P.S. Sec. 780-113(a)(36). The knowing or intentional manufacture, distribution, possession with intent to distribute, or possession of a designer drug. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a person who manufactures or distributes a substance in conformance with the provisions of an approved new drug application or an exemption for investigational use within the meaning of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 355). For purposes of this section, no new drug shall be introduced or delivered for introduction except upon approval of an application pursuant to section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. ((36) amended February 11, 2000, P.L. 9, No. 3)

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