Legal status in Poland

Per-substance legal status for Poland, from sourced statutes where available. Legal information, not legal advice — drug laws change; confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

Last updated: 2026-07-14

1P-LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2-FDCK

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

25I-NBOMe

Legal status: 25I-NBOMe is controlled in Poland, subjected to EU-wide control by Council Implementing Decision 2014/688/EU (25 September 2014) and listed in Schedule I of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances in March 2015; Poland also captures NPS through generic/blanket provisions.
Consequences if caught: Possession and supply are offences under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction, with imprisonment for supply and trafficking.
If prescribed / medical: No approved medical use; not available on prescription.
Documentation: Council Implementing Decision 2014/688/EU (25 Sept 2014); Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-B

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

2C-E

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-I

Legal status: 2C-I is a controlled substance in Poland under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction; Poland was required to control 4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine after it was named in Council Decision 2003/847/JHA (27 Nov 2003).
Consequences if caught: Possession is a criminal offence punishable by up to 3 years' imprisonment (more for significant quantities); production and trafficking carry heavier penalties.
If prescribed / medical: No authorised medical or prescription use.
Documentation: Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction controlled-substances annex implementing Council Decision 2003/847/JHA.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

2C-T-7

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

3-MMC

Legal status: 3-MMC (3-methylmethcathinone) is a prohibited NPS, controlled through Poland's “środek zastępczy” / new-psychoactive-substances framework and scheduled cathinones (Poland reported ~40 3-MMC samples to the EMCDDA); the EU Delegated Directive 2022/1326 obligation is transposed.
Consequences if caught: NPS/narcotics offences: trafficking carries imprisonment; possession is a criminal offence. Non-death-penalty jurisdiction.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a prohibited NPS.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-AcO-DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

4-HO-MET

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

5-MeO-DMT (Bufo / Toad)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

6-APB

Legal status: 6-APB is a controlled NPS in Poland — caught by the benzofuranyl/dihydrobenzofuranyl structural class listed in the NPS annex to the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2018/2019 updates), reaching 6-APB (also treated as a srodek zastepczy/NPS).
Consequences if caught: NPS/narcotics offence: possession and supply penalties up to several years; large-quantity trafficking up to 10-12 years. No death penalty.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled NPS.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)

Legal status: 7-Hydroxymitragynine, a kratom alkaloid, is controlled together with the plant as a constituent of the Group I-N listing of Mitragyna speciosa and mitragynine (MoH Regulation of 17 August 2018); 7-OH is not separately named — its individual listing is left to confirmation, but it shares the plant's controlled status.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); production, import/export or supply carries higher penalties; a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — kratom and its alkaloids are Group I-N intoxicants with no authorised Polish medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a Group I-N intoxicant.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Adderall

Legal status: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) has no separate legal identity — it is regulated AS amphetamine: psychotropic substance, group II-P, under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005).
Consequences if caught: Art. 62 possession up to 3 years (significant amount 1–10 years); supply/trafficking heavier.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription; carry a Schengen Art. 75 certificate for personal supply.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Alcohol

Legal status: Legal — alcohol (ethanol) is a licensed, age-regulated beverage, not a controlled drug; minimum purchase age 18.
Consequences if caught: No penalty for adult consumption; public drinking outside designated areas and sale to minors carry fines.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a beverage, not a medicine.
Documentation: Sold openly on proof of age; no traveller permit.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amanita muscaria

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Amphetamine

Legal status: Psychotropic substance, group II-P, under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005).
Consequences if caught: Art. 62 possession up to 3 years (significant amount 1–10 years); supply/trafficking heavier.
If prescribed / medical: Available on prescription; carry a Schengen Art. 75 certificate for personal supply.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Amyl Nitrite

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ayahuasca

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Barbiturates

Legal status: Barbiturates are psychotropic substances scheduled by compound under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) — the medicinal barbiturates in groups III-P/IV-P transposing the 1971 Convention — and are prescription-only.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: Phenobarbital is prescribed as an antiepileptic (a WHO Essential Medicine); the sedative-hypnotic barbiturates are rarely used.
Documentation: Import with a prescription or doctor's statement and a Schengen certificate, in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Benzodiazepines

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Buprenorphine

Legal status: Buprenorphine is a controlled narcotic under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) in a lighter tier than methadone; it accounts for a small share (under 4%) of Polish OST.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed within program-based OST (limited coverage), with restricted take-home.
Documentation: Import with a prescription or doctor's statement and a Schengen certificate, in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Caffeine

