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Psilocybin enforcement in Florida: a dated log of raids, seizures and warnings

We found 15 public-record enforcement events in Florida from September 2020 to March 2026 involving psilocybin or products sold as "mushrooms," three of them in Miami-Dade County. The newest Miami case is a March 2026 smoke-shop raid, and we found no federal psilocybin case announced in South Florida.

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  1. What the log shows
  2. How many events of each type?
  3. What are the most recent cases?
  4. What patterns stand out?
  5. The full log
  6. How should you read this log?
  7. What does Florida law say about selling psilocybin?
  8. Questions people ask
  9. Sources

What the log shows

The log below lists 15 events from September 2020 to March 2026: 4 raids or arrests at shops or businesses, 3 seizures from vehicles or homes, 2 state cases, 4 public warnings and 2 regulatory orders. Three happened in Miami-Dade County: a Miami-Dade police search of a Miami business in June 2023, a Miami Beach apartment search in June 2025, and a City of Miami smoke-shop raid in March 2026.231

Seven of the 15 events involve candy, chocolate, gummies or other foods sold as "mushroom" products, and at least 9 involve a storefront or business: smoke and vape shops, hemp shops, convenience stores, a mall clothing store and a flea market. We found no federal psilocybin prosecution announced by the U.S. Attorney's office in Miami.15

How many events of each type?

Each event gets one type, based on what the agency did. A shop raid is police action at a shop or business, such as a search warrant or an undercover buy and arrest; a seizure is drugs taken from a vehicle, a person or a home; a state case is a prosecution, lawsuit or announced operation led by a state agency.

Events in the log by type (2020 to 2026)
TypeEventsExample
Shop or business raid4City of Miami smoke shop, March 2026
Seizure3Okeechobee County traffic stop, March 2026
State case2Attorney General's Operation Slow N Go, November 2025
Warning4Palm Beach sheriff's finding on "mushroom gummy" products, reported March 2025
Rule or order2FDA on Amanita muscaria in food, December 2024
Federal case0None found

What are the most recent cases?

March 2026: a Miami smoke shop

City of Miami police raided a smoke shop after police in an undercover operation were sold 72.7 grams of psilocybin, according to the arrest report as NBC 6 described it on March 13, 2026. The SWAT search turned up 20,755 grams of what police called "suspected psilocybin infused edibles," along with suspected 7-hydroxymitragynine (a kratom-derived compound) and large amounts of marijuana products. One man was arrested.1

That edibles figure is the weight of the products, not of any drug inside them, and police listed the edibles as "suspected." We found no official City of Miami police release on the case, and no report of how it ended.

March 2026: a festival traffic stop

Okeechobee County deputies stopped a truck on U.S. 441 during a music festival and reported about 650 grams of dried mushrooms and about 1,619 grams of mushroom chocolate, WQCS reported on March 25, 2026. The charges included possession with intent to sell psilocybin.14

November 2025: two large operations

On November 4, 2025, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced 5 arrests and 23 charges in Operation Slow N Go, a case led by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the Office of Statewide Prosecution. The release says the ring trafficked drugs including psilocybin, operated in Miami-Dade, Broward and five other Florida counties, and that two of the traffickers sold drugs out of a Palm Beach County flea market.4 Two days later, Hillsborough County deputies served warrants at seven Tampa convenience stores, arrested 14 people and listed "Mushrooms" among the drugs found behind the counters, without saying what they contained.5

What patterns stand out?

"Mushroom" edibles in shops

The clearest pattern is candy and chocolate. FDA said the Diamond Shruumz bars, cones and gummies behind a 2024 outbreak were sold in smoke and vape shops and at hemp and CBD retailers; the outbreak counted 6 Florida cases among 180 nationwide.6 In March 2025, a federally funded drug-monitoring alert reported that the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office had found "mushroom gummy" products containing the synthetic tryptamines 4-acetoxy DET and 4-hydroxy DET.7 The 2026 Miami raid fits the same pattern: police reported suspected psilocybin-infused edibles in a smoke shop.1

What's inside these products varies. Our guide to mushroom gummies and chocolate in Florida covers what lab tests have found.

