It is common for large and medium-sized businesses to have a zero-tolerance policy towards illicit drugs and to require drug testing for new employees. These large and medium-sized companies also typically require the same rules for the subcontractors and consultants they visit. Random drug testing of all employees has also become more common. [74] The Swedish Transport Police has a zero-tolerance policy towards driving under the influence of drugs. Each year, about 2.5 million random tests are performed for alcohol and about 12,000 tests for suspicious drugs. [67] The limit for alcohol is the same as in most European countries, zero points two per thousand (0.02 milligrams per 100 milligrams of blood). Sweden has one of the lowest road fatality rates in the world, with 2.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.[68] However, this does not affect people with a prescription for an illegal drug such as amphetamine, known as Adderall, unless this is the case for most dissociatives and other drugs that can seriously interfere with driving such as opioids. In 1965, legal prescribing of drugs began in Stockholm, following a campaign strongly supported by Expressen, Sweden`s largest newspaper in the 1960s. Some doctors have been given the right to prescribe drugs such as amphetamine and morphine to addicts. The idea was that doctors should have the right to prescribe the drug to chronic addicts in order to reduce their propensity to commit crimes. One inspiration for this movement was a book, The Addict and the Law, written by American sociologist Alfred R. Lindesmith. [17] The statute of limitations program has been controversial from the beginning; Users were allowed to determine the dosage and were given a ration for a few days with the option to fill if necessary.
More than 4 million normal doses have been prescribed. The program grew from 10 to 120 patients, but after only one year, Dr. Sven-Erik Åhström was the only doctor left. He believed that patients should control their dosage, and he allowed patients to take their prescriptions home and charge more if they missed early. After two years, “a total of four million doses of amphetamine (15 kilograms) and 600,000 doses of opiates (3.3 kilograms) were prescribed to 120 patients.” [18] Some of the clients were former prisoners. Finally, police seizures showed that drugs had become available to those not involved in the project. Such disastrous results opened the door for Nils Bejerot`s theories on drug use to gain popularity. Hemp is a very small crop in Sweden, grown on about 250 hectares. To be legal, you must own at least four hectares of farmland and register crops by applying for so-called “agricultural aid” under EU rules on agricultural subsidies and also using approved seeds.
Only hemp containing less than 0.2% THC is allowed. [75] Since 1993, police have had the right to intervene against people they suspect of being under the influence of drugs, even if they do not disturb anyone. Many Swedish police officers have been trained since 1993 to recognize the signs and symptoms of drug influence. 1969-72 was a period of temporary increases in police resources for drug enforcement, but also of frequent dropping of prosecutions for possession of illicit substances. In 1969, about 750 police officers participated in a short-term and fivefold increase in the number of officers working in the fight against drugs. Funding for drug enforcement declined steadily between 1970 and 1975. [4] [30] Treatment with drugs that are synthetic extracts or variants of cannabis is not legal in health care, with one small exception. Nabiximols, trade name Sativex, a cannabinoid-based oromucosal oral spray, was approved for multiple sclerosis (MS) in December 2011; Only prescription as a third alternative to two other drugs approved for this condition in patients who did not respond adequately to other drugs for spasticity and showed clinically meaningful improvement in spasticity-related symptoms during an initial study treatment. [71] An oft-repeated criticism is that in the 1990s resources for the treatment of addicts began to be reduced. If the person has not been convicted of a serious crime, their home community must also pay for much of the drug treatment.