1. What the law is
The schedule outlived the code it belonged to. When Law 4139/2013 replaced the rest of Greece's 2006 drug code, Table A was kept in force, and psilocybin and psilocin are entries 15 and 16 on it. Possessing, using, growing or supplying the mushrooms is a criminal offense under that law. Personal use is punished more lightly than trafficking, at up to 5 months in prison under article 29, but it is punished, and nothing here is decriminalized. No legal market exists, and no medical access scheme has been enacted.
2. Trials in Greece
Interventional psilocybin trials with at least one site in Greece, as their sponsors filed them with ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTIS and ISRCTN. Each row links to the registry record, which sets out who may take part.
Recruiting or opening counts trials recruiting now, not yet recruiting, or enrolling by invitation. Closed counts trials terminated, suspended, withdrawn or left unverified by their sponsors.
| Registry ID | Trial | Phase | Sponsor | Status | Start date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT06793397 | A Study of a Deuterated Psilocin Analog (CYB003) in Humans With Major Depressive Disorder (opens in new tab)Recruiting in Athens and Thessaloniki | Phase Phase 3 | Sponsor Cybin IRL Limited | Status Recruiting | Start date |
| NCT06605105 | Phase III Long-term Extension Trial to Assess Safety and Efficacy of CYB003 in MDD (EXTEND) (opens in new tab)Sites in Athens and Thessaloniki | Phase Phase 3 | Sponsor Cybin IRL Limited | Status Enrolling by invitation | Start date |
ClinicalTrials.gov data courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. History
The legal events behind this entry, dated and oldest first. Our own reviews and corrections are listed under Changes to this record.
No reform legislation on file for Greece yet. If one passes, it appears here, dated.
4. Proposed laws
Proposals that are not yet law and would change this entry if adopted.
Unknown. The Hellenic Parliament's legislative search refused every request we made on 16 August 2026, so nothing is claimed either way about bills now before parliament. The Greek Psychedelic Society says it is drafting a psychedelics decriminalization bill to present to parliament; on its own account that remains a draft rather than introduced legislation.
5. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Greece?
Psilocybin is illegal in Greece.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Greece?
"Magic mushrooms" and "shrooms" are common names for fungi that contain psilocybin, and this entry states the law on psilocybin itself, which some laws treat separately from the fungus. Psilocybin is illegal in Greece.
Read the law
Law 4139/2013 (Nomos peri exartisiogonon ousion, Government Gazette A' 74 of 20 March 2013) is Greece's operative drug law. Its article 100(1)(a) repealed Law 3459/2006, the former Code of Laws for Drugs, except the provisions retained by article 99: article 1(2), which carries Tables A to D, the ministerial decisions issued under article 1(3), and articles 58 and 61. Psilocybin and psilocin are entries 15 and 16 of Table A. Article 20(1) punishes trafficking with imprisonment of at least 8 years and a fine of up to EUR 300,000. Article 29(1) punishes acquiring, possessing or using narcotics in quantities justified only by the offender's own exclusive use with imprisonment of up to 5 months; article 29(2) allows a court to leave a wholly occasional offender unpunished, and article 29(3) keeps such convictions out of criminal-record extracts.1
Sources
This entry's status is checked against the primary sources below, and the methodology explains how each entry is graded for confidence.
- 1.et.gr (opens in new tab) · et.gr
- 2.ministryofjustice.gr (opens in new tab) · ministryofjustice.gr
This entry is for information only and is not legal or medical advice. Laws change, and enforcement can differ from the letter of the law, so check the current position against the primary sources above before relying on it.
Changes to this record
2 changes on file, the latest on . Show allHide
Every change we have made to this record, dated, corrections included. Nothing changes silently.
Greece's entry named a drug code that was repealed in 2013. The operative law is Law 4139/2013, and the entry now cites it, along with the schedule that still names psilocybin and psilocin. Nothing about the legal status changed.
Greece was confirmed illegal, and a widely repeated online claim that the country runs a state medical prescribing program was checked and found to have nothing behind it.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Greece: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession GR-001, version of 23 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/greece