is the mandrake plant illegal in the USA?
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at
02:50
salanaceae mandragora officinarum is the scienific name for the magical mandrake plant/root. it can be bought on the web, but is it allowed in the us?
Tagged with: mandragora officinarum • mandrake plant • plant root
Filed under: Mandrake
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It's legal. As far as legal highs go I would avoid it though, it's poisonous…
Mandrake is uncontrolled in the United States. This means all parts of the plant and its extracts are legal to cultivate, buy, possess, and distribute (sell, trade or give) without a license or prescription. If sold as a supplement, sales must conform to U.S. supplement laws. If sold for consumption as a food or drug, sales are regulated by the FDA.
Louisiana
Effective Aug 8, 2005 (signed into law Jun 28, 2005) Louisiana Act No 159 makes 40 plants illegal, including Mandragora officinarum, when intended for human consumption. The law specifically excludes the "possession, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting" of these plants if used "strictly for aesthetic, landscaping, or decorative purposes." (Text of HLS_05RS-52 and Update June 2005)
Tennessee did not pass the proposed bill that would have banned dozens of plants as "hallucinogenic" when intended for human consumption. Instead, they banned only Salvia divinorum. See Comments on New State Laws Controlling the Consumption of Hallucinogenic Plants.
Yes it is but if you are buying Mandrake make certain you are getting the right product. Quite often the MayApple is what is being sold when you order Mandrake. They are closely related but not the same.This is one of the reasons that having the Latin name is important. Mayapple is sold under the names American Mayapple and Wild Mandrake and American Mandrake. The latin name for Mayapple is podophyllum peltatum. So if you are purchasing make certain that you are getting mandrake and not mayapple.