Items tagged with sweden
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| How did Sweden end up with its zero-tolerance attitude to drugs? [03.05.2023] | Johan Wicklén, a prize-winning journalist for Sweden's public broadcaster SVT, published a book on the history of Swedish drugs policy titled Vi ger ... |
| How likely is it that Sweden would ever legalise cannabis? [06.01.2022] | One of the overarching goals of the Swedish drug strategy is a totally drug-free society. Since 1988 it’s been a criminal offence not only to possess ... |
| Germany legalizes – how does Sweden act? [23.12.2021] | "Does the Swedish government see a need of acting within the EU and vis-à-vis Germany in response to the country’s plans to legalize cannabis to ensu ... |
| Calls for drug law reform in Sweden as drug deaths continue unabated [18.04.2019] | The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce drug deaths. Swede ... |
| Majority of parties support re-evaluating Sweden's strict drug policies [30.03.2019] | Drug laws in Sweden have not been evaluated in decades, even as the country’s harsh approach has left it increasingly isolated from its neighbours. A ... |
| Harm reduction is the right way to treat drug abuse [24.11.2018] | Portugal’s policies are based on “harm reduction” approaches pioneered in countries such as Switzerland in the 1980s. The idea is to emphasise treatm ... |
| Illegal snus operations a growing problem in Sweden [07.10.2018] | Sweden’s status as the only country in the EU where snus is legal has created a growing underground manufacturing operation, broadcaster SVT reported ... |
| Trump kicks off UN general assembly with ‘problematic’ drug policy document [24.09.2018] | Donald Trump has kicked off the 2018 United Nations General Assembly by announcing what experts have labelled a problematic agreement to tackle the w ... |
| Sweden's zero-tolerance drug policy should be reviewed: narcotics officer [14.06.2018] | Sweden's current policy is based on the goal of a "drug-free society" and makes no distinction between "hard" and "soft" drugs. Those found guilty of ... |
| Is Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to drugs a failing model? [17.05.2018] | Sweden is accustomed to being praised for its forward-thinking approach, but there's one area where many feel it lies behind the curve. The country's ... |
| New medical marijuana prescription approved in Sweden [02.05.2017] | A further person has been granted a licence to use marijuana for medical purposes in Sweden three months after an historic decision from the country' ... |
| Cannabis legislation in Europe [15.03.2017] | At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often ... |
| Sweden moves to battle high rate of drug deaths [25.08.2016] | Sweden reported 92.9 deaths linked to narcotics use per million of adults in 2014, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Add ... |
| Swedish cannabis cultivation hits a high [10.07.2016] | Cannabis cultivation in Sweden has increased exponentially in recent years, to the degree that some parts of the country are now becoming self-suffic ... |
| UN: Swedish drug rules violate human rights [07.11.2015] | Sweden's drug policies have come in for harsh criticism from the UN. Effective treatments against drug abuse, such as needle exchange programmes, are ... |
| Record number of raids on Swedish drug farms [21.07.2015] | Swedes are growing more and more cannabis. Never before have so many illegal drug farms been reported to the police, according to Swedish media. In 2 ... |
| Improving global drug policy: Comparative perspectives and UNGASS 2016 [28.04.2015] | As the world prepares for the 2016 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 2016), an increasing numb ... |
| Swedish politician calls for legal cannabis shops [14.04.2015] | Hanna Wagenius, chair of Sweden's Centre Party's youth wing, thinks that Sweden should take its lead from several places around the world which have ... |
| Spice overdoses on the rise in Sweden [18.11.2014] | The statistics were released after six teenagers in Gothenburg were rushed to hospital after taking the drug in excessive quantities. Police have ope ... |
| Let's look again at Sweden's 'successful' drug policies [25.06.2014] | Sweden is often portrayed as a success story in relation to drugs policy, not least by its own diplomats on the international stage and by the UN. Bu ... |
| "Just say no" is not an "alternative approach" to the drug problem [30.05.2014] | Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, who was removed from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs after one month, this week wrote two rather provocative art ... |
| European policy on khat [30.04.2014] | The UK and the Netherlands commissioned distinguished scholars and experts to study the social and clinical harms of khat. These experts argued that ... |
| The next marijuana legalization fight? Copenhagen vs. the rest of Denmark [19.03.2013] | The city of Copenhagen wants to legalize cannabis and, if possible, get supplies of the drug from the United States. Following a Europe-wide trend, D ... |
| Coca and Snus: Sweden's self-defeating hypocrisy on drugs [15.01.2013] | Tradition is disposable. Evidence is marginal. Economic arguments are not important. This, in a nutshell, is what Sweden said to the UN to oppose tra ... |
| Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11.01.2013] | Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Conven ... |
| Objections to Bolivia's reservation to allow coca chewing in the UN conventions [03.01.2013] | Sweden joined the United States and the United Kingdom in objecting to the re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ... |
| Sweden urges city not to legalise cannabis [22.11.2012] | In a letter to the mayor, elected officials from 19 local councils in southern Sweden told Jensen they “were against all measures that involve a rela ... |
| Drug use is an issue for society, not the criminal justice system [10.09.2012] | There is no reliable evidence that tougher criminal sanctions deter drug use or offending. On the contrary, criminalisation worsens the health and we ... |
| Chewing over Khat prohibition [10.01.2012] | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is f ... |
| Diplomatic games to oppose lifting unjust ban on coca chewing [16.01.2011] | According to the government of Bolivia, the only three countries that did file a formal objection to the amendment of Bolivia to abolish the ban on c ... |
| A good chew or good riddance [15.07.2010] | The article reviews the status of khat, the most recent plant based psychoactive substance to reach a global market, and considers policy making proc ... |
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