Psilocybin Laws in Iowa

How Iowa law treats magic mushrooms (psilocybin), from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Psilocybin and psilocyn are Schedule I controlled substances in Iowa. Possession without a prescription is a serious misdemeanor for a first offense, an aggravated misdemeanor with one prior drug conviction, and a class D felony with two or more prior drug convictions. Iowa Code §§ 124.204(4), 124.401(5)(a) (Iowa Code 2026)

Magic mushrooms (psilocybin)	Psilocybin and psilocyn are Schedule I controlled substances in Iowa. Possession without a prescription is a serious misdemeanor for a first offense, an aggravated misdemeanor with one prior drug conviction, and a class D felony with two or more prior drug convictions. Iowa's controlled substances chapter contains no psilocybin program or decriminalization. Possession: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.401.pdf . Absence statement based on review of the whole chapter 124: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.pdf . Source: Iowa Code §§ 124.204(4), 124.401(5)(a) (Iowa Code 2026)

Magic mushrooms (psilocybin)

Psilocybin and psilocyn are Schedule I controlled substances in Iowa. Possession without a prescription is a serious misdemeanor for a first offense, an aggravated misdemeanor with one prior drug conviction, and a class D felony with two or more prior drug convictions. Iowa's controlled substances chapter contains no psilocybin program or decriminalization.

Possession: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.401.pdf . Absence statement based on review of the whole chapter 124: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.pdf .

Source: Iowa Code §§ 124.204(4), 124.401(5)(a) (Iowa Code 2026)

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