Legal status: Caffeine is legal everywhere as an ordinary food and beverage ingredient; the notable status in Poland is the EU-wide mandatory high-caffeine warning label. Under Annex III of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, directly applicable in Poland, drinks containing more than 150 mg of caffeine per litre (other than coffee- or tea-based drinks) must bear “High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breast-feeding women” with the caffeine quantity in mg per 100 ml.
Consequences if caught: No penalty attaches to ordinary caffeinated foods, drinks or coffee; obligations fall on food businesses, with official food-control enforcement of the mandatory high-caffeine labelling rather than any consumer offence.
If prescribed / medical: n/a — a food ingredient
Documentation: Ordinary caffeinated products need no documentation; drinks above 150 mg/L must carry the prescribed “High caffeine content” statement and quantified caffeine declaration.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Cannabis / THC

Legal status: Controlled under the 2005 Act — possession criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years); Art 62a discretionary dismissal (NOT decriminalization); medical cannabis legal since 1 Nov 2017
Consequences if caught: Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland. Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed).
If prescribed / medical: Medical cannabis is legal since 1 November 2017 — prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower; recreational possession remains criminal.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Cathinone

Legal status: Controlled — cathinone (khat's natural principal alkaloid) is a 1971 Convention SCHEDULE I psychotropic and is scheduled under the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii (Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction). Mechanism: 1971 Sch-I transposition, named. As the parent compound it is DISTINCT from the khat PLANT (Catha edulis / 'czuwaliczka jadalna', separately listed as a narcotic) and from the synthetic cathinones (mephedrone etc., also caught by the 'dopalacze' NPS regime) that derive from it; cathinone is the named Sch-I alkaloid, cathine the milder Schedule-III metabolite.
Consequences if caught: Controlled substance: possession and supply of the alkaloid penalised under the anti-drug-addiction act. No death penalty in Poland.
If prescribed / medical: 1971 Schedule I substance with no accepted medical use and no lawful prescription route for the isolated alkaloid.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

CBD

Legal status: CBD (cannabidiol) is legal as a food supplement or cosmetic where THC does not exceed 0.3% (raised from 0.2% by the 2022 amendment to the Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction); cannabis and isolated THC remain controlled.
Consequences if caught: Compliant sub-0.3%-THC CBD is lawfully sold, whereas higher-THC material is a controlled drug under the 2005 Act (possession up to 3 years).
If prescribed / medical: Medical cannabis (pharmacy-dispensed cannabis raw material, including CBD) has been available on prescription since 1 November 2017.
Documentation: Carry documentation showing THC at or below 0.3%; medical cannabis requires a prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Clonazepam

Legal status: Clonazepam is a psychotropic in group IV-P under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) — prescription-only.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a group IV-P benzodiazepine medicine.
Documentation: Import with a prescription or doctor's statement and a Schengen certificate, in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Cocaine

Legal status: Controlled under the 2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction — possession criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years; 10 for considerable quantity); Art 62a discretionary dismissal (NOT decriminalization)
Consequences if caught: Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland. Cocaine is a controlled drug under the 2005 Act.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Codeine

Legal status: Low-dose codeine combination products (e.g. Thiocodin, Antidol 15) are sold OTC (bez recepty) but capped at 240 mg codeine per transaction and one codeine product per pharmacy visit; codeine is classed in group II-N. Higher-strength codeine is prescription-only.
Consequences if caught: Licensed OTC sale within the cap is lawful; unauthorised export or trafficking is penalised under the narcotics law (possession up to 3 years).
If prescribed / medical: Low-dose combinations are sold OTC within the 240 mg cap; higher strengths are prescribed.
Documentation: Partial trap - despite OTC sale within Poland, exporting codeine needs a permit; carry original packaging and a prescription for higher strengths.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Crack Cocaine

Legal status: Crack is the freebase (base) form of cocaine and has no separate legal identity in Poland: it is controlled AS cocaine under the Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction, whose scheduling covers cocaine, its salts and preparations and thus reaches the base/freebase form. Crack is a controlled substance on the same terms as cocaine.
Consequences if caught: Possession of crack (as cocaine) is criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years; up to 10 for a considerable quantity), with discretionary dismissal available under Art 62a; trafficking carries heavier penalties.
If prescribed / medical: Cocaine has only narrow controlled medical use; the crack/freebase base has no medicinal preparation and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No prescription documentation exists for crack/freebase cocaine.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Delta-8-THC

