{ "name": "San Diego County psilocybin enforcement log", "description": "Publicly reported raids, seizures, charges and health warnings involving psilocybin and mushroom-branded products in San Diego County since 2020, with a source for every entry.", "publisher": "Magic Mushrooms San Diego", "url": "https://magicmushroomssandiego.com/san-diego-enforcement-log", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "updated": "2026-10-21", "record_count": 14, "records": [ { "date": "2020-07-28", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Department, with San Diego Police and Chula Vista Police", "city": "Spring Valley, Lakeside, Chula Vista, Jamul and San Diego", "event_type": "raid", "summary": "Deputies served search warrants at five unlicensed cannabis dispensaries, two homes and a storage unit, listed suspected psilocybin mushrooms among the items seized and arrested six adults.", "product": "Suspected psilocybin mushrooms, seized alongside cannabis products", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": "https://sdsheriff.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/1183/637469351338400000", "secondary_url": "https://patch.com/california/san-diego/5-illegal-marijuana-dispensaries-raided-san-diego-county", "notes": "The Sheriff's release doesn't say which location the suspected mushrooms came from or how much was seized. The District Attorney's Office and County code compliance officers also took part; the charges listed were conspiracy, drug-house, cannabis-for-sale and weapons offenses. The two homes searched were in Jamul and San Diego; the storage unit was in Spring Valley." }, { "date": "2021-09-10", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Department Marijuana Enforcement Team, with DEA and the County Hazmat team", "city": "Warner Springs", "event_type": "raid", "summary": "Serving a warrant at a Highway 79 property in a THC extraction lab investigation, investigators found a psilocybin mushroom lab, hash oil and hazardous chemicals, and arrested two people.", "product": "Psilocybin mushroom lab", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": "https://patch.com/california/lajolla/san-diego-county-sheriffs-department-hash-oil-psilocybin-mushroom-lab-warner", "secondary_url": "https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/mushrooms", "notes": "The Sheriff's release (Sept. 11, 2021) is linked as republished by Patch. Investigators said they believed the drugs were bound for unlicensed Southern California marijuana dispensaries." }, { "date": "2024-06-21", "agency": "California Department of Public Health", "city": null, "event_type": "warning", "summary": "CDPH told consumers not to eat Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars, cones and gummies, sold as containing a proprietary mushroom blend, after illnesses that included seizures and loss of consciousness.", "product": "Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars, cones and gummies", "lab_finding": "FDA testing (final update Nov. 15, 2024) found muscimol, acetylpsilocin, psilocin, pregabalin and kavalactones in various samples; psilocybin is not on FDA's list of findings.", "primary_url": "https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR24-015.aspx", "secondary_url": null, "notes": "A statewide warning; it doesn't mention San Diego County. The maker, Prophet Premium Blends of Santa Ana, recalled all flavors on June 27, 2024. Final federal counts: 180 illnesses in 34 states (3 in California) and 73 hospitalizations; FDA counts 3 'potentially associated' deaths and CDC counts 2 'associated' deaths." }, { "date": "2024-10-04", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Department (Fallbrook Crime Suppression Team and Marijuana Enforcement Team)", "city": "Fallbrook and Bonsall", "event_type": "raid", "summary": "Deputies served search warrants at a Fallbrook business and a Bonsall home, seized psilocybin mushrooms, psilocybin chocolates, other drugs and six guns, and arrested one man.", "product": "Psilocybin mushrooms, chocolates and capsules", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/north-county-residents-indicted-using-children-manufacture-and-distribute", "secondary_url": "https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/10/07/man-suspected-of-drug-operation-arrested/", "notes": "Amounts differ by source: the Sheriff's account reported by Times of San Diego gives more than 250 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms and about 40 pounds of chocolate; the U.S. Attorney's later release lists about 204 pounds of fresh and 78 pounds of dried mushrooms, 40 pounds of chocolates and 5 pounds of capsules across the two sites. See the March 20, 2025 and June 26, 2026 entries." }, { "date": "2024-10-25", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Office", "city": null, "event_type": "warning", "summary": "The Sheriff