1. What the law is
Croatia stopped treating personal possession as a crime on 1 January 2013, but it never stopped being an offence. The fine runs from 663 to 2,654 euro, or up to 90 days in detention, and a first-time user can be given treatment instead. No law fixes how much counts as a small amount, so that call is made case by case. Growing your own is treated differently: the Criminal Code counts cultivating a fungus as producing a drug, which carries six months to five years. Selling is the serious end at three to twelve years, and letting someone else use is its own offence.
2. History
The legal events behind this entry, dated and oldest first. Our own reviews and corrections are listed under Changes to this record.
Decriminalized status takes effect.
3. Proposed laws
No proposed law is on file in Croatia that would change this entry, as of the 29 Aug 2026 review.
4. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Croatia?
Croatia fines personal possession of a small amount and leaves it out of the criminal law altogether. Growing mushrooms counts as producing a drug, and selling carries the heaviest penalties.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Croatia?
"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. Croatia fines personal possession of a small amount and leaves it out of the criminal law altogether. Growing mushrooms counts as producing a drug, and selling carries the heaviest penalties.
Read the law
Criminal Code article 190, as replaced by the amending Act NN 144/2012 with effect from 1 January 2013 and last amended by NN 136/2025: simple possession left the offence, unauthorised production carries six months to five years, supply three to twelve years since 13 November 2025, and article 190(7) counts cultivating a plant or fungus as production. Personal possession is a misdemeanour under article 54(1) point 1 read with article 54(3) of the Act on Combating Drug Abuse.1
Sources
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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.
Croatia's record gave one to twelve years for selling. A November 2025 amendment raised the minimum to three, and the entry published in August had missed it. The possession fine is now shown in euro, the currency it is actually imposed in. The record also now says that a first offence can be met with treatment instead of a fine, and that giving mushrooms to someone else is a separate crime.
Two penalty corrections. The one to twelve year sentence covers selling, not growing, which carries six months to five years. The possession fine comes from a different act and is set in kuna, so the euro figure shown before was low. The record now also states that growing mushrooms counts as producing a drug.
Croatia's record cited the wrong law. The 2011 Criminal Code it pointed to still made possession a crime; the act that changed that was a 2012 amendment. Both cited sources are now the official gazette texts that do the work. The decriminalized status is unchanged.
Croatia's record now cites the official gazette. The decriminalized status is unchanged.
Croatia's decriminalization dates from when the amendments took effect on 1 January 2013, not from the December day parliament passed them. The date shown is corrected.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Croatia: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession HR-001, version of 30 Aug 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/croatia