Free-distribution magazine pulls edition over drug-related article
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The free-distribution magazine V was withdrawn from circulation on Wednesday.
"The main article of the issue dealt with drug use in a manner and tone which is not acceptable for a responsible medium", said Janne Kaijärvi, the magazine's editor-in-chief.
The article included interviews with young people using drugs, and there were captions stating that the recreational use of drugs is part of everyday partying in Finland.
The magazine had been in distrubition for a short time in the centre of Helsinki before Kaijärvi recalled the edition.
"As the target readership of the magazine are young city-dwellers, it is not possible to give the impression that the use of drugs is sophisticated, and that there are no risks involved", he explains.
Before the printing, the content of the edition was approved by editor Saila-Mari Kohtala.
V appears monthly, and it is distributed in the Helsinki region in about 300 locations, as well as in Tampere and Turku.
The February issue of the magazine will be reprinted without the drug-related article, and will appear on the stands at the end of the week.
V is a publication of the SanomaWSOY Group, which also includes Helsingin Sanomat
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 Free-distribution magazine pulls edition over drug-related article |
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