Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4
Legislation: Growing is legal, purchasing is legal but smoking isn’t.
Law Enforcement: The cops are almost not even there. It is tough to find places to smoke because the cops ride motorcycles and they can sneak up on you a little. That said, people openly smoke pot in public at the park so im guessing the cops might be a little lax. Also, this place to go has been for a couple years with the same dude so i figure if there worth there weight in salt they would do something if they cared. So my advice to you is relax and indulge but if you see cops anywhere I would skat.
Where to Buy Marijuana in Lugano: There is a park by the lake – It’s big so you will find it for sure. Inside the park there is one path that is a circle. You follow that until you see a shelter looking structure and there will usually be chilling there. Make sure you go after 2 though because they do not usually get there until then. Anyways, there should be a scroungy looking guy there that has a brown and white pitt bull that he sometimes chills with. He will most likely approach you but if he doesn’t walk by him and say “Dove Ganja”. He is stingy and won’t negotiate on prices but hey that’s the spot i know…
Latest updates say: Bar oops…take the bus towards pregassona to stop Sacro Coure. Turn left off the bus and then its right in front of you, look for guys around the church and hanging in front of the glass windows
Lugano Marijuana Prices: I paid 50 francs which is like 40 dollars maybe a little more. In the US i would not pay that much for the quality or quantity I received BUT like i said before thats the spot i know.
Marijuana Brands: The weed he sells is decent. Its not anything that would be sold in Amsterdam but its not bad. There might be a seed or two. The buds have very dark hairs brown in color. I smoked two joints (one big one small) between 4 people and the high was nice and lasted for about 4 hours. It gave me bad cottonmouth but it might be a result drinking enough water.
latest prices: 50 francs for 3-5 grams…mostly 3…sometimes 2.5
if there stingy. 5 grams is usually not so great outdoor leafy bud
All depends on your luck. I’ve had really good indoor and really shitty outdoor, good hash though, u never go wrong with the hash, which is more readily available than weed most the time.
More Information: Lugano is awesome, there will usually be people indulging in some sort of mind altering experience in the park and there is a nice lake with beaches. There are tons of mountains and everyone should check it out.
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4.5
Legislation: It’s illegal to grow, posses and smoke. but you can buy seeds at many grow shops, go figure.
Law enforcement: Don’t walk around the main street with a spliff in your hand yelling I’m high.
Lots of nice secluded areas in and around the town were you can skin up and smoke away.
Where to buy marijuana in Interlaken, Bern: There are two train stations around interlaken (west and east(ost) and 1 main road connecting them.
Cruise to the west train station and walk under the station (the underpass to the other rail road tracks), just look for some younger swissie kids, they are very approachable, although a bit pricey for switzerland it’s still a good buy.
Interlaken Marijuana prices: I wouldnt pay them any more than 15 swiss francs per gram of indoor and not more than 10 for outdoor.
Brands: most outdoor in this area is decent stuff apart from havin seeds.
indoor does the job though sometimes its not properly flushed and doesnt have the full taste.
More information: Don’t be shy to ask, most younger swiss people in this area smoke.
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 3.5
Legislation: Switzerland is a federal state and the law on drugs is the same for all provinces. According to the Swiss law- it is illegal to own or carry pot or hash, except for private smoking involving small quantities in a private place.
In Switzerland there are many cantons, which each have there own rules so depending where you are marijuana is legal. In Zürich and Bern it has been legalized.
In Geneva the legalization of Marijuana is a big topic of debate, though due to huge demand it should be legalized quite soon.
Law Enforcement: In most of Switzerland where marijuana has not YET been legalized, its smoking is quiet tolerated by police and the general public as long as you are not causing any trouble.
Geneva is alot less strict that most other places I’ve been to, its pretty easy just to go to a small park and smoke quietly with some friends.
as long as u don’t make too much noise or cause trouble, and try not to smoke around police areas, then the police force doesn’t generally give you too much hassle. if you are caught it depends on the officer and your age, but they usually take it away from u and give you a warning (unless you have more than 1g or 2gs).
another reporter added: “In Geneva, the police are far more interested in the dealers than the customers, and if you smoke quietly in a park or a forest you should be fine. ”
most of the time their cops usually around the docks and in the train station but its easy to find a place to chill try a place close to the bus stops making getting home blazed a lot easier.
Where to buy Marijuana in Geneva: a park by the lake called parc de st jean is your best bet, its just by the bridge… go there and ask around… otherwise there are some rasta guys who sit by the port near rue du rhone, just go and ask them.
