California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §11390: Except as otherwise authorized by law, every person who, with intent to produce a controlled substance specified in paragraph (18) or (19) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054, cultivates any spores or

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who intentionally cultivates psilocybin mushroom spores or mycelium to produce controlled substances can be imprisoned in county jail for up to one year or in state prison.

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Except as otherwise authorized by law, every person who, with intent to produce a controlled substance specified in paragraph (18) or (19) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054, cultivates any spores or mycelium capable of producing mushrooms or other material which contains such a controlled substance shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year or in the state prison.

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