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[WATCH] Busted: Three myths about drug addiction

A safe retreat from the war on drugs

Tlaleng Mofokeng - November 12, 2020 0

Are there really HIV drugs in nyaope?

Dylan Bush - September 11, 2019 0

Man walking on a dirt road in Togo.

Doing the ‘tramadol dance’: What this latest music craze says about...

Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt - August 13, 2019 1

Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?

Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?

Dylan Bush - April 23, 2019 0

Methadone is used in countries around the world including Indonesia

‘I thought drug users just made bad choices. Then this happened’

Sibonelo Hlanganani Gumede - September 10, 2018 0

In 1992

This country figured out how to stop teen substance abuse, so...

Emma Young - October 16, 2017 0

The paramedics don’t care about us. If we mention that the person has overdosed they won’t come, they won’t help us, especially if you are black.

Slice of Life: ‘She made a joke out of my friend’s...

Nelisiwe Msomi - August 16, 2017 0

You can't treat what you can't count: No one knows how many people inject drugs in east and southern Africa.

Why injecting a drug user’s blood into yourself will give you...

Bhekisisa Team - April 26, 2017 0

Inside 'bluetoothing's' fake high

Inside ‘bluetoothing’s’ fake high

Dylan Bush and Nelisiwe Msomi - March 12, 2017 0

[WATCH] Busted: Three myths about drug addiction

‘Bluetoothing’: The drug myth that fooled a nation?

Nelisiwe Msomi - February 15, 2017 0

The 2016 World Aids Day special report focuses on what it will take to reach the 90-90-90 targets to end the Aids epidemic by 2030.

Could South Africa’s next HIV plan call for the decriminalisation of...

Laura López González - September 30, 2016 0

Codeine products are available over the counter in South Africa. But codeine is addictive and the products can be abused.

Is codeine Africa’s drug of choice?

Amy Green - May 22, 2016 0

A freak wave that hit Durban's beaches in January is still wreaking havoc in the coastal city

‘No home, no money, no medicine – but who cares? I...

Amy Green - April 13, 2016 0

Vicious cycle: At some point

Painkillers can be a big headache

Amy Green - December 19, 2014 0

Tools of the trade: Evidence of Sam Maseko's addiction. His mother Audrey at least knows where Sam is now; he used to wander around and steal.

We need to talk about caving in to nyaope

Ina Skosana - June 6, 2014 0

Years of cocaine abuse led his life to ruin

Life’s precipice puts addiction into perspective

Amy Green - April 16, 2014 0

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