Walter Kegö, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and Development Policy and former head of intelligence of the drugs unit in the Stockholm County Police Department is strongly questioning CAN's (Central Association for Alcohol and Other Drugs) statistics on the current number of cannabis users in Sweden.
Mr Kegö says that the user number is greater than 180,000 people annually as stated by the government funded organisation that is CAN. According to Mr Kegö Swedish hashish sales alone has a yearly turnover in the area of 3 billion Swedish kronor. 1 US dollar = 6.84 Swedish kronor.
Mr Kegö states that he and his colleagues in the Swedish police estimates that 50 tons of hashish annually come to Sweden, of which 20 tonnes is in transit to Norway. Total turnover of 3 billion Swedish kronor in hashish alone is sold in the country, add to this cannabis in its natural form better known as "weed" "grass" or "marijuana" that is not included in his calculations.
And trust me, we smoke allot of fine connoisseur weed in Sweden..
According to some voices within the customs, police, and users of cannabis, Sweden is about to become self-sufficient thanks to organized cultivation and cultivation of cannabis for personal use.
Cannabis seeds are 100% legal to purchase and own as long as You just appreciate the beauty of them as a souvenir in Your seed-bank.
We must put an end to the propaganda and moralistic repeats around cannabis that is there to stigmatize cannabis and its users.
It's time once again to stop punishing the people here in Sweden for something they demonstrably do whatever legislation or how harsh the punishment is on consumption of cannabis. In Sweden You face 6 months imprisonment if You have metabolites of THC in your body.
The Swedish police will under inhumane and torture like conditions ask for a urine sample or by force draw Your blood to gather the evidence to convict You if You deny any use of cannabis and are not trusted as being truthful. In accordance to Swedish narcotics law all individual that test positive for THC is an "addict" and a substance abuser.
Up to the mid 70´s one was allowed to carry 25 grams of hashish, a couple of years later it was cut by law down to 5 grams for personal use. In 1988 the law against consumption came in to effect and 1994 they added 6 month prison sentence in order for the police to carry out forced urine or blood testing on suspicious individuals.
A police officer will take You in for blood testing if You show the following characteristics in Sweden: Red eyes, dry mouth.
If You have a lifestyle appearance that suggest that You have a liberal outlook on drugs in combination with the set and setting like a music festival or such, they will arrest You and take You in for testing. Swedish citizens like any other human on this planet have always used cannabis and like anyone the reason for using cannabis is individual.
Swedes use cannabis for the same reason as anyone it can be based on our culture and personal preference, experience and more.
The decision to use cannabis is based on the truths, facts and experience regarding cannabis not the lies and propaganda inexperience or its legal status. This is true for recreational use and medicinal use.
It is the law that is new, not cannabis, not the users, we have been here long before the Christians made their alliance with the state in this country.
Christian morals and conservative baby boomers have been under the influence from their conservative parents that was suffering from PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) after the world wars.
These people responsible for our current drug policy that killed over 500 people last year in heavy substance abuse where raised in to what can only be described as a indoctrinated state of psychosis in regard to cannabis and the users of cannabis, this is the famous Swedish "Haschpsychosis" nothing else.
The saying in Swedish schools when the mandatory drug talk with the local uniformed police and the mandatory "heroin addict" is: You will start with hashish then You will end up with a needle of heroin in Your arm...
The only one forcing a needle in a cannabis users arms (that don't use drugs intravenously) is the police officers that warned us in school that hashish leads to needles in your arms..
The forced blood test is carried out by a trained nurse or a doctor. The same doctor can now in Sweden prescribe medicinal cannabis in its natural form of Bedrocan´s marijuana, (Jack Herer). You might actually be self medicating for an underlying issues without even thinking / knowing about it, like depression or other common human issues that make us drawn to the calming therapeutic effects in cannabis.
So in Swedish reality You can become an sentenced addict, substance abuser with a criminal record for narcotic offences with a prescription on the same drug that got You arrested in the first place..
We must help those who are experiencing problems and reap the benefits that follow with legalization of cannabis thus enabling and allowing the allocating of resources to where they are best put to use and where they belong. The resources should not go towards punishment and humiliation by a fascist police force that can search Your home if he/she think they smell cannabis from the window or in a hallway and therefor enter Your home and rob You from Your rights.
Resources should go towards prevention and promoting good public health and priorities have to be on education and healthcare.
There is an answer to prevent young people from using cannabis in a matter that can cause problems for the individual, talking.
Talk to your kids about the potential harm in what drug use and the problems that consumption of cannabis can cause, don't punish them for finding this out by using cannabis or asking about drugs in general.
It is still a individual choice and kids are not stupid when it comes to cannabis.
