Is Amanita muscaria / Muscimol Legal in Maine? (2026)

Rule type

permanent

Tier

unscheduled

What the record says

Nothing in 17-A M.R.S. Sec. 1102 (Schedules W, X, Y, Z) names Amanita muscaria, muscimol, or ibotenic acid (official text fetched 2026-10-07; psilocybin is listed, these are not). No Maine statute or rule names these compounds, so the only reach is general food adulteration law read with FDA's Dec. 18, 2024 determination that A. muscaria and its constituents are unapproved food additives, which does not reach inhaled products such as vapes. Analogue-act reach is remote because muscimol and ibotenic acid are not structurally similar to any Schedule I or II hallucinogen.

Citations

1. 17-A M.R.S. Sec. 1102 (Maine Legislature, 2026-10-07) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
2. FDA Alerts Industry and Consumers about the Use of Amanita Muscaria or its Constituents in Food (Constituent Update, Dec. 18, 2024) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2026-10-07) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
3. Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric) Fact Sheet (Mar. 2026) (Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association (LAPPA), 2026-10-07)OFFICIAL

Where Amanita muscaria / Muscimol stands across the country

Among Maine's one neighbor, New Hampshire is legal, the same posture as Maine.

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Federal posture

Federal gray area. Not federally scheduled; FDA says A. muscaria, muscimol, ibotenic acid are unapproved food additives, unsafe in food. Federal detail

Verbatim law on file for Maine

1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in Maine; 3 of 3 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

**Schedule gap — § 1102(2)(C) & (H):** "any of the following hallucinogenic drugs, or their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers … (1) Bufotenine (2) Ibogaine (3) Mescaline … (6) Psilocybin (7) Psilocyn …" and (H): "(5) Diethyltryptamine, DET; (6) Dimethyltryptamine, DMT; (7) Dipropyltryptamine, DPT; … (12) Alpha-ethyltryptamine, AET." (4-HO-MET not named; no structural tryptamine class.)
— 17-A M.R.S. § 1102, official Maine Legislature: https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-Asec1102.html
**No chemical analog — § 1101(19):** "'Imitation scheduled drug,' a substance that is not a scheduled drug … but which, by dosage unit appearance or by representations made, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance was a scheduled drug." (Appearance/representation-based, not a "substantially similar chemical structure" analog act. The full § 1101 definitions contain no "scheduled drug analog" provision.) Isomer is defined narrowly at § 1101(3).
— 17-A M.R.S. § 1101, official Maine Legislature: https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-Asec1101.html

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