6 April 2020Sweden’s History of Restrictive Substance Use Policiesexcerpt on Journal of Drug Issues 29(3), 511-528, 1999Boekhout van Solinge, Tim, ”Dutch Drug Policy in a European Context” ”Between 1917 and…

”The National Board of Health and Welfare and the Public Health Agency of Sweden defines the procedures that county councils should follow when setting up NSPs [Needle and Syringe Exchange…

Swedes are growing more and more cannabis. Never before have so many illegal drug farms been reported to the police, according to Swedish media. Last week The Local reported that…

Five men have been charged for using the small island of Ven in the Öresund Straits, a popular tourist destination, as a halfway point to smuggle drugs from Denmark to…

Sweden has the second highest number of drugs-related deaths in relation to its population of any EU country, according to a new report. A total of 626 deaths in Sweden…

Cocaine is becoming cheaper and more common in Sweden, leading to a dramatic increase in the number of deaths related to the drug, according to a new investigation. The study,…

Cocaine use hits a new high in Sweden Cocaine use has hit record highs in Sweden resulting in more deaths than ever before, according to a new study released this…

Needle and syringe exchange programmes should be introduced across the country, to reduce the growing risk of hepatitis C, Sweden’s Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten) writes in a new report. The…

A woman caught smuggling seven kilogrammes of cannabis into Sweden via the Öresund train has claimed that she thought it was ”grass” for the garden. Malmö District Court found this…

Surveillance cameras are set to be installed along the border between Sweden and Norway in an effort to catch drug traffickers, after a trial run resulted in treble the amount…