Although buying off the street is relatively risky as the police monitor many of the big dealers; the best places would be the park near the Jet d’eau (although all you can find there is hashish, but this tends to be relatively good quality), and the park across the bridge from the Stand tram stop. If you have problems finding just find some racailles (teenagers with tracksuits and baseball caps) and ask them. Most of them either deal or can direct you to the best weed in Geneva.
another report added: well you can try basicaly any of the parks around 10 at night or ask any of the teenagers with the white track suits on. go for the ones in white not blue the blue are French not swiss. any private dealer will give u a much better run for your money, don’t give the dealer the money befor u get the weed because a lot of time the guys in the park have weed hidden in a bush and go to get it.
a local reporter added:” In Geneva there are many places to buy weed off the street. The best being Parc de St Jean which is on the quai de sujet, only when it gets darker though as police have recently been surveying this area and busted many dealers.
Next it Jardin anglais located on the other side of Geneva with a beautiful lake view. Here you can buy hash from Arabs on bicycles however there is a tendency for them to rip you off for bad hash too.
A little along this park towards the fountain there is always a bunch of rastas with a radio or too who sell outdoor weed which isnt amazing but it gets you high …but they also like to really rip you off.
In Geneva people are quiet friendly so if you find a bunch of skaters ask them for your weed and most probably you will get better weed and cheaper.Good luck”
Geneva Marijuana Prices: For outdoor weed from the rastas you can only buy in 50’s which they serve you about 3 grams for, this is a real rip off but for some it is no choice.
In parc de st jean you can expect to pay a little less but the also generally sell in 50’s for about 3-4grams of indoor.
If your lucky enough to buy it from a nice guy on the street randomly you can get about 1g for 8-to 12fr depending on its quality.
Marijuana brands: northern lights, white Russian ,white widow and
Moroccan hash.
More information:
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4-5
Legislation: Very legal. If you get caught, you might get a fine, depending on the amount you are carrying with you. (100-300 Sfr ). But usually you will be let off with a warning.
Growing and purchasing is legal, smoking isnt. However, no worries!
Law enforcement: Swiss police are not to be messed with, but if you smoke, just dont draw too much attention to yourself. It’s only for your best!
Smoking green on trains was only banned since Dec 12th 2005.
Where to buy marijuana: Well, if you ask anyone in the city centre who looks like a stoner, a snowboarder, or even 16, 17 year old kids, they will know. Or you could discretely ask in some of the bars and pubs in the old town.
Marijuana prices: Sfr 50.- for 5 grams.
Sfr 100.- for 10 grams
buy for 200 and get a 50 for free or 300 and get 100 for free. Good deal, innit!?
(hash and bud are sold for the same price per gram.)
Marijuana brands: Bud
Indoor: Various types, extreamly high levels of THC. EXteamly good in taste, appearance and effectiveness.(White Widdow, Super Skunk etc)
Outdoor: Good stuff, as good as any French indoor stuff.
Hash: Green Morrocan, and the ocasional black.
More information: Small city, 35000 people. A wide range of people smoke, and is generally accepted. Swiss people have been very tolerant with public smokin, even in night clubs, bars and caffees.
Good smoking point: SSTH Passugg! Visit the Paulaner´s Restaurant, with brilliant bavarian food, fresh tapped beer. And there are a bunch of Hotelschool students who could hook you up.
It’s worth the trip!!
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4
Legislation: It is not legal to smoke pot in Switzerland, but very common.
Law enforcement: It depends a bit from the Cantons, sometimes strict, sometimes really easy.
If they catch you with a small amounth, the leave you. Sometimes you get a fine.
Where to buy marijuana: It is very easy to get weed and hash in a good quality. Go to the old town and ask young people there. Perhaps you get even a free smoke or even a good deal outside Restaurant St.Gervais.
Marijuana prices: Outdoor from 5 to 8 Swissfranc a gramm.
Indoor organic or hydroponic from 8 to 15 Swissfrancs.
Marocan, Lebanese or what ever Hash between 8 and 20 Francs.
Marijuana brands: Unbelievibel but thru, you get even a better choice then in Amsterdam.
All kind of out-and indoorweed, local hash and hash who comes from everywhere on this world. People from Biel are really cannabislovers.
More information: Biel is on a lovely lake, we speak german, french, also italian and spanish.
