Tag: Swedish drug policy

Medicine cabinet with three shelves. Top shelves labeled "Pain Relief" and "Chronic Conditions" show accessible medication bottles in blue. Bottom shelf labeled "Cannabinoid Medicines" shows green bottles but is secured with a large red padlock and chains. A gold price tag reads "cost barrier 60,000 SEK/year". Faded patient silhouettes visible in background. Title: "THE SWEDISH SIN" with subtitle "When Evidence-Based Medicine Meets Bureaucratic Barriers"

The Swedish Sin: When Evidence-Based Medicine Meets Bureaucratic Barriers

Posted on November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 By Stefan Broselid

Sweden claims to have medical cannabis. We tell patients it’s legal. But TLV threatens to make it financially inaccessible (60,000 vs 2,900 SEK/year), regions threaten to fire doctors who prescribe it, and medical schools don’t teach the biology. How bureaucratic ignorance kills a medical intervention without ever banning it.