Sweden
Europe
#111 of 196 worldwide
#43 of 45 in Europe
Zero-tolerance model: use itself is criminal and police can compel drug tests.
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Possession · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Possession of any amount is a crime. A 'minor drug offence' — small personal amounts — brings income-based day-fines or up to six months in prison; ordinary offences carry up to three years.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Cultivation is a drug offence, prosecuted with prison for anything beyond a plant or two.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10adds 4.0 of 20 points
Zero tolerance in practice: tens of thousands of use and possession cases a year, almost all ending in day-fines.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Supply is a crime with up to three years, more when aggravated.
Consumption · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
Sweden criminalised drug use itself in 1988. Police who suspect someone is under the influence can detain them and compel a urine or blood test; a positive result is enough for a conviction. This is the defining feature of the Swedish model and the reason this segment scores zero.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
No legal source.
More context not part of the score
No licensed production.
Limited to two approved prescription medicines; anything else requires an individual licence application by the patient's doctor to the Medical Products Agency, rarely granted.
Fines are entered in the criminal register, visible to some employers, and police report users to licensing authorities, which can cost a driving licence.
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