More then 136 different nationalitis live here, we are the meltingpot from Switzerland. Ceap accomondation in the Lagolodge Backpakers near by the lake. See u……
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4
Legislation: Growing is legal, purchasing is legal but smoking isn’t.
Law Enforcement: Although it’s still illegal to smoke dope, Basel’s city prosecutor is known to tolerate doses up to 30 grams of marijuana. Dealing, however, is verboten.
Where Buy Marijuana in Basel: Marijuana can be found all over the city – if you know where to look. The easiest place to buy though is by the Rhine in Klein Basel, in between MittleBrucke and JohaniteBruke. All along the river (especially in Summer) there are groups of Africans and Moraccans selling bud, and hashish. Quality varies wildly from group to group – most will try and sell you outdoor grown swiss weed – but if you ask for it you can usually find some great indoor grown skunk. Hashish is just as easy to find in the same places, but the quality is not normally as good as the bud.
Basel Marijuana Prices:
Typically 50chf for 3.5g of the outdoor weed, or for 2-3g of indoor.
Smaller bags are normally no problem – with prices at around 20chf for about 1g of indoor.
hashish is about the same price (50chf for an 8th) but most dealers will haggle a bit, especially if you want to buy alot.
brands:Only high potency no seeds weed is sold. You may find many brands for purchase.
Full country name: Swiss Confederation
Area: 41,290 sq km
Population: 7.31 million
Capital City: Bern (pop 130,000)
People: 74% German, 20% French, 4% Italian & 1% Romansch
Language: German, French, Italian, Raeto-Romance
Religion: 49% Roman Catholic & 48% Protestant
Government: federal republic
Head of State: President Pascal Couchepin
webehigh city’s tale:
Halcyon Haze
Many a would-be tourist traveling along Basel’s immediate outskirts has mistaken it for a drab industrial city and passed it by. Pity, because Basel possesses an ancient city center, the Marktplatz, where except for the prosperity it brings, the tourist will see no sign of the chemical industry or the chemical he once sought.
A couple of years ago, if you were to take a walking tour through the tiny twisted Gässli, you’d not only feel Basel’s Celtic roots and Roman foundations but you’d have often got a whiff of cannabis. No longer, after viewing the Münster Cathedral while drifting across the Rhine on current-drawn ferry, will you detect the tell tale scent of pot along the Unter Rheinweg. There, if you looked about, you used to glimpse, luxuriating on a balcony or perhaps sunning in a courtyard, hemp plants growing like weed they are. Clearly, Baselers used to enjoy the occasional toke but those halcyon days are gone—underground.
Where have all the flowers gone? When once cannabis could be purchased legally all over the city, now it no longer can. The 10-gram Duftsäckli (aroma bags) meant to mothproof a closet or perfume the bath have disappeared. Insomniacs and asthmatics who could buy hemp pillows to waft their way to dreamland must now revert to feathers or foam.
Gone are the thirty-odd hemp retailers (Hanflade in Basel Deutsch) along with their large, obstructive sidewalk billboards. Gone is the skateboard repair shop and retailer who once sold grass. Gone are the exclusive well-appointed rooms above a goldsmith’s atelier and a snazzy shoe store. Gone, gone, gone are the lotions, creams, oils, tea, incense, cannabis paraphernalia, incense holders, “grow-your-own” instruction books and little Ziplock® jeweller’s sacks, neatly labelled with their price and evocative names like Skunk, Pink and Honolulu Haze.
Briefly, ever so briefly, there were more hemp stores in Basel than museums but museums now take the lead again. So while tourists to Basel may no longer bathe in hemp, perfume their hotel rooms with Duftsäcklis of grass or have their fill of cannabis tea, the city offers museums galore. For a real high, the museum enthusiast might want to consider buying the three-country museum pass valid in more than a hundred museums in the Basel area of Switzerland, Germany and France.
But if museums aren’t quite what the disappointed visitor had in mind, no matter; Basel offers an alternative soft drug, available all over the city, with a guaranteed high but none of the hassle of police, border guards or dogs. It is—you guessed it—Swiss chocolate.
webehigh thinks you should know:
Although technically illegal as a drug, marijuana production (agricultural and private) and distribution in the form of stores specializing in the sale of “hemp” products are found throughout the country. The report pointed out that marijuana cultivation in Switzerland had greatly increased during the 1990s and that most of the crop was destined for the illegal market rather than the legal one (e.g. as a renewable raw material for textile production). According to an investigation in all cantons, hashish was mainly sold on the street while marijuana was being sold more and more through hemp shops as “aromatic pillows.”
