Salvia, Amanita and other botanical laws in North Carolina

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally manufacture, sell or deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally possess Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A.
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(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Employees or contractors of any accredited college or school of medicine or pharmacy at a public or private university in this State while performing medical or pharmacological research for such institution. (2) The possession, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of a plant strictly for aesthetic, landscaping, or decorative purposes.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to food manufacturers that Amanita muscaria ( A. muscaria ), its extracts, and certain of its constituents (muscimol, ibotenic acid, and muscarine) are not authorized for use as ingredients in conventional food. A. muscaria and its constituents have been used in foods intended to have hallucinogenic effects, sometimes marketed as “psychedelic edibles”, “legal psychedelics” or “mushroom edibles”. After reviewing the available information about A. muscaria and its constituents, the FDA concluded that they do not meet the safety standard for use in food and that their use as food ingredients may be harmful.
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The FDA determined that the use of this ingredient and its constituents do not meet the Generally Recognized As Safe (or GRAS) standard and that they are unapproved food additives.
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As part of a broader assessment of these ingredients in the food supply, the FDA is also evaluating the use of these ingredients in dietary supplements.