It started with a pill after the accident - now Nicklas is on the hook: This is how opposition politicians will act against the escalating opioid crisis

Nicklas Wind from Esbjerg is coming forward these weeks with his story about how his life fell apart when he started taking opioids after a work accident. Now politicians will take action. Photo: Rikke Kjær Poulsen

Two prominent opposition politicians agree that the government needs to wake up in relation to the escalating opioid crisis. Both the Conservative People’s Party and SF themselves are ready with concrete proposals for how to deal with the increasing abuse of opioid pills.

Rune Weitling rwe@ com and Mark Michael Hede mamhe@ com

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Nicklas Wind from Esbjerg is coming forward these weeks with his story about how his life fell apart when he started taking opioids after a work accident. Now politicians will take action. Photo: Rikke Kjær Poulsen
Nicklas Wind started on opioids after an accident that happened while he was an apprentice. Photo: Rikke Kjær Poulsen
Several opposition politicians believe that the government has hesitated far too long in relation to taking the extent of the opioid problem seriously enough. One of them is the conservative justice rapporteur, Mai Mercado. Photo: Mathias Svold/Ritzau Scanpix
Karina Lorentzen Dehnhardt (SF) also believes that action must be taken against the escalating opioid crisis, which is currently ravaging several places in Denmark, including Esbjerg and Fredericia. Photo: Marie Hald