Texas (TX) — What’s Legal
Checked Oct 13, 2025 • Parent-friendly summary (not legal advice).
- Tianeptine: Active legislative/AG focus; no explicit statewide schedule listing by name cited here (verify locally).
- Phenibut: Not specifically scheduled; FDA: not a lawful dietary ingredient.
- Kratom: Regulated (Texas Kratom Consumer Health & Safety Protection Act).
- Nitrous oxide / AVC laws: Governed as an “abusable volatile chemical” — retail signage/age rules & criminal penalties.
- THC / Cannabis: Marijuana remains illegal; many hemp-THC products still legal after ban efforts failed; targeted vape bans enacted.
- Salvia divinorum: Controlled (Penalty Group 3) with exception for unharvested plant.
- Amanita muscaria: Generally lawful (not scheduled).
- “Mad honey”: No TX-specific ban; food/adulteration law applies.
Parent tip: In TX, “abusable volatile chemical” rules reach nitrous and similar inhalants — ask stores to card and post warnings.