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

Legal

As of October 8, 2026, Amanita muscaria / Muscimol is legal to sell at retail in Ohio. Not named on Ohio schedules or in any state law; edibles reachable only via general food-adulteration law. Controlling source: OAC 4729:9-1-01 Schedule I controlled substances.

Verified October 8, 2026 · confidence: confirmed
Rule type
permanent
Tier
unscheduled

What the record says

Nothing in Ohio Adm. Code 4729:9-1-01 (Schedule I, eff. Nov. 8, 2025); R.C. 3719.41 names Amanita muscaria, muscimol, or ibotenic acid (official text fetched 2026-10-07; psilocybin is listed, these are not). No Ohio 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. OAC 4729:9-1-01 Schedule I controlled substances (Ohio Laws (LSC), 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

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Among Ohio's 5 neighbors, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are legal, the same posture as Ohio.

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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 Ohio

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

OAC 4729:9-1-01(D) (Schedule I hallucinogens — enumerated, 4-HO-MET absent); R.C. 3719.013 + R.C. 3719.01 (controlled substance analog)OFFICIAL
Instrument
statute
Source
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4729:9-1-01
Retrieved
2026-06-19
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a51c2f62c2f7c543
**OAC 4729:9-1-01(D) (hallucinogen scope)** — "Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, including their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted under federal drug abuse control laws … (29) Psilocybin; (30) Psilocyn;"
— OAC 4729:9-1-01(D), https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4729:9-1-01 (OFFICIAL, eff. Nov. 8, 2025). 4-HO-MET does not appear; the only structural catch-alls in the rule are non-tryptamine.
**R.C. 3719.013 (analog treatment)** — "a controlled substance analog, to the extent intended for human consumption, shall be treated for purposes of any provision of the Revised Code as a controlled substance in schedule I."
— R.C. 3719.013, https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3719.013 (OFFICIAL, eff. Dec. 20, 2012). The "controlled substance analog" definition (R.C. 3719.01) uses the federal-style "substantially similar chemical structure" + "substantially similar … hallucinogenic effect" to a Schedule I/II substance.
ORC Sec. 3719.013 (operative analog treatment) with definition at ORC Sec. 3719.01(Z) · Controlled substance analog treated as Schedule I; controlled substance analog definitionOFFICIAL
Instrument
Controlled substance analog treated as Schedule I; controlled substance analog definition
Source
https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3719.013
Retrieved
2026-07-20
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Sec. 3719.013. Except as otherwise provided in section 2925.03 or 2925.11 of the Revised Code, a controlled substance analog, to the extent intended for human consumption, shall be treated for purposes of any provision of the Revised Code as a controlled substance in schedule I.

Sec. 3719.01(Z)(1) "Controlled substance analog" means, except as provided in division (Z)(2) of this section, a substance to which both of the following apply:
(a) The chemical structure of the substance is substantially similar to the structure of a controlled substance in schedule I or II.
(b) One of the following applies regarding the substance:
(i) The substance has a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in schedule I or II.
(ii) With respect to a particular person, that person represents or intends the substance to have a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system of a controlled substance in schedule I or II.
(2) "Controlled substance analog" does not include any of the following:
(a) A controlled substance;
(b) Any substance for which there is an approved new drug application;
(c) With respect to a particular person, any substance if an exemption is in effect for investigational use for that person pursuant to federal law to the extent that conduct with respect to that substance is pursuant to that exemption;
(d) Any substance to the extent it is not intended for human consumption before the exemption described in division (Z)(2)(b) of this section takes effect with respect to that substance.

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