Two kinds of enforcement

Four events are food-safety actions over Amanita muscaria, not drug cases. Amanita muscaria and its main compound, muscimol, aren't on Florida's list of controlled substances, so possessing or selling them isn't a drug crime under chapter 893.13 Instead, Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has ordered stop-sales under the food law's "adulterated" standard and cited other businesses, according to KFF Health News, and FDA said in December 2024 that Amanita and its constituents aren't authorized in conventional food.89

The police cases, by contrast, fall under chapter 893 of the Florida Statutes, where psilocybin, psilocyn and synthetic relatives such as 4-AcO-DMT are Schedule I.13 That's why the same shelf of "mushroom" candy can lead to a stop-sale order in one shop and a felony arrest in another: it depends on what's actually in the product.

Psilocybin usually turns up alongside other drugs

In most police cases here, psilocybin was one item on a longer list. The 2023 Miami-Dade case listed 6 grams of psilocybin mushrooms beside 308 grams of powder cocaine.2

The full log

Newest first. Tap an event to see the details, the known outcome and the source. Use the buttons to filter by type, or download the whole log as CSV or JSON.

15 events.

  1. Shop raidMarch, 2026, MiamiCity of Miami police raided a smoke shop after police in an undercover operation were sold psilocybin, and reported seizing 20,755 grams of suspected psilocybin-infused edibles.
    Details
    According to the arrest report as described by NBC 6 on March 13, 2026, the undercover purchase was 72.7 grams of psilocybin plus some marijuana. The SWAT search also turned up an estimated 5.1 grams of psilocybin, more than 5 kilograms of suspected 7-hydroxymitragynine and large amounts of marijuana and THC products.
    Outcome
    1 arrest, on charges related to possession and sale as reported. We found no official police release. Outcome not reported.
  2. SeizureMarch, 2026, Okeechobee CountyOkeechobee County deputies stopped a truck on U.S. 441 during a music festival and reported about 650 grams of dried mushrooms and about 1,619 grams of mushroom chocolate.
    Details
    WQCS reported on March 25, 2026 that deputies also found cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and marijuana.
    Outcome
    1 arrest. Charges included possession with intent to sell psilocybin and cocaine trafficking. Outcome not reported.
  3. Shop raidNovember 6, 2025, Tampa (Hillsborough County)Hillsborough County deputies served search warrants at seven Tampa convenience stores and arrested 14 people.
    Details
    The sheriff's office listed "Mushrooms" among the drugs found behind the counters, with synthetic cannabinoids, THC gummies and cocaine. The release does not say what the mushroom products contained.
    Outcome
    14 arrests. Outcomes not reported.
  4. State caseNovember 4, 2025, Palm Beach County, with activity in Miami-Dade, Broward and four other countiesFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced arrests in Operation Slow N Go, a trafficking case involving drugs including psilocybin, in which investigators said two of the traffickers sold drugs out of a Palm Beach County flea market.
    Details
    The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the Office of Statewide Prosecution led the case, with the DEA, FDLE and local agencies assisting. The release lists cocaine, fentanyl, xylazine, psilocybin, marijuana, methamphetamine, testosterone, alprazolam and pharmaceutical pills, and gives no psilocybin amount.
    Outcome
    5 arrests and 23 charges announced; more arrests expected. Outcomes not reported.
  5. SeizureJune, 2025, Miami BeachMiami Beach police reported finding 157 grams of suspected psilocybin mushrooms in an apartment, along with suspected cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, ketamine and fentanyl.
    Details
    NBC 6 reported, citing the arrest report, that an undercover cocaine purchase led to the search and that police also found substances and mixing instruments commonly used to make "pink cocaine."
    Outcome
    1 arrest, on drug trafficking and child abuse charges as reported. Florida's trafficking statute does not list psilocybin. Outcome not reported.
  6. WarningMarch 7, 2025, Palm Beach CountyA federally funded drug-monitoring alert reported that, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, "mushroom gummy" products had been found to contain the synthetic tryptamines 4-acetoxy DET and 4-hydroxy DET.
    Details
    The alert, from the National Drug Early Warning System's web monitoring team, also summarized online posts saying such gummies were bought at head shops, smoke shops and gas stations. Florida names 4-hydroxy-DET in its Schedule I list of substituted tryptamines.
    Outcome
    Alert only; no arrest or charge described.
  7. Rule or orderDecember 18, 2024, Nationwide, including FloridaFDA told food makers that Amanita muscaria and its constituents muscimol, ibotenic acid and muscarine are not authorized as ingredients in conventional food.
    Details
    FDA said the ingredients don't meet the safety standard for food and are "unapproved food additives," noted that such products are sometimes marketed as "legal psychedelics" or "mushroom edibles," and recommended that people avoid eating foods that contain them.
