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

Rule type

permanent

Tier

unscheduled

What the record says

Nothing in Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446 (Schedule I) names Amanita muscaria, muscimol, or ibotenic acid (official text fetched 2026-10-07; psilocybin is listed, these are not). No Virginia 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. Va. Code Sec. 54.1-3446 (Virginia Legislative Information System, 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 Virginia's 6 neighbors, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia are legal, the same posture as Virginia.

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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 Virginia

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

**§ 54.1-3446(3)** "Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this subdivision only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers): … **4-hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine (other names: 4-hydroxy MET, Metocin)** …"
— Va. Code § 54.1-3446(3), https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title54.1/chapter34/section54.1-3446/ (official Virginia LIS; psilocybin and psilocyn are separately listed in the same subdivision)

Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this subdivision only, the term "isomer" includes the optical, position, and geometric isomers):
(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran (other name: MAPB)

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Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in neighboring states

• Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in District of Columbia Legal
• Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in Kentucky Legal
• Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in Maryland Legal
• Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in North Carolina Legal
• Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in Tennessee Legal
• Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in West Virginia Legal

Amanita muscaria / Muscimol in other states

Same framework in Virginia

• 4-HO-MET (Metocin) in Virginia Illegal
• 5-MAPB in Virginia Illegal
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• Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) in Virginia Legal

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