Inside Denmark’s opioid crisis: Teens as young as 12 hooked on tramadol, ‘oxy’ and other painkillers
When Marcus tried out “oxy” – limited for oxycodone – for the very first time at age 15, he was hooked by the feeling of euphoria it brought him. Four a long time later, he was deep in habit. He was intoxicated whether he was at college chatting to his instructors, or enjoying video online games with his friends. Oxycodone is a variety of opioid, a group of substances extracted from the opium poppy that involves heroin and morphine. These…