Legal status: Controlled — delta-8-THC (Δ8-THC) is caught as a tetrahydrocannabinol under the Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction, whose annexes schedule tetrahydrocannabinols and their isomers; delta-8 is controlled as an isomer of THC. Distinct from cannabis (possession criminal under Art. 62, with Art. 62a discretionary dismissal) and legal medical cannabis. No death penalty.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession punishable (Art. 62, up to 3 years), with Art. 62a prosecutorial discretion for small amounts; trafficking heavier.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; delta-8-THC is not a prescribable medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled tetrahydrocannabinol.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Diazepam

Legal status: Diazepam is a psychotropic in group IV-P under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) — prescription-only.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a group IV-P benzodiazepine medicine.
Documentation: Import with a prescription or doctor's statement and a Schengen certificate, in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

DMT

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

DOM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

DXM

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Ephedrine

Legal status: Regulated as a chemical PRECURSOR (1988 UN Convention Table I — a methamphetamine precursor), NOT as a scheduled narcotic; an EU Category 1 scheduled substance enforced with the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005). Also a pharmacy medicine (single-sale limits). Not a scheduled narcotic itself.
Consequences if caught: Illicit diversion of the Category-1 precursor is a precursor-control offence; pharmacy sales are capped per transaction to curb meth-precursor smuggling.
If prescribed / medical: Also a pharmacy/prescription decongestant-bronchodilator medicine subject to sales limits; carry documentation for a personal supply.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Etizolam

Legal status: Etizolam is a controlled psychotropic in group IV-P (since around 2018); it is not registered for medical use in Poland.
Consequences if caught: Up to 3 years for possession.
If prescribed / medical: Not registered for medical use — there is no licensed etizolam product.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for an unregistered psychotropic.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Fentanyl

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Gabapentin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GBL

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

GHB

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Heroin

Legal status: Controlled under the 2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction — possession criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years; 10 for considerable quantity); Art 62a discretionary dismissal (NOT decriminalization)
Consequences if caught: Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland. Heroin is a controlled drug under the 2005 Act.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

HHC

Legal status: HHC (hexahydrocannabinol) is individually listed as a narcotic drug (group I-N) in Poland — added by Minister of Health regulation in force 17 July 2023 (Dziennik Ustaw 2023 item 744), together with HHC-O and HHC-P.
Consequences if caught: Prohibited under the Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction — production, possession and trade are penalised. Same Act as cannabis, but HHC required an express listing.
If prescribed / medical: No medical HHC product.
Documentation: Named route because the semi-synthetic hydrogenated HHC was not covered by existing THC-isomer definitions. CND placed HHC in Schedule II of the 1971 Convention (in force 6 December 2025).

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Hydrocodone

Legal status: Hydrocodone is a środek odurzający in group I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005), dispensed on an Rpw prescription; it is not marketed in Poland but sits in the same group I-N strong-opioid tier as morfina and oksykodon — left to confirmation.
Consequences if caught: Possession up to 3 years; supply up to 10–12 years.
If prescribed / medical: No marketed Polish hydrocodone product; a group I-N narcotic is dispensed only on an Rpw prescription.
Documentation: Within Schengen carry the Article 75 certificate for up to a 30-day supply.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Ketamine

Legal status: Controlled psychotropic substance, Group II-P, under the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii (Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction, 2005).
Consequences if caught: Possession without a prescription and unlawful supply are criminal offences under the Act, with penalties that can be severe.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription-only; administered in hospitals and specialised clinics under controlled conditions.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Khat

Legal status: Banned. PLANT NAMED: live plants, dried material, seeds, extracts and derivatives of khat (Catha edulis / 'czuwaliczka jadalna') are listed as a narcotic under the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii (amendment in force 2009). Mechanism: NAMED (plant).
Consequences if caught: Cultivation, possession and trade of the leaf are illegal; border guards and customs regularly seize khat from travellers.
If prescribed / medical: Khat is traditional plant material with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; fresh leaf is prohibited and seized at the border.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Kratom

Legal status: Kratom is controlled in Poland — Mitragyna speciosa plant material and mitragynine are both classified as intoxicants in Group I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (Ministry of Health regulation of 17 August 2018); possession, trade, import and export are crimes.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); trade and import higher — a small own-use amount may exceptionally be discontinued.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — kratom and mitragynine are Group I-N intoxicants with no registered medicinal use in Poland.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a Group I-N intoxicant.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Lorazepam

Legal status: Lorazepam is a psychotropic in group IV-P under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) — prescription-only.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a group IV-P benzodiazepine medicine.
Documentation: Import with a prescription or doctor's statement and a Schengen certificate, in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

