Narcotics
On this page you will find information on drugs and drug offences.
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Huumeet (tietoa rikoksista, hero) ENG
Mitä olisin halunnut tietää kannabiksesta? (huumeet-sivu)
What would I have liked to know about cannabis?
Effects to brain development
Brain development happens over a long time and it goes on during your youth even until the age of 25. Among other things smoking cannabis hinders the development of the brain and for this reason you should pass on it all together.
You can talk even about drugs to adults for example through anonymous chats by organization aimed for young people.
Testaa tietosi: Huumausaineet ENG
Test your knowledge: Narcotics
There are legal and illegal substances.
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Legal substances in Finland are alcohol, tobacco products and caffeine. Narcotics are illegal substances. Narcotics can be classified according to their mechanism of action into cannabinoids, opioids, stimulants, and hallucinogens.
I am a minor and my friend offers me controlled medication stolen from their parents. Ingesting it isn't harmful.
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Some of the controlled medicines are considered narcotics. Use of controlled medicine is allowed only to the person who it has been prescribed to by a doctor. Misuse of it can be extremely dangerous and illegal.
Providing alcohol to a minor can be a felony.
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Providing alcohol to a minor is crime. If the person takes a fee from the delivery, it is considered a felony. The person providing alcohol might also demand other things in exchange of the alcohol.
Possession of narcotics or illegal use of a narcotic drug leads to a h-marking (h for huumausaine in Finnish) in police records.
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What h-marking??? H-marking isn't a term in the law. A narcotics offence will lead to a marking in the police records but h-marking isn't an official term.
Use of cannabis can lead to a marking in the police records that stays there for the maximum of three years.
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A marking from the use of cannabis stays in the police records for a maximum of three years. If for example you want to work with children your employer might check your criminal record and marking in the record might affect your job search. Furthermore, the marking might affect your ability to receive certain permits. For example, your ability to receive a driver's license might be postponed due to the marking.
If I drive a moped while under the influence of narcotics police can't prove it because it doesn't show up in a breath analyser test.
FALSE
Police have the right to conduct a narcotics test from a blood sample if the driver has driven under the influence of narcotics. In a car crash or a traffic accident criminal liability is larger if the person involved has been under the influence of a substance.
Illegal use of a narcotic drug offence is committed only after you have used a narcotic.
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You also commit the illegal use of narcotic offence if you are in possession of a narcotic drug for personal use or you attempt to acquire it. The sentence for an illegal use of narcotic drug is a fine or imprisonment for at most six months.
Do you or someone close to you have a problem with narcotics? You can answer honestly, this page isn't able to trace who you are.
If you answered yes or hesitated, talk about it!
Problems with intoxicants are dark things. You should talk about it. You can talk about it by contacting a safe adult or the following organizations: