Utah’s magic mushroom church is selling grow-your-own-sacrament kits. Are they legal?

The church’s co-founder says members should be protected from prosecution under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, but there is still some risk.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Steve Urquhart, a former Republican state representative who started The Divine Assembly church with his wife, Sara, unpacks a psilocybin, or magic mushroom, grow kit in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Urquhart’s church uses psilocybin as sacrament and is selling kits so others can grow their own sacrament. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has said the spores used to grow these mushrooms are not illegal, even though the mushrooms that sprout from them are.

Utah’s magic mushroom church is selling grow-your-own-sacrament kits. Are they legal?

The church’s co-founder says members should be protected from prosecution under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, but there is still some risk.

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