Media Reports: Traces of Drugs Detected in Finnish Parliament
According to Yle News of Finland, samples collected from toilets in parliament after early Christmas parties revealed positive results for cocaine and MDMA. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Yle News has reported that samples collected from the toilets of Finland’s parliament tested positive for cocaine and MDMA after Christmas parties held in the building.
An investigation by Yle News uncovered traces of controlled substances in the legislature following political party events in November. In a Monday report, the media outlet disclosed that samples were taken from six toilet cubicles, both men’s and women’s, during the parties. Laboratory analysis revealed that traces of amphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine were found in half of those stalls.
Drug residues were discovered in the Finnish parliament post-Christmas corporate party, which was attended by MPs, faction staff, ministerial aides, and journalists, according to Yle.
Kalle Lagerblom, chief operating officer at Measurlabs testing facility, informed Yle that while the “residues are very small, there are clearly [drug] residues.”
The report clarifies that the presence of drugs does not confirm that they were consumed in the parliament’s toilets. Lagerblom explained that an individual using the facilities might have come into contact with drugs before, either knowingly or unknowingly. “In principle, it is enough for a person to have been on a bus and sat on a seat contaminated with drugs, with some of the substance ending up stuck on their clothes,” he said.
The Christmas parties were also attended by parliamentary employees, ministerial assistants, and journalists, in addition to lawmakers.
When approached for comment, Speaker of Parliament Jussi Halla-aho remarked that “it is of course sad and pathetic that there are signs in Parliament that people who may work here are using drugs.” Antti Pelttari, the Secretary General of the Finnish Parliament, expressed that the findings were an “unfortunate surprise.” Halla-aho noted, however, that implementing measures such as having a “sniffer dog at the door of Parliament to check everyone who enters” would probably not receive adequate support.
In a similar investigation, daily tabloid Aftonbladet in neighboring Sweden tested samples from eight parliamentary offices last January and found traces of cocaine in half of them.
Moreover, in August 2022, former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin underwent a drug test after videos surfaced from a private party she attended. Some viewers claimed to have heard partygoers refer to themselves as a “flour gang,” with “flour” being a Finnish slang term for cocaine. The test results were negative, and Marin maintained that she had never used controlled substances in her life.
Mark B Thomas contributed to this report for TROIB News
An investigation by Yle News uncovered traces of controlled substances in the legislature following political party events in November. In a Monday report, the media outlet disclosed that samples were taken from six toilet cubicles, both men’s and women’s, during the parties. Laboratory analysis revealed that traces of amphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine were found in half of those stalls.
Drug residues were discovered in the Finnish parliament post-Christmas corporate party, which was attended by MPs, faction staff, ministerial aides, and journalists, according to Yle.
Kalle Lagerblom, chief operating officer at Measurlabs testing facility, informed Yle that while the “residues are very small, there are clearly [drug] residues.”
The report clarifies that the presence of drugs does not confirm that they were consumed in the parliament’s toilets. Lagerblom explained that an individual using the facilities might have come into contact with drugs before, either knowingly or unknowingly. “In principle, it is enough for a person to have been on a bus and sat on a seat contaminated with drugs, with some of the substance ending up stuck on their clothes,” he said.
The Christmas parties were also attended by parliamentary employees, ministerial assistants, and journalists, in addition to lawmakers.
When approached for comment, Speaker of Parliament Jussi Halla-aho remarked that “it is of course sad and pathetic that there are signs in Parliament that people who may work here are using drugs.” Antti Pelttari, the Secretary General of the Finnish Parliament, expressed that the findings were an “unfortunate surprise.” Halla-aho noted, however, that implementing measures such as having a “sniffer dog at the door of Parliament to check everyone who enters” would probably not receive adequate support.
In a similar investigation, daily tabloid Aftonbladet in neighboring Sweden tested samples from eight parliamentary offices last January and found traces of cocaine in half of them.
Moreover, in August 2022, former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin underwent a drug test after videos surfaced from a private party she attended. Some viewers claimed to have heard partygoers refer to themselves as a “flour gang,” with “flour” being a Finnish slang term for cocaine. The test results were negative, and Marin maintained that she had never used controlled substances in her life.
Mark B Thomas contributed to this report for TROIB News
