Around two thirds of the ecstasy samples tested in Thuringia are dosed above average, and around 30 percent of the speed samples tested are contaminated with crystal meth. The results of the first 69 tests as part of the Thuringian “drug checking” project made “concrete problems in Thuringia visible,” said Felix Blei, head of the Miraculix company, which develops and evaluates test kits, in Erfurt on Thursday.
Erfurt - Sebastian Franke from Addiction Aid in Thuringia (SiT) also called the results worrying.
However, the tests have proven to be an effective approach to minimizing damage.
"Our most important goal is to make young people aware of how to deal with legal and illegal drugs," said Franke.
Many of the users who had their drugs tested would have opted for a lower dose after the results - or refrained from using it altogether.
Potential emergencies could have been prevented in advance.
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It comes to 17.4 percent of the vote, followed by the FDP with 16.14 and the SPD with 15.97 percent, according to the preliminary final result published on Monday.
The Thuringian AfD was classified by the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a secured extremist endeavor.
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According to Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD), the Thuringian export industry is benefiting from increasing demand from the USA.
There and also in Canada the signs are currently pointing to growth, he said on Wednesday at the official start of the transatlantic discussion platform "Transatlantic Circle Thuringia" (TACT) in Ettersburg near Weimar.
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Number of new corona infections in Saxony hardly changed
The corona incidence in Saxony is stagnating.
On Friday, the Robert Koch Institute stated the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days as 37.9 (previous day: 38.0).
Nationwide, the incidence on Friday was 74.7 (Wednesday: 76.3.)
Number of new corona infections in Saxony hardly changed
Since 2017, there has been a steady increase in drug-related deaths in the republic.
In 2020 around 1,600 drug deaths were counted in Germany.
According to crime statistics in 2020, exactly 40 people died in Thuringia as a result of their illegal drug use.
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