    Outcome
    FDA's stated position. FDA said it was also evaluating these ingredients in dietary supplements.
  8. WarningJune, 2024, Statewide (6 Florida cases)FDA investigated illnesses tied to Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars, cones and gummies and counted 6 Florida cases among 180 nationwide.
    Details
    FDA's last update (November 15, 2024), citing CDC's count as of October 31, 2024: 180 illnesses in 34 states (118 among people who ate a Diamond Shruumz product, 62 among people who ate another brand's or an unbranded mushroom chocolate bar), 73 hospitalizations and 3 potentially associated deaths. A CDC report published April 9, 2026 counted 2 deaths. FDA testing found muscimol, psilocin, acetylpsilocin (4-AcO-DMT), pregabalin and kava compounds in different samples.
    Outcome
    All flavors were recalled on June 27, 2024. FDA said recalled products might still be on sale at some smoke and vape shops.
  9. Shop raidSeptember, 2023, Jensen Beach (Martin County)Martin County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a clothing-store employee at a mall store, accused of selling psilocybin mushrooms there.
    Details
    The sheriff's office said that after a tip, an undercover detective bought half an ounce of psilocybin mushrooms at the store.
    Outcome
    1 arrest. Charged with possession of a controlled substance and with sale, as reported. Outcome not reported.
  10. State caseAugust, 2023, Tallahassee (Leon County)Florida's agriculture department sued a Tallahassee business in Leon County circuit court to force it to turn over records on Amanita muscaria products.
    Details
    The lawsuit said an inspector saw products labeled as containing the mushroom at the store in March and that the business did not comply with a subpoena. It called Amanita muscaria poisonous and an "unsafe food or food additive" under state law.
    Outcome
    Not reported.
  11. Shop raidJune, 2023, Miami (Miami-Dade County)Miami-Dade police executed a search warrant at a business under investigation for drug sales and arrested three people.
    Details
    The department listed 6 grams of psilocybin mushrooms among the drugs seized, with 308 grams of powder cocaine, 110 grams of crack cocaine and 220 grams of marijuana.
    Outcome
    3 arrests. Outcomes not reported.
  12. WarningFebruary, 2023, Daytona Beach, Largo, Plant City, Tallahassee and TamaracFlorida's agriculture department cited five businesses for selling products containing Amanita muscaria.
    Details
    The citations came between early February and late May 2023, according to department records reviewed by KFF Health News. A department spokesperson said it orders businesses to stop selling these products when inspectors find them, because federal officials haven't approved the mushroom for use in food.
    Outcome
    Not reported.
  13. Rule or orderDecember 7, 2022, Tampa (Ybor City)Florida's agriculture department placed a stop-sale order on Amanita muscaria products at a Tampa hemp shop that billed itself as the first mushroom dispensary in the United States.
    Details
    Miami New Times reported, citing the shop's own announcement, that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services found the products contained a "poisonous or deleterious substance" in violation of Florida food-safety law; an inspection report the paper obtained shows the stop-sale order.
    Outcome
    The shop stopped selling the products. KFF Health News later reported that the department lifted its restrictions and that the shop resumed sales with labels saying the products were not for human consumption.
  14. WarningAugust 31, 2022, Winter Haven (Polk County)Winter Haven Police warned parents about chocolate bars, described as "shroom"-laced, that officers found while serving a search warrant.
    Details
    The police chief said the substance is "a Schedule 1 drug and is not legal in the State of Florida" and urged parents to talk with their children about eating anything that could contain a dangerous substance.
    Outcome
    Public warning. There were no reports of children eating the bars, the station reported.
  15. SeizureSeptember 6, 2020, Florida Keys (Monroe County)Monroe County deputies found hallucinogenic mushrooms, LSD, ecstasy and marijuana in a vehicle stopped on U.S. 1.
    Details
    The sheriff's office listed 8.1 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms among the drugs in the vehicle, along with LSD on paper sheets, ecstasy, marijuana candies and more than a pound of marijuana.
    Outcome
    The driver was charged with possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, trafficking in MDMA and in LSD, and other counts. Outcome not reported.

Download this data. Psilocybin enforcement in Miami and Florida: a dated log: 15 rows, updated November 2, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.

How should you read this log?

A raid is not a conviction

Every arrest and charge in the log is an accusation. Police reports describe what officers say they found, and words like "suspected" mean the substance hadn't been confirmed by a lab when the report was written. Charges get reduced, dropped or diverted, and we found no reported outcome for any of the criminal cases in the log.

