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

Legal

As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Virginia. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446 (Schedule I), subdivision 3 (hallucinogenic substances).

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

Controlling language, verbatim

3. 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... [closed enumerated list incl. AMT, 2C-B, MDA, Bufotenine, DET, DMT, Ibogaine, LSD, Mescaline, Peyote, Psilocybin, Psilocyn, Salvinorin A, MDMA; no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446 (Schedule I), subdivision 3 (hallucinogenic substances) (Virginia Law, 2026-06-25) PRIMARYOFFICIAL

Where Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) stands across the country

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Among Virginia's 6 neighbors, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia are legal, the same posture as Virginia.

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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 Virginia

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

Va. Code § 54.1-3446(3) (Drug Control Act — Schedule I hallucinogenic substances)OFFICIAL
Instrument
statute
Source
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/
Retrieved
2026-06-19
Fingerprint
04dd2572d2997088
**§ 54.1-3446(3)** "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 subdivision only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers): … **4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine (other names: 4-hydroxy MET, Metocin)** …"
— Va. Code § 54.1-3446(3), https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/ (official Virginia LIS; psilocybin and psilocyn are separately listed in the same subdivision)
Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446(3) · Schedule I hallucinogenic substances - subdivision (3) chapeau (positional-isomer clause) and named MAPB entryOFFICIAL
Instrument
Schedule I hallucinogenic substances - subdivision (3) chapeau (positional-isomer clause) and named MAPB entry
Source
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/
Retrieved
2026-07-20
Fingerprint
e1d542c6cfc51f5d
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 subdivision only, the term "isomer" includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers):
(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran (other name: MAPB)

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