1. What the law is
Poland's drug Act lets prosecutors and judges drop a small-amount possession case. That is discretion, not decriminalization: article 62a, added by a 2011 amendment, allows proceedings to be discontinued where an insignificant quantity was held for personal use, and possession itself remains a crime under article 62 at up to 3 years, or 1 to 10 years for significant quantities. The Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction no longer carries the substance lists itself; its annexes were repealed, and psilocybin and psilocin now sit in the Health Minister's regulation made under the Act as Group I-P psychotropic substances, a classification denoting no recognized medical use.
2. Trials in Poland
Interventional psilocybin trials with at least one site in Poland, 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 Closed counts trials terminated, suspended, withdrawn or left unverified by their sponsors.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 Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Warsaw | 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)Site at Promente - Centrum Neurologii i Psychogeriatrii w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz | Phase Phase 3 | Sponsor Cybin IRL Limited | Status Enrolling by invitation | Start date |
| 2023-505268-12-00 | A Phase III, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, controlled study to investigate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of two initial administrations of COMP360 in participants with treatment-resistant depression (opens in new tab)Sites in Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Poznań | Phase Not stated | Sponsor Compass Pathfinder Limited | Status Authorised | Start date |
| NCT05711940 | Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Two Administrations of COMP360 in Participants With TRD (opens in new tab)Sites in Bydgoszcz and Gdansk | Phase Phase 3 | Sponsor COMPASS Pathways | Status Active, not recruiting | 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.
Illegal status takes effect.
4. Proposed laws
Proposals that are not yet law and would change this entry if adopted.
An amendment to the controlling Act was signed by the President on 24 July 2026 and published as Dz.U. 2026 poz. 1004 (Act of 3 July 2026); it enters into force 30 days after its publication on 27 July 2026. Its text concerns access to treatment for dependence, the reference to Regulation (EU) 2023/1322 on the EU Drugs Agency, and administrative procedure; it does not amend article 62, article 62a or the substance lists, and does not mention psilocybin. A separate members' bill, Sejm print 2672, referred to committee on 11 June 2026, would depenalize possession of small amounts of cannabis and cultivation of one cannabis plant for personal use; it is cannabis-only and does not reach psilocybin. Both were found in the Sejm's own print register, searched 16 August 2026.
5. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Poland?
Psilocybin is illegal in Poland.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Poland?
"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 Poland.
Read the law
Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction (Ustawa o przeciwdzialaniu narkomanii). Article 62 makes possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances a criminal offense: up to 3 years' imprisonment (art. 62(1)), 1 to 10 years where the quantity is significant (art. 62(2)), and a fine, restriction of liberty or up to 1 year in a case of lesser gravity (art. 62(3)). Article 62a, added by the 2011 amendment, allows prosecutors and courts to discontinue proceedings where an insignificant quantity was intended for the offender's own use. The Act's own substance annexes have been repealed: psilocybin and psilocin are listed as Group I-P psychotropic substances, at entries 86 and 76 of annex 1 to the Health Minister's regulation of 17 August 2018, made under article 44f of the Act and consolidated at Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1139. Group I-P denotes no recognized medical use.1
Sources
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- 1.isap.sejm.gov.pl (opens in new tab) · isap.sejm.gov.pl
- 2.dziennikustaw.gov.pl (opens in new tab) · dziennikustaw.gov.pl
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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.
Poland's entry said the 2005 drug Act lists psilocybin. The Act's annexes have been repealed and the list now lives in a health ministry regulation, which the entry now cites. A separate amendment to that Act was signed in July 2026; it deals with treatment and procedure and leaves the possession offence and the substance lists alone.
Poland's illegal status was confirmed against the full text of the 2005 drug Act. Article 62a lets prosecutors drop small-amount cases at their discretion, which is not decriminalization. A widely repeated claim that Poland passed a medical psilocybin reform in 2026 was checked and rejected; it appears to confuse Poland with Czechia.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Poland: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession PL-001, version of 23 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/poland