Where the entries come from

We prefer official records: agency releases and FDA pages. When the only record is a news report, the entry names the outlet.

What's missing

This log is not a count of every psilocybin arrest in Florida. Most possession arrests never reach the news, and court dockets aren't searchable by substance. We also found no Southern District of Florida press release on a psilocybin case, no U.S. Customs and Border Protection release on psilocybin seized in Miami, and no FDLE or Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office release on psilocybin. "We found none" isn't the same as "there were none."15

Names

We never name private individuals, even when a news report does. We'd name a business only when an official record names it as raided, charged, warned or closed; even then, this log gives the city or county rather than shop names or street addresses. The one brand named, Diamond Shruumz, is named in FDA's own record.

What does Florida law say about selling psilocybin?

Selling, delivering or possessing psilocybin with intent to sell is a third-degree felony under Fla. Stat. 893.13(1)(a)2., punishable by up to 5 years in prison.1012 It becomes a second-degree felony, up to 15 years, within 1,000 feet of a school or child care facility (between 6 a.m. and midnight), or at any time within 1,000 feet of a park, community center, college, place of worship, convenience business, public housing or certain health care and treatment facilities.1012

Keeping a store or other place "resorted to by persons using controlled substances" is a separate offense under 893.13(7)(a)5.: a first-degree misdemeanor the first time, and a third-degree felony after that.10 Florida's trafficking statute, 893.135, doesn't mention psilocybin or psilocyn, so even a very large psilocybin seizure can't be charged as psilocybin trafficking; selling and possession charges fall under 893.13.11

For the full picture of what a charge can mean, including possession, sentencing points and the driver license suspension, see psilocybin penalties in Florida.

Questions people ask

Has anyone in Miami been arrested for selling mushrooms?

Yes, according to news reports. In March 2026, City of Miami police arrested one man after police in an undercover operation were sold psilocybin at a smoke shop, NBC 6 reported. The charges are accusations, and no outcome had been reported when we checked.1

Can smoke shops in Florida legally sell mushroom gummies?

Not if the gummies contain psilocybin, psilocyn or a scheduled synthetic tryptamine: selling them is a felony under 893.13. Amanita products aren't controlled substances, but Florida's agriculture department has ordered stop-sales under food law, and FDA says Amanita isn't authorized in conventional food.1089

Have federal prosecutors in Miami brought psilocybin cases?

We found no press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida with "psilocybin" or "mushroom" in its title from 2019 to 2026. That doesn't prove none exist, because many federal cases are never announced.15

Sources

  1. Huge drug stash found during undercover Miami smoke shop SWAT raid, police say, NBC 6 South Florida, March 13, 2026.
  2. Arrests Made in Narcotics Investigation, Miami-Dade Police Department, June 7, 2023.
  3. Alleged trafficker kept drug stash in Miami Beach apartment with 3-year-old son: Cops, NBC 6 South Florida, June 25, 2025.
  4. Attorney General James Uthmeier Announces Arrests and Charges in Massive South Florida Drug Trafficking Takedown, Florida Office of the Attorney General, November 4, 2025.
  5. 14 Arrested for Synthetic Marijuana at Tampa Convenience Stores, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, November 7, 2025.
  6. Investigation of Illnesses: Diamond Shruumz-Brand Chocolate Bars, Cones, & Gummies (June 2024), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, content current as of November 15, 2024.
  7. Alert from the NDEWS Web Monitoring Team: Online mentions of Mushroom Gummies, National Drug Early Warning System, March 7, 2025.
  8. Mood-altering mushroom sales bloom despite Florida and federal safety concerns, KFF Health News via WUSF, May 31, 2023.
  9. FDA Alerts Industry and Consumers About Use of Amanita Muscaria or Its Constituents in Food, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, December 18, 2024.
  10. Florida Statutes 893.13, Prohibited acts; penalties, Florida Senate, 2026.
  11. Florida Statutes 893.135, Trafficking, Florida Senate, 2026.
  12. Florida Statutes 775.082, Penalties, Florida Senate, 2026.
  13. Florida Statutes 893.03, Standards and schedules, Florida Senate, 2026.
  14. Traffic stop near music festival leads to major drug bust on U.S. 441, WQCS, March 25, 2026.
  15. Press releases, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Department of Justice, searched November 2, 2026.

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