Switzerland is comprised of 26 states (cantons), each with its own constitution, parliament, government and court system as provided by the Federal Constitution. Understanding Switzerland’s political structure helps to understand its drug policy. It can be argued that Switzerland has 26 different drug polices, one for each canton and half-canton.
The police view is that the vast majority of hemp fields in Switzerland are used to produce cannabis supplied to the drug trade. It can be assumed that in 1998 considerably more than 100 metric tons of drug-grade cannabis were harvested. Today Switzerland has an almost nationwide network of 135 hemp shops. The big increase started in 1996 and led to the creation of major centers in the city and canton of Zurich (a total of 36), in the canton of St. Gallen (18), in Ticino (16) in Basel (7) and in the canton of Berne (6). Police information shows that between 85 and 95 percent of sales in most hemp shops come from drug products (“hemp pillows”, “aromatic bags”, “refills for aromatic bags”, “hemp coins” etc.) The THC content of cannabis sold in “aromatic bags” is frequently between 8 and 10 percent, for example.
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4
Legislation: All drug use, possession, acquisition, and trafficking are crimes and are punishable under Swedish law. Setting up a contact between a dealer and consumer is also punishable by law.
The Swedish judicial system divides narcotics offenses into minor, simple and aggravated categories based on the amount of drugs involved – regardless of whether there was intent to sell. Those convicted of minor offenses can get up to six months in jail. Simple offenses carry a three-year sentence, while aggravated convictions garner at least two and a possible 10 years in prison. “Sweden has one of the harshest drugs policies in the world” wrote journalist Danny Rosenbaum. “In many countries, including Britain, it is common for people in possession of cannabis to face only a caution. In Sweden, however, offenders are always prosecuted.”
Law enforcement: Police will confiscate any cannabis found, and in most cases they will prosecute.
Aslong as you can act normal and not act as a gangster, you will most likley be fine. If you get caught by some of the older cops you are propebly screwed no matter what.
Where to buy marijuana: During the summertime you should go to “Stadsparken”, the citypark, just located 300 meters south of the central station, you cant miss it.
Get the guts to ask someone you think look like a stoner, the city is overwhelmed with students so finding one wont be a problem.
Swedes are usually very polite and speak exceptional good English.
Also you can ask the younger hiphopers if they can get you some Mary Jane.
Common slangs for hasch is, Brass, Rökish, Brunt (Brown).
Using the slang “Fivish” is also very common, translates to 5 grams of Cannabis, everyone will know exactly what you mean.
Slang for weed is the same as the english slangs, you can use them here, just a bit diffrent for hasch.
Marijuana prices: For 5 grams of standard hasch you usually have to pay about 500 SEK, (50 USD).
As soon you get to know someone, the price will be drasticly cheaper, about 250-300 SEK (30USD).
But keep atleast 500 SEK on you before even trying to buy, dont try to buy anything smaller than 5 grams, since no one can be arsed for such small ammount.
Marijuana brands: Mostly standard hasch and homegrown weed, during the summertime the city flourish with good homegrown weed. Ive even came across strains like Afghan Valley, White Widow and Orange Haze without much hassle at all.
These strains cost significantly more, up to 650 SEK for 5 grams (Fivish).
More information: Very friendly and relaxing city during summertime, great place for stoners vaycation if you are intrested in Swedish culture.
Dont worry about the cops, the risk of getting busted is very small, unless you are very stupid.
Never ever smoke in the middle of the street, where it is to obvious you are doing drugs.
It is totally fine hanging out in the city park puffing a joint, just dont be noisy, and stay away from alcohol.
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 3
Legislation:
Law enforcement:
Where to buy marijuana: It’s not so much marijuana in umeå but hash is found in “ersboda” or “ålidhem”
Marijuana prices: 100 KR /g-hash
Marijuana brands:
More information:
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 3
Legislation: All drug use, possession, acquisition, and trafficking are crimes and are punishable under Swedish law. Setting up a contact between a dealer and consumer is also punishable by law. It’s also illegal to be high and have traces of thc in the urin.
The Swedish judicial system divides narcotics offences into minor, simple and aggravated categories based on the amount of drugs involved – regardless of whether there was intent to sell. Those convicted of minor offences can get up to six months in jail. Simple offences carry a three-year sentence, while aggravated convictions garner at least two and a possible 10 years in prison. “Sweden has one of the harshest drugs policies in the world,” wrote journalist Danny Rosenbaum. “In many countries, including Britain, it is common for people in possession of cannabis to face only a caution. In Sweden, however, offenders are always prosecuted.”