warned the public about mislabeled cannabis and hemp products after deputies made undercover buys of 110 items around the county in March, April and September 2024; Times of San Diego reported that investigators also found products containing psilocybin mushrooms.", "product": "Products sold as hemp, cannabis or 'THC-free'; some contained psilocybin", "lab_finding": "The Sheriff's crime lab found THC in products labeled 'THC-free'; investigators also found products containing psilocybin mushrooms (no count given).", "primary_url": null, "secondary_url": "https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/10/26/authorities-raise-concern-about-mislabeled-marijuana-products/", "notes": "Based on a Times of San Diego (City News Service) report on the Sheriff's Oct. 25, 2024 news conference; we found no agency document that mentions psilocybin. No city was named because the buys were countywide." }, { "date": "2024-11-08", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Office and California Department of Public Health", "city": null, "event_type": "seizure", "summary": "After a September 2024 inspection, workers at a San Diego County business surrendered about 95,000 PolkaDot chocolate bars, more than seven tons, to CDPH, which turned them over to Sheriff's deputies; no arrests were reported.", "product": "PolkaDot Mushroom Magic Blend chocolate bars (labeled as containing Amanita muscaria)", "lab_finding": "San Diego County Regional Crime Laboratory: 4-Acetoxy-DET and 4-Hydroxy-DET (per NBC 7).", "primary_url": "https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR24-038.aspx", "secondary_url": "https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/seven-tons-of-fake-magic-mushroom-candy-bars-turned-over-to-san-diego-deputies/3683791/", "notes": "Reports disagree on the city: NBC 7 says Vista, East County Magazine says Chula Vista, and CDPH names none, so we leave it blank. CDPH says more than $3 million worth of bars were embargoed and voluntarily destroyed. The business wasn't named." }, { "date": "2024-11-22", "agency": "California Department of Public Health, with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department", "city": null, "event_type": "warning", "summary": "CDPH urged consumers not to eat three flavors of PolkaDot Mushroom Magic Blend chocolate bars, regardless of lot, saying bars labeled as containing Amanita muscaria also contained a synthetic psychoactive drug.", "product": "PolkaDot Mushroom Magic Blend Belgian milk chocolate bars (caramel peanut twist, intense dark, Maui coconut twist)", "lab_finding": "Laboratory testing found 'an additional synthetic psychoactive drug'; the release doesn't name it.", "primary_url": "https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR24-038.aspx", "secondary_url": null, "notes": "A statewide warning issued with the Sheriff's Department, which CDPH says investigated jointly. CDPH said the bars were sold online and to retailers such as smoke shops and that no illnesses had been reported." }, { "date": "2025-03-13", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Office, Vista Station", "city": "Vista", "event_type": "raid", "summary": "Deputies served a search warrant in Vista, listed psilocybin mushrooms among the drugs seized along with cocaine, methamphetamine, Xanax pills and a handgun, and arrested two adults.", "product": "Psilocybin mushrooms", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": null, "secondary_url": "https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/03/14/man-and-woman-both-arrested-in-vista-drug-bust/", "notes": "Based on a news report attributing the details to Sheriff's officials; no amount of psilocybin was given." }, { "date": "2025-03-20", "agency": "U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California (investigated by DEA and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department)", "city": "Fallbrook and Bonsall", "event_type": "charge", "summary": "Three North County adults made first appearances on a federal indictment accusing them of using two children to help produce and distribute psilocybin mushrooms and of destroying evidence; all three were arrested the day before.", "product": "Psilocybin mushrooms, chocolate bars and capsules", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/north-county-residents-indicted-using-children-manufacture-and-distribute", "secondary_url": "https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/03/20/grand-jury-indicts-3-adults-accused-of-using-children-to-grow-sell-magic-mushrooms/", "notes": "Federal case 25-CR-817-RSH. Charges included conspiracy to employ or use minors to violate the Controlled Substances Act, conspiracy to distribute, conspiracy to obstruct justice, distribution to minors and a firearm count. The release says the Fallbrook defendant had used websites to distribute psilocybin and that the defendants