1. What the law is
Iceland's controlled-substances table names psilocin and psilocybin and draws no line between fresh and dried material, so picking is not exempt. Possession is a criminal offense, as are sale and cultivation, under the Narcotics Act No. 65/1974 and Regulation No. 233/2001. A cross-party proposal in 2022 asked the Minister of Health to prepare for research into medical use. No law followed.
2. History
The legal events behind this entry, dated and oldest first. Our own reviews and corrections are listed under Changes to this record.
No reform legislation on file for Iceland yet. If one passes, it appears here, dated.
3. Proposed laws
No proposed law is on file in Iceland that would change this entry, as of the 16 Aug 2026 review.
4. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Iceland?
Psilocybin is illegal in Iceland.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Iceland?
"Magic mushrooms" and "shrooms" are common names for fungi that contain psilocybin, and this entry states the law on psilocybin itself, which some laws treat separately from the fungus. Psilocybin is illegal in Iceland.
Read the law
Narcotics Act No. 65/1974; Regulation No. 233/2001 on habit-forming and narcotic substances (lists psilocybin and psilocin as prohibited controlled substances)1
Sources
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- 1.island.is (opens in new tab) · island.is
- 2.grapevine.is (opens in new tab) · grapevine.is
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Changes to this record
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Iceland's entry was checked again against the regulation that lists the substances. It bans psilocybin and psilocin outright, with no exception for freshly picked mushrooms, exactly as the entry says.
Iceland had been recorded as mixed on the theory that freshly picked mushrooms fell outside the ban. Regulation 233/2001 draws no such line, so the status was corrected to illegal.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Iceland: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession IS-001, version of 23 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/iceland