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The drug policy of Sweden is based on zero tolerance focusing on prevention, treatment, and control, aiming to reduce both the supply of and demand for illegal drugs. [1] The general drug policy is supported by all major Swedish political parties with the exceptions of the Left Party – which advocates for the decriminalization of private consumption [2] [3] – and five of the seven major ...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that Sweden has one of the lowest drug use rates in the Western world, and attributes this to a drug policy that invests heavily in prevention and treatment as well as strict law enforcement. [51]
Foxtrot (also known as The Foxtrot Network) is a criminal network in Sweden that arose during the later parts of the 2010s. The network aims to become Sweden's main distributor of narcotics. Rawa Majid, also known as the Kurdish Fox, is Foxtrot’s leader. The network has been linked to several violent incidents, including shootings and assaults.
Cannabis in Sweden is illegal for all purposes. It is illegal for recreational purposes, for most medical purposes and possession of even small amounts of cannabis is a criminal offence. Consequently, limited medical usage of cannabis-based drugs is only allowed for specific conditions.
Territory Drug and precursor laws United Nations INCB – Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 [1] INCB – Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971 [2] INCB – United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 [3]
In Europe as of 2007, Sweden spends the second highest percentage of GDP, after the Netherlands, on drug control. [12] The UNODC argues that when Sweden reduced spending on education and rehabilitation in the 1990s in a context of higher youth unemployment and declining GDP growth, illicit drug use rose [13] but restoring expenditure from 2002 again sharply decreased drug use as student ...
Klarna will start drug testing employees in Sweden from January, Business Insider has learned. The buy-now, pay-later firm told staff about the new measures in an internal Slack post on Monday.
Number of reported crimes per 100 thousand inhabitants in Sweden, 1975–2018 [needs update] [1] [non-primary source needed]. Crime in Sweden is defined by the Swedish Penal Code (Swedish: brottsbalken) and in other Swedish laws and statutory instruments.