Is Oxycodone legal in Poland?

Legal status

Controlled. Poland names this substance in its own national list. «OKSYKODON» is entry lp. 150 in group I-N of Załącznik nr 2, the narcotic annex, with the alternative name «Eukodal» and a 14-hydroxydihydrocodeinone designation. Article 33(1) of the 2005 Act allows group I-N to be used for medical, industrial or research purposes. Oxymorphone follows at lp. 151, so the two are separately numbered rather than one reaching the other.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Poland has no death penalty, and the exposure on this row is a term of years at most, reached only where the holding is outside the prescription. Possession is an offence under article 62(1) of the 2005 Act and the band there is up to three years. Where the quantity is considerable, article 62(2) sets a band of one year to ten years. In a case of lesser gravity article 62(3) provides instead for a fine, a restriction of liberty or up to one year. Article 62a lets proceedings be discontinued, even before the decision to open an investigation, where the quantity is insignificant and intended for the holder's own use and a penalty would be inexpedient. That is a power of the prosecutor and not an entitlement of the holder, so it is not decriminalisation. A dispensed supply is lawful to hold and the band reaches a holding outside the prescription. Supply offences sit apart from possession. Article 56 punishes putting such a substance on the market with a fine and six months to eight years, and article 56(3) raises that to a fine and two years to twelve years where the quantity is considerable. Article 59(1) punishes supply for gain with one year to ten years.

If prescribed or medical

Prescribed as a group I-N narcotic on the Rpw prescription form. It is a marketed strong opioid in Poland.

Documentation

For a prescribed controlled medicine on Schengen travel, carry the certificate issued under article 75 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, together with the original packaging and the prescription. The published Poland entry gives a thirty day limit for the certificate, and that figure is carried forward from the published Poland entry and was not re-derived in this pass.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Poland’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.