2014 Amsterdam drug deaths

Deaths of British tourists in the Netherlands 2014 Amsterdam drug deaths 184px|Drugs warning Amsterdam November-2014(3)200px|Drugs warning Amsterdam November-2014(4) Warning signs in Amsterdam November 2014 Amsterdam, the Netherlands 17 (September - November 2014)3 (February 2015) 3 On 25 November 2014 two British tourists aged 20 and 21 died in a hotel room in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, after snorting white heroin that was sold as cocaine by a street dealer.Thomas Emily Drugs expert claims rogue dealer caused Amsterdam deaths BBC News 28 November 2014 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30254912 The bodies were found less than a month after another British tourist died in similar circumstances. At least 17 other people have had medical treatment after taking the white heroin.British tourists who died 'after snorting white heroin' named The Guardian Health authorities in Amsterdam warned of the dangerous drugs being sold. Large signs were set up at popular tourist locations in the city.Amsterdam warns of dangerous drugs after 3 deaths Washington Times An award of €15,000 was offered for tips about the dealer of the drugs.Brit onwel door cocaïne in Amsterdam, geen witte heroïne Het Parool (in Dutch) On 20 January 2015 the last warning signs were removed from the city as there had been no further incidents.http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2015/01/amsterdam_jorist_cokeborden.html Amsterdam jorist coke-borden 2015-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150122223208/http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2015/01/amsterdam_jorist_cokeborden.html 2015-01-22 dead On the night of 25 February 2015, three Danish tourists became unwell after using white heroin, but left the hospital later. The police spread video material of the alleged seller. The warning signs returned in the streets in Amsterdam and flyers and posters were deployed at crucial places in the city. People could also test their drugs at 30 sites in the city.'Coke-killer' Amsterdam is terug: drie toeristen onwel The man who sold the drugs in February 2015 was Flip S. from Amsterdam. In court there was not enough evidence that he was also the dealer of the drugs causing the other incidents. There was no evidence he sold the drugs to harm people. In February 2016, he was sentenced to one year in prison for dealing drugs and not taking proper precautions like testing his drugs beforehand. nl Aftermath The weekend after the two British men died, a minute's silence was held by thirty-seven amateur football matches in the Novahomes Plymouth and West Devon Combination league in honour of the two. Neither had been named by the Foreign Office following a request from their families. One of their old clubs, Plymouth Falcons, postponed their upcoming match with Plymouth Spurs.Minute's silence at football matches for white heroin victims Controversy Drugs expert Adam Winstock suggested that the drug dealer might have murdered the buyers. The street price of white heroin is three times the price of cocaine, which makes the scenario of a drug dealer, a person driven by the desire of profit, very unlikely to have accidentally substituted heroin for cocaine once, and much less so multiple times for more than two months. See also 2014 in the Netherlands Timeline of Amsterdam List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication References Amsterdam drug Amsterdam drug deaths Drug deaths, 2014 Category:Accidental deaths in the Netherlands Category:British victims of crime Category:Deaths by heroin overdose Category:Drug-related deaths in the Netherlands Category:Tourism in Amsterdam Amsterdam drug deaths Amsterdam drug deaths Amsterdam drug deaths Category:Recreational drug tourism Category:Cocaine