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The plan sees substance abuse as a healthcare and social problem and states that anyone trapped in substance abuse shall receive care and be treated with respect. It explicitly rejects repression as a first-response to drug problems and instead directs police and customs resources toward the money behind the trafficking. More generous reporting forgiveness for personal use and overdose aligns with that prioritization.

• care and respect in substance abusedecisive»Människor som fastnat i missbruk ska ha tillgång till den vård de behöver och behandlas med respekt.« (party programme ↗)“People who are trapped in substance abuse shall have access to the care they need and be treated with respect.”
• repression does not solve problems»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Too often repression and a harder line are lifted up as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”
• direct efforts toward trafficking»Tullens och polisens resurser måste öka för att komma åt de pengar som driver narkotikahandeln.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Customs and police resources must increase to reach the money that drives drug trafficking.”
• vulnerable are hit hardest»Droganvändningen är jämt fördelad över alla samhällsklasser men det är de mest utsatta i samhället som drabbas hårdast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Drug use is evenly distributed across all social classes but it is the most vulnerable in society that are hit hardest.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands that criminal policy be built on evidence and effectiveness and that focus lie on rehabilitation and return to society, with ambitious measures against ill-health. More generous use of the exemption from prosecution for own use and overdoses for persons with dependence fits in the harm-reduction line. At the same time the plan wants to take strong measures against narcotics, which makes the conclusion uncertain.

• evidence-based criminal policydecisive»Kriminalpolitik byggd på evidens, effektivitet och rättssäkerhet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy built on evidence, effectiveness and legal certainty.”
• rehabilitation ahead of punishment»Fokus på rehabilitering och återgång i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Focus on rehabilitation and return to society.”
• measures against ill-health»Ambitiösa insatser mot psykisk ohälsa, särskilt bland barn och unga.« (party programme ↗)“Ambitious measures against mental ill-health, especially among children and young people.”
• strong measures against narcotics»Vi vill ta krafttag mot införsel av vapen och narkotika, bland annat genom stärkt gränskontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to take strong measures against the smuggling of weapons and narcotics, among other things through strengthened border control.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's drug policy is explicitly based on combining prevention with harm reduction and accessible care, with a focus on reducing harm and saving lives. A more generous use of report exemption for personal use and overdoses is precisely such a harm reduction measure. The plan additionally wants lighter crimes to primarily be met with probation sanctions.

• harm reduction in drug policydecisive»En effektiv narkotikapolitik måste kombinera förebyggande arbete med skademinimering« (party programme ↗)“An effective drug policy must combine prevention with harm reduction”
• save lives before punishment»fokus ligger på att minska skador, rädda liv och stärka vägen till återhämtning.« (party programme ↗)“focus is on reducing harm, saving lives and strengthening the path to recovery.”
• milder sanctions for lighter crimes»Frivårdspåföljder ska användas som förstahandsval vid lindrigare brott.« (party programme ↗)“Probation sanctions should be used as the first choice for lighter crimes.”

The party programme establishes that criminal policy shall both deter and stimulate those who have committed crimes to a new life situation without criminality, and that people with addiction problems shall receive the support they need. A more generous report waiver when intervening with people with dependency is an application of the harm-reduction line. The plan however does not address drug policy's tools, so the conclusion is derived.

• the way out of criminalitydecisive»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade och stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy shall therefore both prevent and deter from crime, support the crime-injured and stimulate those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without criminality.”
• support for addiction»psykisk ohälsa eller missbruksproblem måste ha inflytande över sitt liv och få det stöd som behövs.« (party programme ↗)“mental ill-health or addiction problems must have influence over their life and receive the support they need.”
• better support for ill-health»Stödet för personer med psykisk ohälsa måste förbättras, inte minst för unga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Support for people with mental ill-health must be improved, not least for young people.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme states that narcotics policy shall be based on a harm reduction principle and that crime-fighting efforts shall be particularly directed against those who profit from addiction, not against the user. The aim is a zero vision toward drug-related deaths, and the party also wants the entire narcotics policy to be investigated. A more generous use of case closure after dependency and overdose follows that line, even though the instrument is not mentioned.

