Hungary
Psilocybin is illegal in Hungary, where using it, or holding a small quantity for one's own use, carries up to two years in prison. A user in Hungary avoids punishment only on strict conditions, including six months of treatment or a prevention course.1
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1. What the law is
Using psilocybin in Hungary, or acquiring or keeping a small quantity for one's own use, is punishable by up to two years in prison. A small quantity is at most 0.1 gram of psilocybin or 0.2 gram of psilocin. No mushroom appears in the drug schedule, and the quantity is counted as pure drug content in whatever is seized. Larger amounts bring two to eight years, the largest up to twenty, and trafficking can bring life.
For use, or a small quantity for one's own use, punishment is avoided by admitting the offense and proving six months of treatment or a prevention course before the first judgment. Before indictment, the user must disclose the circumstances and help identify the seller. This exemption excludes crossing the border with any amount and handing over a small quantity, which is trafficking: up to two years.
Two uses of the treatment option end the exemption, as does a suspension on this ground or a guilty finding for trafficking or possession in the previous two years. Since June 2025, prosecutors normally put a suspected user under three months' supervision, with police reporting and drug tests.
2. 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 Hungary yet. If one passes, it appears here, dated.
3. Proposed laws
No proposed law is on file in Hungary that would change this entry, as of the 13 Nov 2026 review.
4. Common questions
Is psilocybin legal in Hungary?
Psilocybin is illegal in Hungary, where using it, or holding a small quantity for one's own use, carries up to two years in prison. A user in Hungary avoids punishment only on strict conditions, including six months of treatment or a prevention course.
Are magic mushrooms ("shrooms") legal in Hungary?
"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 Hungary, where using it, or holding a small quantity for one's own use, carries up to two years in prison. A user in Hungary avoids punishment only on strict conditions, including six months of treatment or a prevention course.
Read the law
Büntető Törvénykönyv, the Criminal Code (Act C of 2012), version in force since 1 October 2026. Sections 176 to 180 hold the offenses and the exemption. Section 459(1a) defines drugs by the lists of Ministry of the Interior Decree 78/2022, whose Annex 2, list P1, holds psilocin and psilocybin with their stereoisomers and salts. Section 461 sets the small quantity as pure substance in base form. Act XIX of 2025 (Magyar Közlöny 2025, issue 55) rewrote sections 178(1), (2) and (6), 180(1), 184 and 461, inserted 180(2a) and 459(1a), and added sections 295/A to 295/G of the Criminal Procedure Act (Act XC of 2017), from 15 June 2025. Article XX(3) of the Fundamental Law (Alaptörvény), in force since 15 April 2025, prohibits the production, use, distribution and promotion of drugs.1
Sources
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- 1.Criminal Code (Büntető Törvénykönyv, Act C of 2012), version in force from 1 Oct 2026National Legislation Database of Hungary (opens in new tab) · njt.jog.gov.hu
- 2.Ministry of the Interior Decree 78/2022, the drug schedule, version in force from 9 Oct 2026National Legislation Database of Hungary (opens in new tab) · njt.jog.gov.hu
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Changes to this record
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Hungary's treatment route out of punishment covers only use, or a small quantity for one's own use; this entry had described it as open to anyone who met its conditions. The route is also closed to anyone found guilty of drug trafficking or possession in the previous two years, which the entry had left out. The entry now gives the penalty for handing over a small quantity and the heaviest terms, up to twenty years for the largest amounts and life for trafficking, and says no mushroom appears in the drug schedule.
Hungary joins the register. Using psilocybin, or holding a small amount for your own use, is a crime under the Criminal Code that carries up to two years in prison.
Psilocybin Media Group. "Hungary: psilocybin legal status." The Psilocybin Record, accession HU-001, version of 13 Nov 2026. https://psilocybinlegalization.com/record/hungary