Record number of raids on Swedish drug farms
Sweden criminalized illicit drug use in 1988, following a two-year attempt to introduce a more tolerant approach that was considered a failure by authorities
The Local (Sweden)
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 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 2014 a total of 904 cannabis farms were reported to the police – more than quadruple the 211 reports officers received in 2004, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet, BRÅ). (See also: Denmark: More young Danes prefer cannabis to alcohol | Norway sees first synthetic cannabis death)
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