Tag: Sedative

  • The lack of anti-epileptic drugs increases the purchase limit

    The lack of anti-epileptic drugs increases the purchase limit

    In Finland, the sedative drug marketed under the name Rivatril is used to treat several diseases, but it is also sold as a street drug.

  • Swedish zoo executes chimpanzees

    Swedish zoo executes chimpanzees

    The primates had escaped from their enclosure and were roaming peacefully in the zoo outside of visiting hours Staff at Furuvik Zoo in southern Sweden shot and killed three chimpanzees after all seven primates mysteriously escaped from their enclosure on Wednesday, operator Parks and Resorts revealed on Thursday. A fourth chimpanzee was also shot but…

  • The fate of the Walrus is causing outrage online

    The fate of the Walrus is causing outrage online

    The death of a walrus that made headlines in Finland for several days has sparked controversy on social media, which has led to harsh criticism of those responsible for helping the animal. The news of the rare occurrence of a walrus on the shores of southern Finland first surfaced last week, when the animal washed…

  • The Speaker of Parliament criticizes Halla-aho "military intervention" comments

    The Speaker of Parliament criticizes Halla-aho "military intervention" comments

    Speaker of Parliament Matti Vanhanen (Cen) has told Yle that he does not take comments into account Jussi Halla-aho (Finns) that Western military intervention in Ukraine is appropriate. Halla-aho, the new chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, said on Tuesday that Western military intervention in Ukraine could not be ruled out. He also told…

  • Cocaine, speed and hashish – several drivers in trucks revealed

    At the port of Hirtshals, a driver in a truck has been revealed to have been driving with amphetamine or methamphetamine in his blood. This is stated by the North Jutland Police on Friday evening in the public 24-hour report. Earlier, a worried citizen had seen a truck driving somewhat unsafe on Sigurd Espersens Vej…

  • In Turku, five young men die from suspected poisonings

    In Turku, five young men die from suspected poisonings

    In April, five men around the age of 20 died unexpectedly in private homes around Turku. Deaths are suspected to be due to drug, alcohol, and prescription drug overdoses or their interaction. According to the police of Southwest Finland, the events are not necessarily directly related to each other, but there are unifying factors. "The…

  • Police suspect 5 fatal overdoses in Turku within a month

    Police suspect 5 fatal overdoses in Turku within a month

    In a recent press release Jari Riiali, the Department ‘s Crime Commissioner, noted that given the high number of deaths in a short period of time, police suspect the movement of an exceptionally dangerous drug or drug in the area. The Finnish NGO A-Clinic Foundation recently issued a warning about buying sedatives from street vendors…

  • Refugee driver took laughing gas – has dangerous effects

    Refugee driver took laughing gas – has dangerous effects

    The question in the case, however, is whether he was affected by the laughter gas when he drove right over into a T-junction and hit his mother and the little girl on the sidewalk. He himself denies that he was influenced, but the prosecutor claims that. Therefore, chief physician Dorte Fris Palmqvist from the Poison…

  • Employee convicted of assaulting schoolboy and hospitalized girl

    He has been convicted of rape by sexual intercourse other than intercourse against a six- to eight-year-old boy at some point in 2011 or 2012. It happened in a classroom at a school where the 41-year-old was employed. The man made the boy suck on his limb, and he also sucked on the boy’s. Caspar…

  • Too many mentally ill people are subjected to coercion

    There are still too many who are subjected to coercion in psychiatry, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority concludes on the basis of a new report. It shows that there has been an increase in the number of adults being subjected to coercion. We have succeeded in reducing the use of belt fixations. At the…

  • Research: E-prescriptions improved the management of harmful drug combinations

    Research: E-prescriptions improved the management of harmful drug combinations

    The introduction of electronic prescriptions has improved the management of certain adverse drug combinations, but facilitated easy access to some sedative drugs, according to a new study. the analysis looked at users the blood thinners warfarin and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) prescribed for them in 2007-2014. It also included an overview of the gradual…

  • Relatives: We were not involved in life-changing decisions

    Relatives: We were not involved in life-changing decisions

    Elderly coronary heart disease was given so-called end-of-life care without relatives understanding what it meant. According to both family members and staff, Ekot’s review shows. One of those who thinks he received too little information is Jan Gunnelin, whose father died with covid-19. – We had not been informed or involved in it. We could…

  • A doctor from Djursland is acquitted of charges of rape

    A doctor from Djursland is acquitted of charges of rape

    A 60-year-old doctor from Djursland was sentenced on Friday to 30 days unconditional imprisonment and has been denied the right to work as a doctor. Yet he is relieved. For at the same time as the conviction for violation of the so-called authorization law, he has been acquitted of far more serious charges, namely charges…