The year is 2014 not 1930 or 1961, Nixon is no longer President and Anslinger is not around to set the "standards", kids today like "high standards".
Those who currently use cannabis in Sweden and currently can afford to pay billions to criminal networks want and need a controlled and taxed product and market for their own safety and the country's own safety.
It is a matter of public health.
Only after decriminalization and legalization of cannabis again in Sweden can the police focus their resources on more important things like the violence surrounding alcohol and the cartels now controlling the market.
However all cannabis in Sweden does not come from criminal cartels or the mafia and over 200,000 annual Swedish users are not "addicts".
It's still a seed you put it in the ground then you will have your medicine or recreational drug. A person who wants cannabis need no contact with heavy criminals to get hold of cannabis in Sweden this is one of the propaganda statements You can here from government officials.
Some people seem to have forgotten how very legal cannabis actually was just up until a few years ago even up here in the little "worried" Sweden, the users never disappeared and cannabis is plentiful and just a wave and a smile away.
There is to the best of my knowledge no other drug that is so scrutinized, safe and common as just cannabis and the issues in regard to its harmful effects on the individual and society is well documented in the history of humanity, not necessarily documented in scientific papers and or studies, however still plenty of facts.
Users have become a major source of revenue to the state through fines in the millions, while it is a huge cost for all of us taxpayers to pay for the additional cost like trial and enforcement to name a few. In effect the cannabis users in Sweden is paying tax on the war against themselves.
Check debit and credit on the costs to this Swedish drug policy and take a look at where the money goes, it becomes interesting from a political point of view and in regard to the Swedish public health.
This is a huge political poodle we see happening here in Sweden and Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt have totally left his minister of Justice Beatrice Ask (Moderate party) and Minister of public health Maria Larsson. (Christian democrat) out like sacrificial lambs to the slaughter..
Remember Justice minister Beatrice Ask? She is the lady that thought 37 people died in Colorado first day of legal sale of cannabis.
She also says that cannabis will never be legalized because it makes people: "slow in the head"
She actually doesn't even use the word "slow" she uses the Swedish word for "gravy" or "sauce" to explain to the public how it is to be under the influence of cannabis.
Minister Maria Larsson stated last year when NIDA was here on a cannabis conference that she will:
"fight the legalization movement that she can see growing all over the world"
I believe public health minister Maria Larsson´s grant for a specific campaign against cannabis and its users in Sweden was 200+ million Swedish kronor. Good luck Maria Larsson with that allowance from Reinfeldt against 3 billion in hashish sales yearly..
Let the peoples' smoke themselves to death "if they want, I challenge anyone on this entire planet to try smoking themselves to death on cannabis. For thousands of years we have used and cultivated one of our oldest cultural most important plant and still no deaths have occurred.
We who use cannabis as medicine and or for recreation is being punished harder by law than a person who has assaulted another individual physically. with the intent to cause bodily harm.
Fred Nyberg from Uppsala university is a Professor in Biological Research on Drug Dependence and is a famous advocate against decriminalization and legalization of cannabis in Sweden.
Professor Nyberg refers to NIDA from the U.S. when he warns of cannabis damages, which are actually individual according to NIDA not general as Fred makes it sound like.
This is the same as NIDA since 1974 have been distributing marijuana to "their" patients, and NIDA has applied to grow immensely greater amounts in the future, Fred Nyberg does not talk about this.
We call this cherry picking.
Another fun fact in regard to Professor Nyberg from Uppsala university,
Former UN Secretary general Kofi Annan received a honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in 2007 to Linnaeus's memory.
Carl von Linné is the Swedish scientist and botanist that actually categorized and named Cannabis Sativa back in the good old days when it was legal and he sure did admit smoking his pipe when he had a toothache. Just tobacco off course as the modern revised story goes
It's like Beatrice Ask said, one can actually "become såsig in the head of cannabis." and "we should punish drug offenders harder"
"We have more facts now," says Maria Larsson who seek their answers in prayer ...
Those who see the facts in front of them know that we here in Sweden and many others with me have rights when it comes to cannabis.
I prefer to talk with an individual who has problems with cannabis and make sure he / she stops rather than I bury an alcoholic or drug addict in this country again.
Alcoholics can legally abuse their drug to death and heavy narcotics users in Sweden have one of the highest death rates in the entire EU.
Seriously 5 billion alone on hash..
Estimate the shit out of "death drugs" and sell it under controlled conditions to us adults who make conscious decisions and stop stupefying children and adolescents based on the mistaken belief that they do not know what cannabis is, or that it has the potential to possible cause damage to an individual.
It amazes me that no one choke on their morning drug of choice in this country in regard to all that we now about cannabis the year 2014..
Accept that cannabis and its users never ever disappeared because someone swung a magical moralistic baton in 1988 and 1994.