• the harm reduction principledecisive»Politiken ska utgå från en skadelindringsprincip.« (party programme ↗)“Policy shall be based on a harm reduction principle.”
• focus on dealers, not users»De brottsbekämpande insatserna ska koncentreras särskilt mot de kriminella som profiterar på missbruket genom tillverkning, smuggling och försäljning.« (party programme ↗)“Crime-fighting efforts shall be concentrated particularly against the criminals who profit from addiction through manufacture, smuggling and sale.”
• zero vision against narcotics deaths»Det övergripande målet ska vara en nollvision mot drogrelaterat lidande och drogrelaterade dödsfall.« (party programme ↗)“The overarching aim shall be a zero vision toward drug-related suffering and drug-related deaths.”
• investigate narcotics policy»Mot bakgrund av Sveriges höga narkotikadödlighet och problem med gängbrottslighet vill Liberalerna dock att den svenska narkotikapolitiken utreds i sin helhet.« (party programme ↗)“Against the background of Sweden's high narcotics mortality and gang crime problems, the Liberals nonetheless want the Swedish narcotics policy to be investigated in its entirety.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the goal of drug policy is a drug-free society and that all non-medical possession and use shall be prohibited, and that all crimes shall be effectively prosecuted without exception. More generous use of waived reporting for personal use runs counter to these commitments. The plan's care for those dependent expresses itself instead in demands for treatment and rehabilitation that breaks dependency.

• drug-free societydecisive»Målet med narkotikapolitiken ska vara ett narkotikafritt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“The goal of drug policy shall be a drug-free society.”
• prohibition of all non-medical use»innehav och bruk av narkotika ska vara förbjudet.« (party programme ↗)“possession and use of drugs shall be prohibited.”
• all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively prosecuted without exception”
• treatment that breaks dependency»på att bryta beroendet och ge förutsättningar för en ny drogfri livsstil.« (party programme ↗)“to break dependency and provide conditions for a new drug-free lifestyle.”

The plan's drug policy is repressive: the specialized drug police shall be reinstated and police assignments are refined towards detecting, investigating and solving crime. To instead more often refrain from reporting suspected personal use goes in the opposite direction. The plan's answer to substance abuse is instead strengthened addiction care within the crime-prevention reform package.

• reinstated drug policedecisive»Återinföra de specialiserade narkotikapoliserna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reinstate the specialized drug police”
• detect and combat crime»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Refine the Police's assignment with focus on detecting, investigating and solving crime”
• consistent crime fighting»Brottslingarna ska sitta inne – och du ska våga vara ute och få behålla det som är ditt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Criminals shall go to prison – and you shall dare to be out and keep what is yours.”
• strengthened addiction care»Det handlar om över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It concerns over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and addiction care.”

The plan requires zero tolerance against crime so that even less serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and that criminal policy is completely reformed toward zero tolerance and incapacitation. More generous use of penalty waivers for suspected personal use means the opposite: fewer prosecuted petty crimes. The plan also emphasizes that legal violations should be punished quickly and consistently.

• zero tolerance even for petty crimesdecisive»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce zero tolerance against crime so that even less serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted”
• reformed criminal policy»Sveriges kriminalpolitik behöver helt läggas om för att bygga på nolltolerans och inkapacitering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish criminal policy needs to be completely reformed to build on zero tolerance and incapacitation.”
• consistent prosecution»Om respekten för lagen ska kunna upprätthållas och om individuell rättskipning ska kunna undvikas är det viktigt att lagöverträdelser bestraffas snabbt och konsekvent och att lagarna är i samklang med den folkliga rättsuppfattningen.« (party programme ↗)“If respect for the law is to be maintained and if individual vengeance is to be avoided, it is important that legal violations are punished quickly and consistently and that the laws are in harmony with the people's sense of justice.”