An »alarming» report on youths’ dangerous opioid abuse should be a wake‑up call to dramatically improve monitoring, according to Socialdemokratiet.

She’s fed up: »We can’t keep waiting for doctors to decide it’s worth their attention«

Socialdemokratiet's substance‑abuse spokesperson Maria Durhuus recently published a book on youths’ opioid misuse, in which she criticizes the Danish Health Authority for doing nothing while misuse increased. Foto: Mads Nissen
Socialdemokratiet's substance‑abuse spokesperson Maria Durhuus recently published a book on youths’ opioid misuse, in which she criticizes the Danish Health Authority for doing nothing while misuse increased. Foto: Mads Nissen
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Maria Durhuus was somewhat surprised when she opened the newspaper Jyllands-Posten on October 7.

She is a former nurse and current substance-abuse spokesperson for Socialdemokratiet and recently published a book on young people’s abuse of the deadly opioids.

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