Is psilocybin legal in Colorado?
Not controlled. No specific law against psilocybin mushrooms, or they sit outside the controlled list. That is not the same as encouraged, and other laws may still apply.
What the law says
Personal use, possession, growing and sharing by adults 21+ is lawful under state law, with licensed healing centres opening from 2025. Sale outside a licence is not lawful, and federal law is unchanged.
Psilocybin is Schedule I under federal law in the United States, whatever this state does.
Instrument: Proposition 122 (2022); Natural Medicine Health Act · Checked: 2026-08-09
Possession
Personal use, possession, growing and sharing by adults 21+ is lawful under state law, with licensed healing centres opening from 2025.
Cultivation
The absence of a specific law is not a positive permission. A place recorded as not controlled is usually one where no instrument names these mushrooms, which is silence rather than approval, and other law on trade, import, food safety and public order can still reach a grow. A legislature can close a gap quickly, and has. This entry does not separately track cultivation. Read the instrument named below and a local source before you act.
Spores
This entry does not name spores. Spores contain no psilocybin and are treated separately in many places, but germinating them is cultivation wherever the mushrooms are controlled.
Questions
Is psilocybin legal in Colorado?
Not controlled. Personal use, possession, growing and sharing by adults 21+ is lawful under state law, with licensed healing centres opening from 2025. Sale outside a licence is not lawful, and federal law is unchanged. Psilocybin is Schedule I under federal law in the United States, whatever this state does.
Can you grow magic mushrooms in Colorado?
The absence of a specific law is not a positive permission. A place recorded as not controlled is usually one where no instrument names these mushrooms, which is silence rather than approval, and other law on trade, import, food safety and public order can still reach a grow. A legislature can close a gap quickly, and has. This entry does not separately track cultivation. Read the instrument named below and a local source before you act.
Are mushroom spores legal in Colorado?
This entry does not name spores. Spores contain no psilocybin and are treated separately from mushrooms in many places, but germinating them is cultivation wherever the mushrooms are controlled. Read the instrument named on this page: Proposition 122 (2022); Natural Medicine Health Act.
Which law covers psilocybin in Colorado?
Proposition 122 (2022); Natural Medicine Health Act. Checked 2026-08-09. This is journalism, not legal advice.
This is journalism, not legal advice. Laws change, and enforcement varies inside a single country. Read the instrument named above and take local advice before you make a decision.