Is PCP legal in Poland?

Legal status

Controlled. It is in Schedule II of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and Poland controls it by incorporating that convention rather than by naming it in a national list.

Consequences if caught

Poland has no national list of its own. Article 4 of the Act on counteracting drug addiction defines a narcotic drug as a substance covered by the 1961 Single Convention as amended by the 1972 Protocol, or named in the annex to Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA, or of natural or synthetic origin acting on the central nervous system and of similar chemical structure or action to those, posing the same risks on the recommendation of the risk assessment team. Both annexes to the act were repealed because they had become redundant. The entry read from the cached Green List is 'PP 005 77-10-1 PHENCYCLIDINE PCP 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine'. Possession is an offence under article 62(1) carrying up to three years, rising to one to ten years for a significant quantity under 62(2) and falling to a fine, a restriction of liberty or up to a year in a case of lesser gravity under 62(3). Article 62a allows proceedings to be discontinued, even before a decision to open an investigation, where the quantity is insignificant and intended for the perpetrator's own use and a penalty would be inexpedient. That is a power and not an entitlement. This is stated as at the INCB Yellow List 65th edition and Green List 36th edition of 2025, read on 16 September 2026. The convention schedules are amended by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and an absence is only ever an absence as at the edition read.

If prescribed or medical

Whether an authorised medicinal form exists was not established per substance here. Carry any prescribed medicine in its original packaging with the prescription.

Documentation

For a prescribed controlled medicine on Schengen travel, carry a Schengen certificate issued under article 75 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, together with the original packaging and the prescription.

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.