Editing Snoop Dogg (section)

==== 2015: Sweden arrest for illegal drug possession ====
Snoop Dogg, after performing for a concert in [[Uppsala]], Sweden, on July 25, 2015, was pulled over and detained by Swedish police for allegedly using illegal drugs, violating a Swedish law enacted in 1988 which criminalized the recreational use of such substances – therefore making even being under the influence of any illegal/controlled substance a crime itself without possession. During the detention he was taken to the police station to perform a drug test and was released shortly afterwards. The rapid test was positive for traces of narcotics and he was potentially subject to fines depending on the results of more detailed analysis.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 31, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg's initial drug test positive say police |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20150731/snoop-doggs-initial-drug-test-positive-swedish-police |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803023459/http://www.thelocal.se/20150731/snoop-doggs-initial-drug-test-positive-swedish-police |archive-date=August 3, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2015 |website=TheLocal.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=July 26, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg Arrested in Sweden on Drug Suspicions, Alleges Racial Profiling |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6642085/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden-on-drug-suspicions-alleges-racial |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227043405/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6642085/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden-on-drug-suspicions-alleges-racial |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref> Although final results "strongly" indicated drug use the charges were ultimately dropped because it could not be proven that he was in Sweden when he consumed the substances.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 2016 |title=Snoop Dogg won't face drug charges in Sweden |newspaper=The Local Sweden |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20160108/snoop-dogg-wont-face-drug-charges-in-sweden |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023063213/https://www.thelocal.se/20160108/snoop-dogg-wont-face-drug-charges-in-sweden |archive-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> The rapper uploaded several videos on the social networking site [[Instagram]] criticizing the police for alleged [[racial profiling]]; police spokesman Daniel Nilsson responded to the accusations, saying: "we don't work like that in Sweden". He declared in the videos, "Niggas got me in the back of police car right now in Sweden, cuz", and "Pulled a nigga over for nothing, taking us to the station where I've got to go pee in a cup for nothin'. I ain't done nothin'. All I did was came to the country and did a concert and now I've got to go to the police station. For nothin'!". He announced to his Swedish fanbase that he would no longer go on tour in the country due to the incident.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bradley |first=Bill |date=July 26, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg Arrested In Sweden, Slams Police For Racial Profiling |newspaper=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden_55b51421e4b0a13f9d18d7a4 |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728204818/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snoop-dogg-arrested-in-sweden_55b51421e4b0a13f9d18d7a4 |archive-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg: I was racially profiled by Swedish police |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/27/snoop-dogg-i-was-racially-profiled-by-swedish-police |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829125723/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/27/snoop-dogg-i-was-racially-profiled-by-swedish-police |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Kat |date=July 27, 2015 |title=Snoop Dogg vows never to return to Sweden over 'racial profiling' drugs arrest |language=en-GB |journal=Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11764701/Snoop-Dogg-vows-never-to-return-to-Sweden-over-racial-profiling-drugs-arrest.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11764701/Snoop-Dogg-vows-never-to-return-to-Sweden-over-racial-profiling-drugs-arrest.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>