1. What the law is
Jamaica's Dangerous Drugs Act does not mention psilocybin. It does not mention psilocin, mushrooms or fungi of any kind either, and neither do the regulations made under it as published by the Ministry of Justice. That silence is the whole of the legal position: mushrooms are lawful in Jamaica because nobody ever wrote them into the prohibition, not because a government decided to permit them. No instrument licenses or supervises their use, and there is no medical or therapeutic route. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has separately warned that psilocybin products are not approved for the Jamaican market, which leaves the retreat sector operating in a regulatory gap rather than under a framework.
2. Trials in Jamaica
Interventional psilocybin trials with at least one site in Jamaica, as their sponsors filed them with ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTIS and ISRCTN. Each row links to the registry record, which sets out who may take part.
Recruiting or opening counts trials recruiting now, not yet recruiting, or enrolling by invitation. Closed counts trials terminated, suspended, withdrawn or left unverified by their sponsors.
| Registry ID | Trial | Phase | Sponsor | Status | Start date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT04989972 | Assessing the Efficacy of Micro-dosed Psilocybin on Reducing Anxiety & Depression Levels in Adults (opens in new tab)Site at FMS Department of Psychiatry, Kingston | Phase Phase 2 | Sponsor Wake Network, Inc. | Status Withdrawn | Start date |
ClinicalTrials.gov data courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. 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 Jamaica yet. If one passes, it appears here, dated.
4. Proposed laws
No psilocybin amendment appears in the Ministry of Justice's Laws of Jamaica statute library entry for the Dangerous Drugs Act, checked 16 Aug 2026, which records the published revision's last amendment as 2 October 2013. The National Council on Drug Abuse director called in February 2024 for the Act to be amended to regulate psilocybin, and the Ministry of Health asserts Food and Drugs Act (1964) authority over psilocybin-containing products. No enacted amendment was located.
5. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Jamaica?
Psilocybin is legal in Jamaica.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Jamaica?
"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 legal in Jamaica.
Read the law
Dangerous Drugs Act (1948, as amended), Ministry of Justice revised text: the Act regulates raw opium and coca leaves (Part II), prepared opium (Part III), ganja (Part IIIA) and cocaine, morphine and related drugs (Part IV). Neither the Act nor the Dangerous Drugs Regulations made under section 9 names psilocybin, psilocin, or any mushroom or fungus, so psilocybin falls outside the prohibition entirely. There is no instrument authorising, licensing or supervising psilocybin use.1
Sources
This entry's status is checked against the primary sources below, and the methodology explains how each entry is graded for confidence.
- 1.laws.moj.gov.jm (opens in new tab) · laws.moj.gov.jm
- 2.past.jamaica-gleaner.com (opens in new tab) · past.jamaica-gleaner.com
This entry is for information only and is not legal or medical advice. Laws change, and enforcement can differ from the letter of the law, so check the current position against the primary sources above before relying on it.
Changes to this record
3 changes on file, the latest on . Show allHide
Every change we have made to this record, dated, corrections included. Nothing changes silently.
Jamaica's entry has now been checked against the text of the Dangerous Drugs Act itself, which was the outstanding task. Neither the Act nor its regulations mentions psilocybin or mushrooms anywhere, so the status stands and confidence has been restored. The entry now says plainly that this is legality by omission, not an approved programme.
Jamaica's entry is flagged as not yet checked against the text of the Dangerous Drugs Act. What it says is unchanged; how confident the register is in it has been lowered.
Jamaica's status held. The health ministry's 2024 warning about psilocybin products, and public calls to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act, changed no law, and a weak source was dropped from the entry.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Jamaica: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession JM-001, version of 23 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/jamaica