allegedly conspired to take them down." }, { "date": "2025-12-11", "agency": "California Department of Public Health", "city": null, "event_type": "warning", "summary": "CDPH warned consumers not to eat TRE House 'Magic Mushroom' gummies, chocolate bars and syrup of any lot, saying testing found an analogue of psilocin, a DEA Schedule I drug.", "product": "TRE House Magic Mushroom gummies, chocolate bars and syrup (labeled 'Magic Mushroom Microdose Blend' and 'Proprietary Nootropic Mushroom Blend')", "lab_finding": "All products contained 4-Acetoxy-DET; most also contained 4-Acetoxy-DMT.", "primary_url": "https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-024.aspx", "secondary_url": "https://www.kqed.org/news/12066782/cdph-dont-eat-this-brand-of-magic-mushroom-gummies-chocolates-and-syrups", "notes": "A statewide warning; it doesn't mention San Diego County. The brand owner is in Chatsworth, and CDPH said it was also investigating the company's contract manufacturers. More than 1,000 pounds of gummies were embargoed and voluntarily destroyed, and no illnesses had been reported. See the Dec. 17, 2025 entry." }, { "date": "2025-12-17", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Office Narcotics and Gangs Division and California Department of Public Health", "city": "Vista", "event_type": "raid", "summary": "Investigators served a search warrant at a business in the 1400 block of Poinsettia Avenue and seized about 20 pallets of food items, a seizure the Sheriff's Office linked to CDPH's TRE House warning; employees were released and no arrests were made.", "product": "About 20 pallets of food items suspected to contain psychedelic chemicals and analogs (linked by the Sheriff's Office to the TRE House warning)", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": null, "secondary_url": "https://digital-release.fox5sandiego.com/?p=2608770", "notes": "Based on a FOX 5 report citing a Sheriff's news release about the 'suspected manufacturing and sale of food items with psychedelic chemicals and analogs'. FOX 5 doesn't itemize the pallets; it shows CDPH photos of TRE House products and says the Sheriff's Office linked the seizure to CDPH's warning. The business wasn't named." }, { "date": "2026-03-12", "agency": "Oceanside Police Department, DEA Carlsbad Resident Office, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and San Diego County Sheriff's Department Marijuana Enforcement Team", "city": "Oceanside", "event_type": "seizure", "summary": "Compliance checks at four vape and smoke shops ended with more than 100 pounds of products seized, including products suspected to contain psilocybin, THC and kratom.", "product": "Products suspected to contain psilocybin (types not specified)", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": "https://www.dea.gov/es/node/236066", "secondary_url": "https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/raid-on-smoke-shops-in-oceanside-nabs-suspected-illicit-drugs", "notes": "No lab results were announced; the products are described only as suspected. Four people were found in violation of state regulations and face state administrative penalties and fines." }, { "date": "2026-06-25", "agency": "San Diego County Sheriff's Office (Crime Suppression Team, Lakeside Substation and Marijuana Enforcement Team), with County code enforcement", "city": "Alpine", "event_type": "raid", "summary": "Deputies served a search warrant at a smoke and vape shop in the 2100 block of Arnold Way after complaints that included reports of psilocybin mushroom product sales; the items listed as seized were nicotine, vape, kratom and cannabis products.", "product": "Reported psilocybin mushroom products (none listed among the seized items)", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": null, "secondary_url": "https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/employee-detained-products-seized-in-alpine-smoke-shop-investigation", "notes": "Based on a 10News report. Psilocybin isn't listed among the seized items. An employee was detained; no arrests were reported." }, { "date": "2026-06-26", "agency": "U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California", "city": "Fallbrook and Bonsall", "event_type": "charge", "summary": "A Fallbrook man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges including conspiracy to use minors to produce and distribute psilocybin and conspiracy to obstruct justice; two co-defendants had pleaded guilty earlier.", "product": "Psilocybin mushrooms, chocolates and capsules", "lab_finding": null, "primary_url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/fallbrook-man-admits-dosing-his-children-hallucinogenic-mushrooms", "secondary_url": null, "notes": "A guilty plea in the federal case above. The release set sentencing dates in July, August and September; we found no sentencing announcement as of Oct. 21, 2026." } ] }