Decriminalize cannabis! And legalize cannabis!
I know where the abusers are sitting, they are in power not in school..
Mr Kegö says that the user number is greater than 180,000 people annually as stated by the government funded organisation that is CAN. According to Mr Kegö Swedish hashish sales alone has a yearly turnover in the area of 3 billion Swedish kronor. 1 US dollar = 6.84 Swedish kronor.
Mr Kegö states that he and his colleagues in the Swedish police estimates that 50 tons of hashish annually come to Sweden, of which 20 tonnes is in transit to Norway. Total turnover of 3 billion Swedish kronor in hashish alone is sold in the country, add to this cannabis in its natural form better known as "weed" "grass" or "marijuana" that is not included in his calculations.
And trust me, we smoke allot of fine connoisseur weed in Sweden..
According to some voices within the customs, police, and users of cannabis, Sweden is about to become self-sufficient thanks to organized cultivation and cultivation of cannabis for personal use.
Cannabis seeds are 100% legal to purchase and own as long as You just appreciate the beauty of them as a souvenir in Your seed-bank.
We must put an end to the propaganda and moralistic repeats around cannabis that is there to stigmatize cannabis and its users.
It's time once again to stop punishing the people here in Sweden for something they demonstrably do whatever legislation or how harsh the punishment is on consumption of cannabis. In Sweden You face 6 months imprisonment if You have metabolites of THC in your body.
The Swedish police will under inhumane and torture like conditions ask for a urine sample or by force draw Your blood to gather the evidence to convict You if You deny any use of cannabis and are not trusted as being truthful. In accordance to Swedish narcotics law all individual that test positive for THC is an "addict" and a substance abuser.
Up to the mid 70´s one was allowed to carry 25 grams of hashish, a couple of years later it was cut by law down to 5 grams for personal use. In 1988 the law against consumption came in to effect and 1994 they added 6 month prison sentence in order for the police to carry out forced urine or blood testing on suspicious individuals.
A police officer will take You in for blood testing if You show the following characteristics in Sweden: Red eyes, dry mouth.
If You have a lifestyle appearance that suggest that You have a liberal outlook on drugs in combination with the set and setting like a music festival or such, they will arrest You and take You in for testing. Swedish citizens like any other human on this planet have always used cannabis and like anyone the reason for using cannabis is individual.
Swedes use cannabis for the same reason as anyone it can be based on our culture and personal preference, experience and more.
The decision to use cannabis is based on the truths, facts and experience regarding cannabis not the lies and propaganda inexperience or its legal status. This is true for recreational use and medicinal use.
It is the law that is new, not cannabis, not the users, we have been here long before the Christians made their alliance with the state in this country.
Christian morals and conservative baby boomers have been under the influence from their conservative parents that was suffering from PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) after the world wars.
These people responsible for our current drug policy that killed over 500 people last year in heavy substance abuse where raised in to what can only be described as a indoctrinated state of psychosis in regard to cannabis and the users of cannabis, this is the famous Swedish "Haschpsychosis" nothing else.
The saying in Swedish schools when the mandatory drug talk with the local uniformed police and the mandatory "heroin addict" is: You will start with hashish then You will end up with a needle of heroin in Your arm...
The only one forcing a needle in a cannabis users arms (that don't use drugs intravenously) is the police officers that warned us in school that hashish leads to needles in your arms..
The forced blood test is carried out by a trained nurse or a doctor. The same doctor can now in Sweden prescribe medicinal cannabis in its natural form of Bedrocan´s marijuana, (Jack Herer). You might actually be self medicating for an underlying issues without even thinking / knowing about it, like depression or other common human issues that make us drawn to the calming therapeutic effects in cannabis.
So in Swedish reality You can become an sentenced addict, substance abuser with a criminal record for narcotic offences with a prescription on the same drug that got You arrested in the first place..
We must help those who are experiencing problems and reap the benefits that follow with legalization of cannabis thus enabling and allowing the allocating of resources to where they are best put to use and where they belong. The resources should not go towards punishment and humiliation by a fascist police force that can search Your home if he/she think they smell cannabis from the window or in a hallway and therefor enter Your home and rob You from Your rights.
Resources should go towards prevention and promoting good public health and priorities have to be on education and healthcare.
There is an answer to prevent young people from using cannabis in a matter that can cause problems for the individual, talking.
Talk to your kids about the potential harm in what drug use and the problems that consumption of cannabis can cause, don't punish them for finding this out by using cannabis or asking about drugs in general.
It is still a individual choice and kids are not stupid when it comes to cannabis.
The year is 2014 not 1930 or 1961, Nixon is no longer President and Anslinger is not around to set the "standards", kids today like "high standards".
