No business in Detroit can legally sell psilocybin — Proposal E only makes adult personal possession the city's lowest police priority, while Michigan still schedules psilocybin and treats selling it as a 7-year felony.
Detroit voters approved Proposal E in November 2021 with about 61 percent support, making personal possession and therapeutic use of entheogenic plants and fungi by adults the city's lowest law-enforcement priority. Nearly five years later, that has not produced a single place in Detroit where anyone can lawfully buy psilocybin, because Proposal E is a policing-priority measure rather than a legalization law. Michigan still schedules psilocybin and psilocyn as Schedule 1. Possession is a 1-year misdemeanor under MCL 333.7403(2)(c) — lighter than most people assume — but manufacture or delivery is a felony carrying up to 7 years and a $10,000 fine, and nothing in the ordinance shields a seller. Ann Arbor, Hazel Park, Ferndale, and Ypsilanti have passed comparable municipal measures, and House Bill 4686, introduced on June 25, 2025 by Rep. Mike McFall of Hazel Park, would allow psilocybin use by adults diagnosed with PTSD — but it was referred to the House Families and Veterans committee the day it was introduced and had not advanced as of mid-2026. If a Detroit storefront, delivery service, or Instagram account advertises mushrooms in 2026, it is operating illegally and without any testing or oversight.
The legal picture in Detroit
Detroit voters passed Proposal E on November 2, 2021 with roughly 61 percent support (53,710 yes to 34,222 no), making personal possession and therapeutic use of entheogenic plants and fungi by adults the city's lowest law-enforcement priority. That is a policing-priority ordinance, not legalization: Michigan lists psilocybin and psilocyn as Schedule 1 controlled substances under MCL 333.7212. Possession is named specifically in MCL 333.7403(2)(c) and is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and a $2,000 fine — psilocybin is carved out of the 2-year felony that catches most other Schedule 1 drugs, so the common claim that simple possession is a Michigan felony is wrong. Manufacture or delivery is a different matter: that is a felony under MCL 333.7401(2)(b)(ii) carrying up to 7 years and a $10,000 fine. Proposal E offers no protection to anyone selling, and it does not bind Michigan State Police, Wayne County, or federal agencies.
Places operating legally in Detroit
What about the storefronts you may have heard of?
Unlike Colorado or Oregon, Detroit has not developed tolerated psilocybin storefronts — Proposal E deprioritizes possession, not sales, so a shop selling mushrooms is committing a felony that carries up to 7 years. The nearest visible gray market is across the river in Ontario, where unlicensed 'magic mushroom dispensaries' have opened in Windsor, Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa. These are illegal in Canada too and are raided repeatedly: on February 12, 2025 Windsor police charged a 22-year-old employee at a dispensary in the 300 block of Ouellette Avenue downtown, the sixth search warrant executed at that single address since July 2023 and part of more than $180,000 in product seized there. In April 2025 York Regional Police announced that a province-wide investigation had seized more than $3.5 million in psychedelics and charged 15 people. Bringing any psilocybin back through the Ambassador Bridge or Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is a federal customs and controlled-substances offense with consequences far beyond a state charge, including loss of trusted-traveler status and immigration penalties. Social-media and delivery sellers operating in metro Detroit are unlicensed, untested, and unregulated — there is no lab verification, dosing standard, or recourse.
Legal alternatives
Psilocybin mushroom spores contain no psilocybin and are legal to buy and possess in Michigan for microscopy and taxonomy, though germinating them is manufacturing a Schedule 1 substance and is a 7-year felony. Amanita muscaria is not scheduled in Michigan and is sold in some smoke shops and online, but it is a different, genuinely toxic mushroom containing ibotenic acid and muscimol, not a psilocybin substitute. Functional mushrooms — lion's mane, reishi, chaga, cordyceps — are ordinary dietary supplements sold freely across metro Detroit. For lawful supervised psilocybin, the nearest options are Colorado's licensed healing centers and Oregon's licensed service centers, both of which serve out-of-state adults but require travel and on-site consumption. New Mexico enacted a Medical Psilocybin Act in April 2025, but that program is not open yet — the state health department is required to have it implemented by December 31, 2026, and it is a medical program for qualifying patients rather than something a visitor can book.
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FAQ
Where can I buy shrooms in Detroit?
Nowhere legally. Michigan has no licensed psilocybin retail, dispensary, or service-center program, and Proposal E did not create one. Detroit headshops sell smoking accessories, vapes, and CBD — not psilocybin.
Are magic mushrooms legal in Detroit in 2026?
No. Proposal E, passed in 2021, makes adult personal possession and therapeutic use the city's lowest law-enforcement priority, but psilocybin is still a Schedule 1 substance under Michigan law and possession remains a 1-year misdemeanor on the books. Selling, manufacturing, and delivering are not covered by the ordinance at all and carry up to 7 years as a felony.
Can I still get arrested for mushrooms in Detroit?
Yes. Deprioritization is a discretionary policy, not immunity. Detroit police can still make an arrest, and Michigan State Police, Wayne County, and federal agencies are not bound by a city ordinance. Reporting on the ordinance has noted that the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office sees very few psilocybin cases out of Detroit, but that reflects practice, not legal protection.
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- Psilocybin decriminalization in the United States — Detroit Proposal E and Michigan municipalities (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan Compiled Laws § 333.7403(2)(c) — psilocybin possession is a 1-year misdemeanor (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan Compiled Laws § 333.7401(2)(b)(ii) — manufacture or delivery is a 7-year felony (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Michigan House Bill 4686 (2025-2026) — psilocybin exception for PTSD diagnoses, introduced June 25, 2025, referred to Families and Veterans (accessed 2026-07-29)
- CBC News (April 2025) — York Regional Police seize $3.5M in psychedelics from Ontario mushroom storefronts (accessed 2026-07-29)
- Windsor Police Service — February 12, 2025 charges and seizure at downtown Windsor psilocybin dispensary, sixth warrant at that address since July 2023 (accessed 2026-07-29)
- New Mexico Department of Health — Medical Psilocybin Program, implementation required by December 31, 2026 (accessed 2026-07-29)
- ShrooMap — Detroit, Michigan headshops (accessed 2026-07-29)