LSA (Morning Glory)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

LSD

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

MDA

Legal status: Controlled — MDA is listed by name in grupa I-P (annex to the 2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction); Poland also blanket-bans NPS but MDA is caught by the named schedule. NAMED mechanism.
Consequences if caught: Grupa I-P: possession and supply criminal (up to 10-plus years for trafficking).
If prescribed / medical: Grupa I-P — no recognised medical use, no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a grupa I-P substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

MDMA

Legal status: Controlled under the 2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction — possession criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years; 10 for considerable quantity); Art 62a discretionary dismissal (NOT decriminalization)
Consequences if caught: Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland. MDMA is a controlled drug under the 2005 Act.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

MDPV

Legal status: Controlled. MDPV is listed by name on the controlled list under the Ustawa o przeciwdzialaniu narkomanii (cathinones scheduled 2010-2015) and is also covered by the NPS framework; control is reinforced by EU Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1875.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and supply carry imprisonment under the counter-drug-addiction act. No death penalty.
If prescribed / medical: MDPV has no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Poland.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a controlled substance; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Memantine

Legal status: Memantine is a registered prescription medicine (lek wydawany z przepisu lekarza), not a controlled substance: it is entered in the URPL Rejestr Produktow Leczniczych under Prawo farmaceutyczne and is absent from the narcotics/psychotropics schedules of the Ustawa o przeciwdzialaniu narkomanii.
Consequences if caught: Memantine attracts no anti-drug-abuse-act penalty; unauthorised supply of a prescription medicine is a pharmaceutical-law breach only.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's dementia.
Documentation: Memantine products (e.g. Memabix, Ebixa) are entered in the URPL Register of Medicinal Products; carried lawfully with a prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

Legal status: Controlled — NAMED + BLANKET. Mephedrone is individually added to the narcotics/psychotropics schedule of the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii (2010–2011); Poland's 'dopalacze' blanket NPS regime also applies.
Consequences if caught: Controlled substance: possession and supply penalties under the anti-drug-addiction act. No death penalty in Poland.
If prescribed / medical: Scheduled substance with no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No licit personal-import route for a controlled substance also caught by the NPS blanket regime.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Mescaline

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methadone

Legal status: Methadone is a narcotic (środek odurzający, group I-N) under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005) — full narcotic control.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years; supply up to 10–12 years.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed for OST as the dominant substitution medicine (~96% of Polish OST) through programme sites with limited coverage; take-home restricted.
Documentation: Carry the INCB/Schengen certificate in original packaging; confirm with the GIF.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Methamphetamine

Legal status: Controlled under the 2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction — possession criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years; 10 for considerable quantity); Art 62a discretionary dismissal (NOT decriminalization)
Consequences if caught: Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland. Methamphetamine is a controlled drug under the 2005 Act.
If prescribed / medical: Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Methaqualone (Quaaludes)

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylone

Legal status: Controlled — methylone is individually NAMED in the annex to the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii by the amendment of 1 Apr 2011 (synthetic-cathinone batch); NPS provisions reinforce. No death penalty.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession punishable (Art. 62), with Art. 62a prosecutorial discretion for small personal amounts; trafficking heavier.
If prescribed / medical: No recognised medical use; no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal import of a controlled substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Methylphenidate

Legal status: Psychotropic substance, group II-P, under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005).
Consequences if caught: Art. 62 possession up to 3 years; supply/trafficking heavier.
If prescribed / medical: Prescription ADHD/narcolepsy medicine (e.g. Ritalin/Concerta) via controlled channels; carry the original prescription and any required import permit.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Mitragynine

Legal status: Mitragynine, the principal alkaloid of kratom, is an intoxicant in Group I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (MoH Regulation of 17 August 2018): mitragynine and Mitragyna speciosa plant material are both listed explicitly, so the alkaloid is controlled together with the plant (no separate isolate carve-out).
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); production, import/export or supply carries higher penalties; a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful medical route — kratom and its alkaloids are Group I-N intoxicants with no authorised Polish medicine.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for a Group I-N intoxicant.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Modafinil

Legal status: Prescription-only (Rp) medicine under the pharmaceutical law; psychotropic-schedule status is left to confirmation against the current wykaz.
Consequences if caught: Prescription-medicine offence (controlled-substance status not confirmed).
If prescribed / medical: Prescription-only medicine; carry the original prescription for a personal supply.
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Morphine