Law Enforcement: Police will confiscate any cannabis found, and in most cases they will prosecute. Unders 18s caught with cannabis are normally just given a warning, but if you get a strict cop, then they will take you down. If you don’t carry any but the police demands a urin sample say that you don’t want to pee in a cup and demand that they draw blood instead. Don’t ask the police for help wit anything if you are drunk, my friend got searched for drugs for that simple reason. Idiot cops.
Where to buy marijuana: Try to find someone who looks like a stoner and ask them discretly if they can get you some.
Marijuana prices: From 300-550 for 5 g, if you don’t know anybody count on at least 400.
Marijuana brands: Almost only hash, mostly marockan of medium quality.
More information: Dont go to Uddevalla, it’s a boring city that don’t have anything to offer.
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 4
Legislation: All drug use, possession, acquisition, and trafficking are crimes and are punishable under Swedish law. Setting up a contact between a dealer and consumer is also punishable by law.
The Swedish judicial system divides narcotics offenses into minor, simple and aggravated categories based on the amount of drugs involved – regardless of whether there was intent to sell. Those convicted of minor offenses can get up to six months in jail. Simple offenses carry a three-year sentence, while aggravated convictions garner at least two and a possible 10 years in prison. “Sweden has one of the harshest drugs policies in the world,” wrote journalist Danny Rosenbaum. “In many countries, including Britain, it is common for people in possession of cannabis to face only a caution. In Sweden, however, offenders are always prosecuted.”
Law Enforcement: Police will confiscate any cannabis found, and in most cases they will prosecute. Under 18s caught with cannabis are normally just given a warning, but if you get a strict cop, then they will take you down.
Where to buy Marijuana in Stockholm: The south city, sodermalm… the place to be. The train stations there on a friday night are often a easy place to pick up. Watch for police as drunken swedes get quite aggressive so police are always around the corner. NEVER EVER EVER try and buy at plattan or sergelstorg. Its heroin junkies selling bad qualtiy gear mixed with chemicals. and theres alot of police around.
and also : “In Stockholm at the main square “sergels torg” which most people call it “plattan” there are heroinjunkies always trying to fool newbies buying. The arablooking guys and the white often put candy in aluminum foil and a small piece bad hash at one end.
Mariatorget, Fridhemsplan and Stadion have also been reported as good spots.
If you don’t want to risk the cops on Stockholm’s streets, another widely-known, berserker booze spot where visitors could probably indulge in plenty of other goodies is the overnight ferry between Stockholm and Finland.”
and: “I just want to add two more places where you buy: “Rinkeby torg” and “Medborgarplatsen”. These places are, acording to the police, half open markets.”
and also: “There is a reggae bar called “Sderkllaren” it is verry near the Substation Medborgarplatsen.
There are always a lot of smokers in that bar, just ask one of the rastas if they have some Mary Jane or if they know anyone that have it. just be shure that they don’t think that you are 5-0
During the summer it is very very easy to get some Mary Jane just ask someone that looks like a smoker. Try to ask a rastaman or a someone that looks like a “hip hoper” they will help you try to ask when they are drunk ;)… DON’T EVER PAY MORE THEN 500 Swe kr if they tell you to pay more are they trying to fool you! But you can tell them that you will give them a bud or to join smoking a spliff , they will help you even faster”
Stockholm Marijuana Prices: Latest Info says: 400 SEK for 5g of hash 500 SEK for 5g of weed, some good will go for 600 SEK
Hashish: 100SEK – 200SEK /gram (soap bar = 5gram/300SEK all year)
Bud: 70SEK – 300SEK/gram (300 is for top buds, white widow and super skunk)
100SEK = £8 = $16
and also: “Hashish goes for as little as the equivalent of $6, or as much as $30, per gram. Pot sells at around $16 for an eighth of an ounce.”
Brands: The hash is marock. in the summer some afgani hash is around but not much. The stadarn buds are medium quality hybrids or indicas. sativas are not so common. White Widow, Nothern Lights, Bubblegum and blueberry are sold if you know the right people. spend a couple of weeks collecting contacts and you will have acsess to them, high prices though.
and also: “Bad brown marock is available nearly everywhere, buds are harder to obtain if you don’t know the grower, it never sells on the street.
In the summer the hash is top quality, but during the winter the quality is not so good.
