Mushrooms

Illegal. Psilocybin/psilocin are in Anlage I of the BtMG.

German law strictly prohibits psilocybin. Fresh mushrooms were explicitly banned following EU-wide crackdowns in the 2000s.

Illegal for recreational use. Limited medical trials ongoing.

While recreational use is illegal, Switzerland has authorized compassionate use for psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression.

Class A controlled substance. Illegal since 2005.

Before 2005, fresh magic mushrooms were legal in the UK due to a loophole. The Drugs Act 2005 closed this.

Illegal for all purposes. Stupéfiant (narcotic).

France maintains strict prohibitions on psilocybin with no current medical or decriminalization programs.

Illegal for all purposes.

Unlike the Netherlands, Belgium maintains strict prohibition of magic mushrooms and truffles.

Illegal. Psilocybin and psilocin are Schedule I.

Poland strictly criminalizes psilocybin with no medical use provisions.

Federally illegal (Schedule I). However, therapeutic use legal in OR, CO. Decriminalized in several cities.

A massive wave of local and state reform is currently ongoing regarding psychedelics in the USA.

Illegal for all purposes.

Despite medical cannabis progress, Argentina maintains strict laws against psilocybin.

Officially illegal, but practically enforcement against traditional or personal use is non-existent.

Peru heavily protects Ayahuasca as cultural heritage. While mushrooms do not share formal protection, the state virtually ignores possession.

Class A scheduled drug. Extremely strict penalties.

New Zealand classes psilocybin mushrooms in the strictest safety category.

Illegal for all purposes.

While South Africa legalized private cannabis use, this did not apply to other substances.

Illegal. Medical trials ongoing but no general medical access.

Israel is actively conducting clinical trials for psilocybin and MDMA therapy, but these remain experimental.

Illegal and strictly enforced since 2002.

Prior to 2002, "magic mushrooms" were legally sold in Japanese headshops because the law only banned the extracted chemical. The law was amended to ban the mushrooms entirely.

Class A scheduled drug. Exceptionally harsh penalties.

Singapore maintains a zero tolerance policy for all psychoactive substances.

Illegal recreationally, but grey-market dispensaries operate openly. Medical access via SAP.

Special Access Program (SAP) allows doctors to request psilocybin for patients with serious conditions. BC's temporary decriminalization pilot (2023–2024) has ended. Grey-market dispensaries continue to operate.

Since July 2023, authorized psychiatrists can prescribe psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression.

Australia became the first country to officially classify psilocybin as a medicine at a national level (Schedule 8).

Personal use decriminalized. Cultivation legal until fruiting bodies form.

Austria has a unique loophole where growing mycelium is legal. The act of fruiting crosses into illegality.

"Magic mushrooms" banned in 2008, but "Magic truffles" (sclerotia) remain legal and are sold openly.

The 2008 ban specifically targeted the fruiting bodies of mushrooms. Sclerotia (truffles), grow kits, and spores were excluded.

Private personal use is an administrative offense. Grow kits sold legally.

Spain's drug laws focus on public order. Private consumption/cultivation are protected by privacy rights.

Decriminalized for personal use under 2001 reform.

Fully integrated into Portugal's 2001 drug decriminalization model. No criminal record for small quantities.

Personal use is an administrative offense, not a criminal one.

Italy treats personal possession of all drugs as an administrative rather than criminal violation.

Possession for personal use is a misdemeanor (fine).

Czechia has some of the most liberal drug policies in Central Europe regarding minor personal possession.

Cultivation and use technically illegal but legally protected for indigenous traditional/sacramental use.

Article 195 bis of the Penal Code specifically exempts traditional botanical entheogen use from prosecution.

Psilocybin is fully illegal, but the actual fungi (Psilocybe) are not explicitly banned on the scheduled plants list.

Anvisa Portaria 344/98 lists psilocybin as illegal, but omits the mushroom species from its prohibited list (unlike Coca or Cannabis).

Personal possession decriminalized under 1994 Constitutional Court ruling.

Colombia applies constitutional protection to all drugs for personal, non-commercial use.