Legal status: Morphine is a narcotic (środek odurzający) in group I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act 2005 — dispensed on an Rpw prescription.
Consequences if caught: Possession up to 3 years; supply up to 10 to 12 years.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a group I-N narcotic for severe and cancer pain.
Documentation: Within Schengen carry the Article 75 certificate for up to 30 days.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

MXE

Legal status: MXE (methoxetamine) is controlled throughout the EU, and thus in Poland, under Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1875 (8 October 2015), which required member states to subject MXE to control measures and criminal penalties; Poland lists it under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii).
Consequences if caught: Possession, supply and trafficking of MXE as a controlled substance are criminal offences under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction, carrying imprisonment.
If prescribed / medical: MXE has no authorised medicinal use in Poland and cannot be prescribed.
Documentation: No legal supply exists; online purchases of MXE are illicit imports subject to seizure.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nicotine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Nitrous Oxide

Legal status: Nitrous oxide is not listed as a controlled drug in Poland; it is regulated as an authorised medical/anaesthetic gas and food additive (E942), and the EU drugs agency records that Poland, like most member states, keeps nitrous oxide legally available for medical, food and industrial use, addressing recreational misuse outside the narcotics regime.
Consequences if caught: No controlled-substance penalty attaches to personal possession; recreational supply is addressed through consumer and public-health controls. No death penalty (non-DP).
If prescribed / medical: Nitrous oxide is a lawful medical/anaesthetic gas and food additive; medical and culinary supply is standard.
Documentation: Cream chargers are legally sold for food use; there is no narcotics-import barrier for legitimate nitrous oxide.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Oxycodone

Legal status: Oxycodone (oksykodon) is a środek odurzający in grupa I-N under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005), dispensed on an Rpw prescription — a marketed strong opioid.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); supply up to 10–12 years.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a group I-N narcotic on the Rpw prescription.
Documentation: Within Schengen carry the Article 75 certificate (≤30 days) and the prescription in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

PCP

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Peyote

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Phenibut

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pink Cocaine / Tusi

Legal status: Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — Poland controls MDMA and ketamine (Group II-P) under the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005), which reaches any preparation containing a controlled substance. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled detected component.
Consequences if caught: Possession is criminal (Art 62, up to 3 years; up to 10 for a considerable quantity), with a possible discontinuance under Art 62a for small amounts; charged on whichever constituent is detected.
If prescribed / medical: No lawful supply of the mixture; ketamine is a Group II-P controlled medicine, whereas MDMA has no marketed medical use.
Documentation: Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because composition varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know its constituents, so legal exposure under the 2005 Act is unknowable at purchase.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Poppers

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Pregabalin

Legal status: Pregabalin is a prescription medicine (Rp) in Poland and is NOT placed on the narcotic/psychotropic schedules (wykaz N/P) of the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act — like gabapentin, it is dispensed as an ordinary prescription medicine rather than a controlled substance.
Consequences if caught: Supply without authorisation is a medicines offence; it is not prosecuted under the narcotics-list possession penalties.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed on an ordinary Rp prescription.
Documentation: Carry the original prescription; standard-medicine import rules apply because pregabalin is not on the narcotics list.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Psilocybin

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Quetiapine

Legal status: Quetiapine is a registered prescription medicine (lek wydawany z przepisu lekarza, Rp), not a controlled substance: Seroquel and quetiapine generics hold marketing authorisation under Prawo farmaceutyczne and are absent from the schedules of the Ustawa o przeciwdzialaniu narkomanii.
Consequences if caught: Quetiapine attracts no anti-drug-abuse-act penalty; unauthorised supply of a prescription medicine is a pharmaceutical-law breach only.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as an atypical antipsychotic for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; dispensed only on prescription.
Documentation: Quetiapine is on the EMA list of nationally authorised quetiapine medicinal products covering Poland; carried lawfully with a prescription.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Salvia divinorum

Legal status: Controlled. NAMED: the 20 March 2009 amendment to the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii; Dz.U. 2009 nr 63 poz. 520, in force 8 May 2009) added Salvia divinorum and salwinoryna A (salvinorin A) to the controlled-substances lists. Mechanism: NAMED (plant + active).
Consequences if caught: Possession, cultivation, processing and trade of salvia are criminal offences under the Act; the 2009 listing removed salvia from the 'dopalacze' (legal-high) shops.
If prescribed / medical: Salvia divinorum and salvinorin A have no recognised medical use in Poland and no lawful prescription route.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route; salvia leaf/extract is seized on import as a listed substance.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Scopolamine (Devil's Breath)