Quality and quantity differ a lot. ‘Five grams’ could easily end up being three grams. Quality is either really good or pure shit”
More information: There are not true headshops in stockholm, but you can buy bongs in a shop called le mirage on ‘gamla stan’ (the old town)
Country: Sweden
Time Zone: UTC/GMT +1 hours
Dialing codes: + 46 (Sweden) + 8
WeBeHigh city tale:
Thanks to a government crackdown on drugs that has lasted decades, alcohol is the most common way to get loose among Swedes. Greater Stockholm is a city built on an archipelago of small islands whose 1.7 million residents gorge themselves on fish – poached, pickled and fried. They also have an old-time fisherman’s taste for booze. Strong local beers, as well as wine and liquor, are sold by the state-owned Systembolaget outlets, which are widespread and open on weekdays. Customers take a number, and Friday afternoon lines are long. But while it is the most popular and prevalent, alcohol certainly isn’t the sole party favour in Sweden’s capital.
“In the summer the hash is top quality, but during the winter the quality is not so good,” said a tourist named Kevin. “Quality and quantity differ a lot. ‘Five grams’ could easily end up being three grams. Quality is either really good or pure shit.” Hashish goes for as little as the equivalent of $6, or as much as $30, per gram. Pot sells at around $16 for an eighth of an ounce. A smoker named Rich said hash was easier to obtain than marijuana, adding that buyers often get homegrown bud “with bad quality.” “Big risk for rip-offs when you buy in the streets in Sweden if you don’t know what you’re doing,” he said.
Ecstasy, found most often in the city’s dance clubs, sells for between $26 and $35 for one pill. LSD microdots can go for only two dollars per hit, while speed is around $33 for a gram. Common spots to buy include Mariatorget, Fridhemsplan and Stadion. While many said soft drugs were also easy to get at the central subway station, Kevin warned against it.
“Don’t go downtown to central station,” Kevin said. “They’ll rip you off because they’re all heroin addicts collecting money for their next fix.” While the major subway stops are widely known as places to locate dealers, buyers should take care. Sweden is very serious about its anti-drug laws. “All drug use, possession, acquisition, and trafficking are crimes and are punishable under Swedish law,” stated a report by marijuana advocate group NORML. “Setting up a contact between a dealer and consumer is also punishable by law.”
The Swedish judicial system divides narcotics offences into minor, simple and aggravated categories based on the amount of drugs involved – regardless of whether there was intent to sell. Those convicted of minor offences can get up to six months in jail. Simple offences carry a three-year sentence, while aggravated convictions garner at least two and a possible 10 years in prison. “Sweden has one of the harshest drugs policies in the world,” wrote journalist Danny Rosenbaum. “In many countries, including Britain, it is common for people in possession of cannabis to face only a caution. In Sweden, however, offenders are always prosecuted.”
Sweden has been strengthening its drug laws since the 1970s, making it more and more legally difficult to take a hit. The country’s lawmakers in 1988 made it illegal to consume any type of narcotic. That includes marijuana, and in 1994 a policy of prosecuting all pot possession cases took effect. Police can give urine and blood tests if they even suspect drug use.
But one traveller thinks that relaxed drug laws could do Swedish society some good. “Having seen almost inarticulate, expressionless, broomstick-up-the-ass stiff Swedes turn into bellowing, Viking berserkers slam-dancing in their own vomit – your typical late Friday night subway train in Stockholm – after drinking excessively; I would almost prefer to see grass nudge out booze as the social, recreational drug of choice,” said Latvian traveller Juris Kaza.
If you don’t want to risk the cops on Stockholm’s streets, another widely-known, berserker booze spot where visitors could probably indulge in plenty of other goodies is the overnight ferry between Stockholm and Finland.
“Typically, one takes an evening ferry, departing around 8 p.m. and arriving in Turku [Finland] the next morning around 8 a.m.,” explained Dennis, one of a trio who experienced the boat trip. “The conventional approach for a Scandinavian battling winter depression is to take the opportunity to party all night on tax-free booze, hang out on the boat for a few hours and then take it back to Stockholm without setting foot in Turku. The travel agent was surprised that we wanted to spend the day and come back on the evening ferry.” One tourist found the ferry so entertaining he didn’t even bother to get off and check out the Swedish party scene. “The reason you take the ferry to Stockholm is duty-free vodka, duty-free beer and to party,” said Ken Cook, who was coming from Finland. “No need to get off the boat in Stockholm, just turn around and do it again on the way back to Finland.”