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A new illegal injectable is being sold to Danish teens. It’s touted as making you slimmer, tanner—even smarter—but Anti-Doping Denmark warns of serious side effects.

The story of a 'miracle cure' is spreading among young people

»We know from other doping products coming into the country that about a third contain something different from what’s on the label. You can’t trust what’s in them,« says Jakob Mørkeberg of Anti-Doping Denmark. Illustration: Karina Kofoed.
»We know from other doping products coming into the country that about a third contain something different from what’s on the label. You can’t trust what’s in them,« says Jakob Mørkeberg of Anti-Doping Denmark. Illustration: Karina Kofoed.
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Små flasker med ulovlige kemiske væsker er begyndt at dukke op på teenageværelser rundt omkring i landet.

På de sociale medier bliver stoffet promoveret som et vidundermiddel af kendte influencere og smukke mænd i 20’erne, der vrider deres solbrune torsoer i bodybuilder-positurer, mens de lover dig sixpack og glat hud. Tre måneder, så ligner du Barbies nye elsker.

Der er bare det problem, at stoffet er farligt.

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