Legal status: Skopolamina (hyoscine) is a registered prescription/pharmacy medicine, not a controlled substance: hioscyna and butylobromek products are entered in the URPL Rejestr Produktów Leczniczych under Prawo farmaceutyczne and are absent from the schedules of the Ustawa o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii.
Consequences if caught: Skopolamina attracts no anti-drug-abuse-act penalty; unauthorised supply of a prescription medicine is a pharmaceutical-law breach only.
If prescribed / medical: Scopolamine (premedication, motion sickness) is prescribed; butylobromek hioscyny (Buscopan) is dispensed for spasm.
Documentation: Buscopan and scopolamine products are entered in the URPL Register of Medicinal Products; carried lawfully.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Synthetic Cannabinoids (K2 / Spice)

Legal status: Controlled as a class. Synthetic cannabinoids are listed on the controlled-substances schedules of the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction (2005, amended 2018 to fold former 'legal-high' substitute drugs into the controlled list), with named synthetic cannabinoids added by regulation tracking the 1971 Convention Schedule II additions.
Consequences if caught: Illegal; possession and supply carry imprisonment under the counter-drug-addiction act. No death penalty.
If prescribed / medical: These synthetic cannabinoids have no recognised medical use and no lawful prescription route in Poland.
Documentation: No lawful personal-import route for controlled synthetic cannabinoids; do not carry.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

THC-P

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tobacco

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

Tramadol

Legal status: Tramadol is a prescription medicine in the ordinary Rp category (not Rpw) and is deliberately NOT placed on the narcotic/psychotropic schedules (wykaz N/P) of the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act.
Consequences if caught: Supply without authorisation is a medicines offence; it is not prosecuted under the narcotics-list possession penalties.
If prescribed / medical: Dispensed on an ordinary Rp prescription.
Documentation: Carry the original prescription; standard-medicine import rules apply because tramadol is not on the narcotics list.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xanax (Alprazolam)

Legal status: Alprazolam is a psychotropic in group IV-P under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act (2005) — prescription-only.
Consequences if caught: Unlawful possession up to 3 years (Art. 62); a small own-use amount may be dismissed.
If prescribed / medical: Prescribed as a group IV-P benzodiazepine medicine.
Documentation: Import with a prescription or doctor's statement and a Schengen certificate, in original packaging.

Source · Updated 2026-07-13

Xylazine

Legal status: Not confirmed — status not individually verified; confirm with Poland's authorities (2005 Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction) / your embassy
Consequences if caught: This specific substance was not named in the cited Polish source (Act of 29 July 2005) — do NOT assume it is permitted; verify before travel. Possession (Art 62) carries up to 3 years (§1 basic); a 'considerable quantity' (§2) a fine plus up to 10 years; a case of lesser gravity (§3) a fine or up to 1 year. Under Art 62a (a safety valve) proceedings MAY be discontinued — even before charges — for a small quantity held for personal use where punishment would be pointless and social harm low (about 24% of possession cases were dismissed this way in 2023). DISAMBIGUATION: Art 62a is a DISCRETIONARY prosecutorial mechanism, NOT decriminalization. Trafficking (Art 56) carries 6 months–8 years, rising to 12 or more for significant or organized quantities; cultivation (Art 63) up to 3 years. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in a neighbouring country (e.g. 25 g in Germany) becomes a crime on entering Poland.
If prescribed / medical: If a controlled medicine, carry the prescription and confirm with your embassy (see documentation).
Documentation: Medical cannabis has been legal since 1 November 2017 (prescription, pharmacy-dispensed, imported flower). There is no statutory 'small amount' threshold — courts decide case-by-case. CROSS-BORDER WARNING: a quantity legal in Germany becomes a crime on entering Poland (Schengen abolishes border controls, not national drug law). Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Source · Updated 2026-06-26

Zolpidem

Legal status: Zolpidem is a controlled psychotropic prescription hypnotic in Poland, listed in the group IV-P psychotropic schedule that transposes the 1971 Convention Schedule IV inclusion of zolpidem.
Consequences if caught: Unauthorised supply of this listed hypnotic is prosecuted under the Counteracting Drug Addiction Act; a prescribed personal supply is lawful.
If prescribed / medical: Zolpidem is prescribed short-term for insomnia as a scheduled psychotropic medicine subject to special prescription controls.
Documentation: A traveller carries prescribed zolpidem with the prescription; personal-use import for treatment is permitted within schedule limits.

Source · Updated 2026-07-14

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