May 2, 2023 David Nadel

Where is Amanita Muscaria Legal in the United States?

Amanita muscaria is one of the most iconic mushrooms of all time, known for its use in ceremonies around the world over the last several centuries. Muscimol, its key intoxicating compound, gives the mushroom its psychedelic effects, with properties somewhat similar to those of psilocybin, the more well-known psychedelic compound in many “magic mushroom” species.

With amanita muscaria being a hallucinogen, it may be surprising to see it being sold on the market. After all, wouldn’t a mushroom with these properties be illegal? Let’s take a look at what the law says, both federally, and according to each state.

What Does Federal Law Say About Amanita Muscaria?

Amanita muscaria is, surprisingly, a fully legal mushroom under federal law, and always has been. While psilocybin mushrooms are illegal in the United States, those that contain muscimol as their intoxicating agent are perfectly fine to be sold and purchased, with no restrictions of any kind.

Is Amanita Muscaria Legal in Each of the 50 States?

Amanita muscaria may be federally legal, but as we know from the hemp industry, states are free to outlaw the mushroom if they feel the need to do so. Let’s take a look at which states have banned amanita muscaria so far.

Alabama: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Alaska: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Arizona: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Arkansas: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
California: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Colorado: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Connecticut: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Delaware: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Florida: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Georgia: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Hawaii: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Idaho: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Illinois: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Indiana: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Iowa: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Kansas: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Kentucky: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Louisiana: Amanita muscaria is not legal, which means that you cannot purchase any products containing the mushroom, either in person or online.
Maine: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Maryland: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Massachusetts: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Michigan: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Minnesota: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Mississippi: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Missouri: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Montana: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Nebraska: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Nevada: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
New Hampshire: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
New Jersey: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
New Mexico: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
New York: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
North Carolina: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
North Dakota: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Ohio: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Oklahoma: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Oregon: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Pennsylvania: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Rhode Island: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
South Carolina: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
South Dakota: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Tennessee: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Texas: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Utah: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Vermont: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Virginia: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Washington: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
West Virginia: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Wisconsin: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.
Wyoming: Amanita muscaria is fully legal, without limits on product type, product strength, purchase amount, or possession amount. You can legally purchase amanita muscaria in person or online.

For Now, Amanita Muscaria is Only Banned in One State

Amanita muscaria is, thankfully, legal in 49 out of 50 states, with Louisiana being the only state in which it’s banned. This means that if you live in any state other than Louisiana, you’re free to enjoy this psychedelic mushroom without limitations of any kind. And, that also means that you’re free to purchase the lab-tested amanita muscaria gummies available at Elyxr, to find out for yourself what this mushroom has to offer.

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David Nadel

David Nadel is a freelance copywriter and content writer who has been doing content creation since late 2014. He originally worked at a marketing tech company in Boston doing email marketing and SEO display ad campaigns (where he helped to create the content for those emails and banner ads for clients) before going full time as a freelance writer in 2017.

It all started working with clients in the vaping industry in 2013, where David got his opportunities to do more freelance work for that industry the following year because of his success with helping those clients with emails and ads. And, which led him writing for the hemp industry too, as he had already been an avid cannabis enthusiast going all the way back to 2011.

Because of his extensive knowledge and legit passion with non-psychoactive and psychoactive cannabinoids, coupled with his better understanding of shrooms (mushrooms) since 2015, and the kratom/kava industry since 2019, it has allowed him to create some of the most remarkable, out-of-the box, and informative content in the industry.

Even today, David still keeps on top of what’s happening in the cannabis, shrooms, and kratom/kava industries, like new research and data studies, wellness trends, legality, and emerging cannabinoids and strains, in order to supply the most up-to-date, precise educational, fun, and engaging content. That way, new and experienced users alike can really understand what this amazing industry has to offer while still being fully informed.