Mushroom dispensaries in Las Vegas: what those shops actually sell

Is there a magic mushroom dispensary in Las Vegas?

No. Psilocybin and psilocin are Schedule I drugs under Nevada's regulations and under federal law, so no store in Nevada can be licensed to sell them.¹² Selling them, or offering to, is a felony under NRS 453.321, and buying them means possessing a Schedule I drug under NRS 453.336.³ A Las Vegas storefront that calls itself a mushroom dispensary holds no license to sell psilocybin, because no such license exists here.

We say that plainly because the team behind this site runs an online mushroom dispensary that ships to Las Vegas. No state license covers that either: ordering psilocybin by mail is illegal under federal law and under Nevada law, and our page on delivery and online orders sets out the statutes.⁴³ This page is about the walk-in shops.

Do cannabis dispensaries in Vegas sell mushrooms?

No. Nevada law defines its cannabis retail stores and medical dispensaries as businesses licensed by the Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) to sell cannabis and related supplies.⁵ Psilocybin isn't cannabis, and it stays on Nevada's Schedule I list.¹

The mushrooms that did come up in Nevada's licensed cannabis market weren't psychedelic. On July 22, 2024, the CCB issued a public health bulletin after its agents found licensed cannabis products that could contain supplement ingredients, including reishi, cordyceps, lion's mane and chaga mushrooms.⁸

Hemp stores that look like dispensaries

SFGATE reported in 2024 that hemp-only shops on the Strip were styled to look like dispensaries, and that the City of Las Vegas had passed a law in June 2023 requiring hemp stores to post signs saying they aren't licensed to sell cannabis.¹³ A 2025 state law, AB 504, requires hemp sellers without a cannabis license to post signs and bars misleading hemp advertising.⁶

Most of the Strip sits outside Las Vegas city limits, in unincorporated Clark County.¹³ There, commissioners voted 6-0 on March 17, 2026 for a hemp-store ordinance (No. 5354) barring those stores from selling "any products that are intended to cause an intoxicating, narcotic, and/or hallucinogenic effect" (section 7.220.310(c)). The signed ordinance says it is in force from July 15, 2026.⁷ It doesn't name mushrooms, but its text appears to reach hallucinogenic "mushroom" products. We found no report on how it's being enforced.

What do "mushroom" shops in Las Vegas actually sell?

Testing of "mushroom" chocolate, cones and gummies sold in smoke shops and hemp stores, reported by FDA and in CDC's MMWR, has turned up several kinds of product, and the MMWR report warned that "package labels might not accurately represent the contents."⁹¹²

FDA said that even within one Diamond Shruumz flavor, "there may be variations in what compounds are present."⁹ The Virginia lab couldn't test for muscimol or ibotenic acid at all.¹² For more on these products, see our guides to mushroom gummies and chocolate and Amanita muscaria.

Did any of these products reach Las Vegas?

Yes. By the final count FDA published (CDC's figures as of October 31, 2024), illnesses linked to Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars, cones and gummies and to other mushroom chocolate bars reached 180 people in 34 states, with 73 hospitalized and 3 potentially associated deaths. 2 of the 180 cases were in Nevada.⁹ People reported seizures, loss of consciousness, confusion, agitation, abnormal heart rates, nausea and vomiting.⁹

The products were sold online, in smoke and vape shops and in stores selling CBD or delta-8 THC.⁹ FDA's October 18, 2024 list of stores where the recalled products were available has 40 Nevada rows: 29 in Las Vegas, 6 in Reno, 3 in Elko, 1 in Henderson and 1 in Pahrump, and some rows appear to repeat the same store.¹⁰ We don't reproduce the store names. Every Diamond Shruumz product was recalled, but FDA warns they have a long shelf life.⁹

What's the legal risk of buying from one of these shops?

It depends on what's in the product, and you can't see that from the counter. A product containing psilocybin, psilocin or 4-AcO-DMT holds a Schedule I drug in Nevada whatever its label says.¹ Nevada's possession statute, NRS 453.336, sets these tiers for a Schedule I drug:³

• Under 14 grams, first or second offense: a category E felony, and the court must defer judgment if the person consents.
• 14 grams to under 28 grams: a category C felony.
• 28 grams to under 42 grams: a category B felony, 1 to 10 years in prison.
• 42 grams to under 100 grams: a category B felony, 2 to 15 years.

At 100 grams or more, the trafficking statute (NRS 453.3385) applies, and it counts "any mixture which contains" a Schedule I drug.³ We found no Nevada appellate decision on whether the full weight of a mushroom, gummy or chocolate bar counts toward the lower possession tiers. Federal law makes possession a crime too (21 U.S.C. 844).⁴

Fakes are a separate crime: selling a substance "represented to be a controlled substance" is unlawful, and using or possessing one with intent to use it is a gross misdemeanor on a first or second conviction (NRS 453.332).³ The full penalty table is on our Nevada psilocybin law page. This is a summary of the statutes, not legal advice; anyone facing a charge should talk to a Nevada criminal defense lawyer.

How can you tell what a Las Vegas shop is selling?

• A licensed cannabis store sells cannabis products with a compliance label naming the production facility and batch.⁸ Its license doesn't extend to psilocybin.
• A hemp store without a cannabis license has to post a sign under AB 504.⁶
• Amanita muscaria or muscimol on the label: FDA said in December 2024 that these aren't authorized in food, and that such products are sometimes marketed as "psychedelic edibles," "legal psychedelics" or "mushroom edibles."¹¹
• Diamond Shruumz products are all recalled, and FDA asks anyone who sees them on sale to report the retailer.⁹

Call 911 right away for a seizure, chest pain, trouble breathing or anyone who can't be woken. For any other illness after eating a "mushroom" product, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222, which connects Nevada callers to the Nevada Poison Center.¹⁴ Our help page lists every local line.

The nearest licensed psilocybin services are at a Colorado healing center in Durango, 537 miles from the Strip by road, and nothing bought there can legally be brought back to Nevada.¹⁵³ See our page about legal psilocybin near Las Vegas.