Latest news about Drugs in The Nomad Today

A police road traffic control in Helsinginkatu. Photo: Twitter/@HelsinkiPoliisi.

Finland

CONTROL OPERATIONS

94 drivers caught under the influence of alcohol and drugs

The Nomad Today 11/30/20

Intensified control operations will continue next weekend throughout the country.

Finland

THL SURVEY

Drug experimentation growing sharply in Finland

The Nomad Today 11/29/20

“Among Finns under 40 years of age drug experimentation, either their own, or that of their friends, has become quite a normal thing”, says THL Research Professor Pekka Hakkarainen.

Finland

DRUGS

Amphetamine and cocaine use at record high in Finland

The Nomad Today 10/21/20

A peak was observed in the use of illegal substances in Helsinki, Espoo, Lahti, Tampere, Joensuu, Vaasa and Kemi. Restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic affected the availability of some…

World

Europol says cocaine traffic booming during pandemic

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/7/20

Cocaine traffic from South America to Europe has reached record amounts.

Finland

POLICE STATISTICS

Rapes by foreigners plummet, drug-related crimes on the rise

The Nomad Today 8/5/20

More foreign nationals are victims of property crimes than suspects.

Finland

POLICE WARNING

Subutex, the opioid whose price can be multiplied by 50 in Finland

The Nomad Today 6/8/20

Police suspect that this drug is smuggled from France into Finland inside cookie packages.

Finland

Amphetamine use increases in Helsinki during state of emergency

The Nomad Today 6/8/20

Since the emergency measures entered into force in mid-March, the use of amphetamine has seen an average increase of 15% compared in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

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Finland

Drug overdose deaths on the rise in Finland

The Nomad Today 5/27/20

In all Nordic countries the rate of drug-related deaths is more than twice the European average.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

THL collecting samples from wastewater for Covid-19 mapping

The Nomad Today 4/21/20

According to the Finnish health agency, coronavirus is not a threat to drinking water safety.

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Finland

Frustration among foreign entrepreneurs in Puhos shopping center

The Nomad Today 2/24/20

The city council plans to demolish the mall to replace it with housing blocks.

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Finland

Oodi Director: "There are needles and blood traces; intoxicated people removed almost daily"

The Nomad Today 2/18/20

The police arrested two suspects of the robbery perpetrated last Sunday at the Helsinki Central Library.

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Finland

Number of crimes committed by foreigners increased

The Nomad Today 2/11/20

In 2019, foreign nationals committed 23,672 offences, which is more than 1,000 more than the year before. The proportion of foreign suspects has risen significantly in cases of robbery (50%) and…

Finland

Half of young Finns admit drugs are part of their daily reality

The Nomad Today 1/13/20

More than one third say they have been offered drugs for use or purchase. About half of the population approve the creation of drug-use rooms.

Finland

Deaths caused by drug and alcohol use increase sharply in Finland

The Nomad Today 12/16/19

261 persons died from drugs in 2018, which was 61 more than the previous year. In relative terms, mortality from drugs is higher in Finland and in other Nordic countries than elsewhere in…

Finland

Cannabis use increasing among Finnish pupils

The Nomad Today 11/12/19

The share of pupils abstaining from alcohol has increased in recent years, but 3% of them have also experimented with other drugs, according to a survey published by the Finnish Institute of Health…

Finland

Smugglers threw drugs down the toilet when police arrived

The Nomad Today 11/6/19

Police confiscated several firearms, some of which have been described as extremely dangerous.

Finland

50,000 Finns force Parliament to consider cannabis decriminalisation

The Nomad Today 10/25/19

A citizens' initiative collected the 50,000 signatures required by law for consideration.

Finland

Police discover marijuana plantation in a private house in Myrskylä

The Nomad Today 9/27/19

The suspect is a man from Helsinki. Police estimate he might have grown more than 700 cannabis plants over the past 5 years, which produced nearly 20 kilos of marijuana.