The current Opium Act lists psilocine and psilocybine among the List I substances. Its List II has a heading for “paddo’s”: mushrooms that naturally contain psilocin or psilocybin, named species by species (Opiumwet, wetten.overheid.nl). The version we opened had been in force since 17 September 2026.
In a written answer received on 28 December 2011, the Dutch health minister said psychedelic truffles, or sclerotia, are not covered by the Opium Act, and that this was known when 186 species of hallucinogenic mushrooms were placed on List II on 1 December 2008 (Dutch government answer, 2011).
The Dutch approach shows how national laws can treat the same chemistry differently. Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act lists the compounds and applies to anything containing them, so the sclerotia distinction has no Canadian equivalent. Laws change, and this entry is not travel or legal advice.
General information, not legal advice.
Sources
- Opiumwet (Dutch Opium Act), current text
- Dutch government: answer on psychedelic truffles, 28 December 2011
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