Those who currently use cannabis in Sweden and currently can afford to pay billions to criminal networks want and need a controlled and taxed product and market for their own safety and the country's own safety.
It is a matter of public health.
Only after decriminalization and legalization of cannabis again in Sweden can the police focus their resources on more important things like the violence surrounding alcohol and the cartels now controlling the market.
However all cannabis in Sweden does not come from criminal cartels or the mafia and over 200,000 annual Swedish users are not "addicts".
It's still a seed you put it in the ground then you will have your medicine or recreational drug. A person who wants cannabis need no contact with heavy criminals to get hold of cannabis in Sweden this is one of the propaganda statements You can here from government officials.
Some people seem to have forgotten how very legal cannabis actually was just up until a few years ago even up here in the little "worried" Sweden, the users never disappeared and cannabis is plentiful and just a wave and a smile away.
There is to the best of my knowledge no other drug that is so scrutinized, safe and common as just cannabis and the issues in regard to its harmful effects on the individual and society is well documented in the history of humanity, not necessarily documented in scientific papers and or studies, however still plenty of facts.
Users have become a major source of revenue to the state through fines in the millions, while it is a huge cost for all of us taxpayers to pay for the additional cost like trial and enforcement to name a few. In effect the cannabis users in Sweden is paying tax on the war against themselves.
Check debit and credit on the costs to this Swedish drug policy and take a look at where the money goes, it becomes interesting from a political point of view and in regard to the Swedish public health.
This is a huge political poodle we see happening here in Sweden and Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt have totally left his minister of Justice Beatrice Ask (Moderate party) and Minister of public health Maria Larsson. (Christian democrat) out like sacrificial lambs to the slaughter..
Remember Justice minister Beatrice Ask? She is the lady that thought 37 people died in Colorado first day of legal sale of cannabis.
She also says that cannabis will never be legalized because it makes people: "slow in the head"
She actually doesn't even use the word "slow" she uses the Swedish word for "gravy" or "sauce" to explain to the public how it is to be under the influence of cannabis.
Minister Maria Larsson stated last year when NIDA was here on a cannabis conference that she will:
"fight the legalization movement that she can see growing all over the world"
I believe public health minister Maria Larsson´s grant for a specific campaign against cannabis and its users in Sweden was 200+ million Swedish kronor. Good luck Maria Larsson with that allowance from Reinfeldt against 3 billion in hashish sales yearly..
Let the peoples' smoke themselves to death "if they want, I challenge anyone on this entire planet to try smoking themselves to death on cannabis. For thousands of years we have used and cultivated one of our oldest cultural most important plant and still no deaths have occurred.
We who use cannabis as medicine and or for recreation is being punished harder by law than a person who has assaulted another individual physically. with the intent to cause bodily harm.
Fred Nyberg from Uppsala university is a Professor in Biological Research on Drug Dependence and is a famous advocate against decriminalization and legalization of cannabis in Sweden.
Professor Nyberg refers to NIDA from the U.S. when he warns of cannabis damages, which are actually individual according to NIDA not general as Fred makes it sound like.
This is the same as NIDA since 1974 have been distributing marijuana to "their" patients, and NIDA has applied to grow immensely greater amounts in the future, Fred Nyberg does not talk about this.
We call this cherry picking.
Another fun fact in regard to Professor Nyberg from Uppsala university,
Former UN Secretary general Kofi Annan received a honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in 2007 to Linnaeus's memory.
Carl von Linné is the Swedish scientist and botanist that actually categorized and named Cannabis Sativa back in the good old days when it was legal and he sure did admit smoking his pipe when he had a toothache. Just tobacco off course as the modern revised story goes
It's like Beatrice Ask said, one can actually "become såsig in the head of cannabis." and "we should punish drug offenders harder"
"We have more facts now," says Maria Larsson who seek their answers in prayer ...
Those who see the facts in front of them know that we here in Sweden and many others with me have rights when it comes to cannabis.
I prefer to talk with an individual who has problems with cannabis and make sure he / she stops rather than I bury an alcoholic or drug addict in this country again.
Alcoholics can legally abuse their drug to death and heavy narcotics users in Sweden have one of the highest death rates in the entire EU.
Seriously 5 billion alone on hash..
Estimate the shit out of "death drugs" and sell it under controlled conditions to us adults who make conscious decisions and stop stupefying children and adolescents based on the mistaken belief that they do not know what cannabis is, or that it has the potential to possible cause damage to an individual.
It amazes me that no one choke on their morning drug of choice in this country in regard to all that we now about cannabis the year 2014..
Accept that cannabis and its users never ever disappeared because someone swung a magical moralistic baton in 1988 and 1994.
Decriminalize cannabis! And legalize cannabis!
I know where the abusers are sitting, they are in power not in school..
