Is Ayahuasca Legal? State by state
Ayahuasca is legal to sell at retail in 0 states, restricted in 0, in a gray area in 0 and illegal in 51. Federal: federally scheduled or prohibited. Verified through November 12, 2026.
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What is Ayahuasca?
Ayahuasca is a brewed preparation of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine with a DMT-bearing plant such as Psychotria viridis; DMT is federally Schedule I and the brew is controlled through it, while the vine's harmala alkaloids are not federally scheduled. Two churches use it under federal court rulings and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Gonzales v. O Centro, 2006). State status follows how each state’s schedule captures DMT in a preparation.
Framework: CSA scheduling · Reference article
Legal 0 · Restricted 0 · Gray 0 · Illegal 51 · Not verified 0Federal posture
Federally scheduled or prohibited. Schedule I federally via DMT content; RFRA exemptions cover specific churches only Federal detail and instruments
Status by state
- Alabama Illegal
- Alaska Illegal
- Arizona Illegal
- Arkansas Illegal
- California Illegal
- Colorado Illegal
- Connecticut Illegal
- Delaware Illegal
- District of Columbia Illegal
- Florida Illegal
- Georgia Illegal
- Hawaii Illegal
- Idaho Illegal
- Illinois Illegal
- Indiana Illegal
- Iowa Illegal
- Kansas Illegal
- Kentucky Illegal
- Louisiana Illegal
- Maine Illegal
- Maryland Illegal
- Massachusetts Illegal
- Michigan Illegal
- Minnesota Illegal
- Mississippi Illegal
- Missouri Illegal
- Montana Illegal
- Nebraska Illegal
- Nevada Illegal
- New Hampshire Illegal
- New Jersey Illegal
- New Mexico Illegal
- New York Illegal
- North Carolina Illegal
- North Dakota Illegal
- Ohio Illegal
- Oklahoma Illegal
- Oregon Illegal
- Pennsylvania Illegal
- Rhode Island Illegal
- South Carolina Illegal
- South Dakota Illegal
- Tennessee Illegal
- Texas Illegal
- Utah Illegal
- Vermont Illegal
- Virginia Illegal
- Washington Illegal
- West Virginia Illegal
- Wisconsin Illegal
- Wyoming Illegal
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