
The number of people driving under the influence of drugs is going up according to figures from the prosecution service. Credit: Gorm Kallestad/NTB/TT
Crime
More people caught driving while on drugs
- Between 2015 and 2020, the number of people indicted for driving under the influence of drugs has gone up by 38 percent, according to the Swedish Prosecution Service.
- Often it is people who are addicts who commit the crimes again and again.
- Every year, around 20 people in Sweden die in traffic because of drug use.