Seven places, three kinds of legal footing
Where psilocybin is licensed by a state, where it is legal or simply not scheduled, and where it is illegal but retreats operate openly. We list all three and say which is which.
Licensed (US state)
- Licensed (US state)
Oregon
State-licensed service centres, adults 21 and over, with a licensed facilitator present.
21 centres, published prices from $100, median $1,750
- Licensed (US state)
Colorado
State-licensed healing centres, adults 21 and over, with a licensed facilitator.
47 centres, published prices from $75, median $2,560
Legal or unscheduled
- Legal or unscheduled
Jamaica
Psilocybin mushrooms are unscheduled: not listed in the drug law, and not licensed either.
6 centres, published prices from $2,250, median $5,525
- Legal or unscheduled
Netherlands
Fresh psilocybin truffles fall outside the Opium Act; mushrooms have been banned since 2008.
8 centres, published prices from €1,750, median €2,650
Illegal but tolerated in practice
- Illegal but tolerated in practice
Costa Rica
Illegal under national law, yet retreats operate openly with no reported prosecution of one.
4 centres, published prices from €2,450, median €3,250
- Illegal but tolerated in practice
Mexico
Illegal under national law, yet retreats advertise openly with no reported prosecution of a psilocybin retreat.
3 centres, published prices from $1,999, median $7,000
- Illegal but tolerated in practice
Portugal
Personal possession is an administrative offence, but supplying psilocybin is trafficking; retreats operate openly.
3 centres, published prices from €490, median €1,990