1. What the law is
Lithuania tightened rather than loosened. Administrative, non-criminal liability for small-quantity possession was abolished in 2017, so holding even a small amount of psilocybin for personal use is a criminal offense under Article 259(2) of the Criminal Code, punishable by community service, restriction of liberty, a fine or short-term arrest. Decriminalization attempts in 2021 and 2022 failed or stalled in parliament.
2. History
The legal events behind this entry, dated and oldest first. Our own reviews and corrections are listed under Changes to this record.
Illegal status takes effect.
3. Proposed laws
Proposals that are not yet law and would change this entry if adopted.
A cannabis-only amendment adding small-quantity cannabis possession to the Code of Administrative Offences passed a vote on 15 December 2022 but was referred back to committee without removal from the Criminal Code; broader decriminalization was rejected by the Seimas in November 2021. The Seimas bill register could not be read when this entry was last checked on 16 August 2026, so nothing here is claimed about bills now before parliament.
4. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Lithuania?
Psilocybin is illegal in Lithuania.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Lithuania?
"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 Lithuania.
Read the law
Criminal Code article 259 (consolidated redaction in force 3 July 2026; the article was last amended on 7 November 2024 by law XIV-3060): unlawful production, processing, acquisition, keeping, transport or sending of narcotic or psychotropic substances without intent to sell or otherwise distribute is punishable by community service, a fine, restriction of liberty, arrest, or imprisonment of up to 2 years (art. 259(1)); where the quantity is small the act is a criminal misdemeanour punishable by community service, a fine, restriction of liberty or arrest, with no imprisonment (art. 259(2)). Using narcotic, psychotropic or other psychoactive substances without a doctor's prescription is a separate administrative offense under article 71 of the Code of Administrative Offences, carrying a fine of EUR 30 to 150, rising to EUR 150 to 230 on repetition. Psilocybin and psilocin are List I substances under the Health Minister's order No. 5 of 6 January 2000, which also lists the fruiting bodies, the spores and the mycelium of fungi of the genus Psilocybe.1
Sources
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- 1.e-seimas.lrs.lt (opens in new tab) · e-seimas.lrs.lt
- 2.European Union Drugs Agency.European Union Drugs Agency (opens in new tab) · euda.europa.eu
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Changes to this record
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Every change we have made to this record, dated, corrections included. Nothing changes silently.
Lithuania's entry rested on a European agency summary and said the administrative route had been abolished in 2017. Using drugs without a prescription is still an administrative offence there; it is possession that is criminal. The entry now cites the Criminal Code and the substance list directly, and records that spores are covered.
Lithuania had been listed as decriminalized. Since 2017 possessing even a small quantity has been a criminal matter under Article 259(2) of the Criminal Code, so the status is corrected to illegal.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Lithuania: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession LT-001, version of 23 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/lithuania