Are magic mushrooms legal in Australia?
Legal
Psilocybin possession is legal.
Australia is one of 9 countries classified “Legal” for psilocybin mushrooms — 14% of the 63 with data. (Also searched as magic mushrooms, shrooms.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Indonesia
- Decriminalized / tolerated Psilocybin possession is illegal but not enforced in practice.
- New Zealand
- Illegal Psilocybin is a controlled substance; possession is a criminal offence.
- Philippines
- Legal Psilocybin possession is legal.
- Cambodia
- Decriminalized / tolerated Psilocybin possession is illegal but not enforced in practice.
- Vietnam
- Decriminalized / tolerated Psilocybin possession is illegal but not enforced in practice.
- Thailand
- Decriminalized / tolerated Psilocybin possession is illegal but not enforced in practice.
Other laws in Australia
- Cannabis
- Varies by region
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Salvia Divinorum
- Illegal
- Khat
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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