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What travelers need to know about cannabis in Sweden. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.

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Cannabis in Sweden: prohibited — what is legal at home can be a serious crime here.

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PROHIBITED

Marijuana in all forms, including CBD products, is illegal to bring into or possess in Sweden; law enforcement has zero tolerance.

Imprisonment, fines, deportation, and/or a ban from re-entering Sweden.

§ US State Dept — Sweden
PROHIBITED

Cannabis is completely illegal in Sweden, and Sweden goes further than most of Europe: using it is a crime in its own right, so being under the influence is an offence even with nothing on you. Police who reasonably suspect you have used may compel a blood or urine sample, and a minor drug offence normally means day-fines and a criminal record, with up to 6 months' imprisonment in the scale. Never drive after using cannabis anywhere -- Sweden has a true zero limit, so any trace of a narcotic in your blood is a drug-driving offence.

Minor drug offence (ringa narkotikabrott), which covers a small personal quantity: fines or up to 6 months' imprisonment. Standard narcotics offence: 14 days to 3 years. Aggravated: 2 to 7 years. Exceptionally aggravated: 6 to 10 years. Drug-driving: fines or up to 6 months, or up to 2 years where aggravated, with no permitted blood level -- the only exemption is use in accordance with a prescription.

§ Sveriges riksdag - Narkotikastrafflag (1968:64)
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