Latest articles on Drug Addiction

Are universities pathologising student issues?

Article Linda Eskell Blokland - 11 Oct 2019

Conventional therapy is relied on when social and peer-to-peer interventions may be the answer

Her office is in the streets

Article Leigh Wils - 1 Oct 2019

COSUP's interventions are all part of a harm reduction approach to substance use

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Glasgow eye of storm as drug deaths spiral in Scotland

Article Joe Jackson 1 - 4 Sep 2019

Scotland's biggest city, is the epicentre of a substance abuse crisis, which saw an unprecedented 1187 drug-related deaths last year

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Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?

Videos Staff Reporter - 23 Apr 2019

Programmes letting people swap illegal highs for medications are popping up all over the country. Here’s how they work.

A poison by any other name

Article Ellapen Rapiti - 22 Mar 2019

It is not just the person who drinks alcohol in excess who is harmed; the family suffers too

Want to quit smoking? Breathe

Article Ellapen Rapiti - 14 Sep 2018

Puffing away on nicotine is unhealthy and socially no longer acceptable, but people do struggle to give it up

Letters to the editor: October 6 to 12 2017

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Oct 2017

Readers write in about the auditor witch-hunt, and drug policy

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

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 15 Feb 2017

Outreach workers say the practice making headlines isn’t as widespread as it’s been made out to be as they rush to prevent more from trying it.

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Is codeine Africa’s drug of choice?

Article Staff Reporter - 22 May 2016

Common cough, flu and pain medicines can be addictive. Codeine addiction is an increasingly well-known problem in South Africa.

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Nyaope addiction tests a community’s spirit

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Apr 2016

Addicts try and try again to break the habit but, with no real prospects, they can't win the battle.

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‘No home, no money, no medicine – but who cares? I don’t exist’

Article Bhekisisa Team - 13 Apr 2016

Introduce harm-reduction and HIV programmes – especially for heroin users – before it's too late.

Addicted to drug addiction memoirs

Article Tanya Pampalone - 1 Jul 2014

The first instalment of our drug edition looks at books that are easy to get hooked on – if you're into misery, redemption and excruciating honesty.

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We need to talk about caving in to nyaope

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jun 2014

Ivory Park's Operation Thiba Nyaope provides support for addicts and their affected families.

Life’s precipice puts addiction into perspective

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Apr 2014

Three drug addicts tell their stories of devastation, desperation and, finally, the long road to recovery.

Dirty war on drugs in Cape Town

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Sep 2013

You push against the tide by taking down one dealer at a time - just mind the hell hounds and small children.

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