Is THC-P legal in Poland?

Also known as: thcp

Legal status

Controlled since 22 May 2025, on the third annex rather than on the cannabinoid entries of the first. «Δ9-THCP» is entry lp. 59 in Załącznik nr 3, the list of new psychoactive substances, with the alternative name Δ9-tetrahydrokannabiforol, added by the amending regulation of 30 April 2025, Dz.U. 2025 poz. 598. The 2026 amending regulation then added «Δ8-THCP» at lp. 67 and the acetate «Δ9-THCP-O» at lp. 68. The published Poland entry recorded an absence from both conventions and concluded from it that no Polish drug offence arises. That conclusion matched the list before 22 May 2025 and has not matched it since.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Poland has no death penalty, and the possession provision that governs a Załącznik nr 3 substance opens at a fine. Possession is an offence under article 62b(1) of the 2005 Act and the penalty there is a fine. Where the quantity is considerable, article 62b(2) provides for a fine, a restriction of liberty or up to three years. Article 62b(3) lets proceedings be discontinued on the same insignificant quantity and own use test that article 62a applies to narcotics and psychotropics, again as a power and not an entitlement. The separate and lighter possession band is the practical consequence of sitting on Załącznik nr 3 rather than on Załącznik nr 1 or nr 2. The annex placement is the whole point for this row. The heptyl homologues sit on Załącznik nr 3, while the pentyl tetrahydrocannabinols sit at lp. 96 of group I-P and at lp. 37 of group II-P, so a heptyl side chain attracts a fine where a pentyl one attracts up to three years. Supply offences sit apart from possession. Article 56 punishes putting such a substance on the market with a fine and six months to eight years, and article 56(3) raises that to a fine and two years to twelve years where the quantity is considerable. Article 59(1) punishes supply for gain with one year to ten years. The hexahydro heptyl homologue «HHCP» was added to the same annex at lp. 60 by the 2025 regulation.

If prescribed or medical

There is no authorised medicinal product with this substance in Poland, so no prescription route exists for it. A Załącznik nr 3 substance has no medical route at all, because that annex exists for substances defined as lying outside the medical categories.

Documentation

No personal import route exists, because a listed substance may be brought in only under the licensing chapter of the 2005 Act and not on a traveller's own account. The certificate issued under article 75 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement is the route for a prescribed controlled medicine and does not reach a substance for which no prescription can be written. Vape and edible products are the usual presentations, and the third annex placement is what makes the possession charge a fine rather than a term of years.

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