Colombia
Psilocybin is decriminalized in Colombia as of 11 Aug 2026.1
- Checked against 2 cited sources at this review.
1. What the law is
Constitutional Court Sentencia C-221 de 1994 (5 May 1994): the criminal penalties in Ley 30 de 1986 arts. 51 and 87 for possessing the personal dose held unconstitutional. Sentencia C-491 de 2012 preserved Penal Code art. 376 and read a personal-dose carve-out into it, expressly leaving those quantities punishable when held for distribution. Decreto 2114 de 2023 (7 Dec 2023) art. 1 repealed Decreto 1844 de 2018 and its police fines for personal-dose possession. Scheduling: Ministerio de Salud Resolucion 116 de 2026, Anexo Tecnico 1, entries 407 and 408 (Lista Verde, Lista I).1
A judgment, not a statute, is what protects a psilocybin user in Colombia. The personal-dose table in Ley 30 de 1986 names cannabis, hashish, cocaine and methaqualone, and no quantity in it covers psilocybin; the cover comes from the general wording of the Constitutional Court ruling that struck the criminal penalty in 1994, holding that punishment violated the free development of personality. A 2009 amendment wrote a prohibition into the constitutional text without attaching a penalty, and the Court has refused to supply one. Decreto 2114 ended the police fines in December 2023. Trafficking and distribution stay criminal.
2. Pending legislation
No bill is on file in Colombia that would change this record, as of the 11 Aug 2026 review.
3. History
The laws behind today’s status, when each took effect, and every review since, in order.
Decriminalized status takes effect.
Colombia's status was confirmed, and the entry gained the three instruments that actually produce it: the 1994 judgment, the 2012 judgment that kept the trafficking offense alive, and the December 2023 repeal of the police fines for personal-dose possession.
Colombia's entry now cites the Constitutional Court's 1994 judgment directly and dates it 5 May 1994. The rewritten summary explains that no statutory quantity covers psilocybin and that police fines for personal-dose possession ended in December 2023.
4. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Colombia?
Psilocybin is decriminalized in Colombia as of 11 Aug 2026.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Colombia?
"Magic mushrooms" and "shrooms" are common names for fungi that contain psilocybin. Psilocybin is decriminalized in Colombia as of 11 Aug 2026. Some laws control the compound and the fungus separately, so this record states the position for psilocybin in Colombia.
Sources and confidence
Every status line is checked against the primary sources below. How each record is graded for confidence is set out in the methodology.
- 1.corteconstitucional.gov.co (opens in new tab) · corteconstitucional.gov.co
- 2.colombiareports.com (opens in new tab) · colombiareports.com
Cited at the review
This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Laws change frequently, and enforcement practice can differ from the letter of the law. Verify current status with local authorities before relying on this record.
Changes to this record
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Colombia's entry now cites the Constitutional Court's 1994 judgment directly and dates it 5 May 1994. The rewritten summary explains that no statutory quantity covers psilocybin and that police fines for personal-dose possession ended in December 2023.
Colombia's status was confirmed, and the entry gained the three instruments that actually produce it: the 1994 judgment, the 2012 judgment that kept the trafficking offense alive, and the December 2023 repeal of the police fines for personal-dose possession.
Colombia: psilocybin legal status. The Psilocybin Record. Accession CO-001. Status as of 11 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/colombia
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