No, uncultivated mushroom spores do not contain psilocybin

It’s a loophole that many online retailers openly exploit, but cultivating those spores remains illegal in Oregon — Measures 109 and 110 notwithstanding.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A KGW viewer recently left a message asking about a Portland store that appeared to be selling spores for growing mushrooms that contain the psychoactive substance psilocybin, sometimes called “magic mushrooms.”

Psilocybin is illegal at the federal level, but Oregon voters took two big steps to change the state’s approach to the drug in 2020. Measure 109 legalized psilocybin for limited therapeutic use, and Measure 110 decriminalized simple possession of hard drugs including psilocybin.

It’s a radical shift,

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