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Her office is in the streets
Article
/ 1 October 2019

Her office is in the streets

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

By Leigh Wils
Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?
Videos
/ 23 April 2019

Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?

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

By Dylan Bush
Southern Africa’s missing drug users: We can’t treat what we don’t count
Article
/ 1 March 2019

Southern Africa’s missing drug users: We can’t treat what we don’t count

No one really knows how many people inject drugs in east and southern Africa and that’s a bigger problem than you think.

By Catherine Sozi
Safe spaces increase the chances of recovery
Article
/ 18 January 2019

Safe spaces increase the chances of recovery

Being an addict on the street is hard, the two men say. But trying to break the habit is the hardest

By Lester Kiewit
Watch this man’s amazing transformation after he kicked heroin with the help of this
Videos
/ 14 September 2018

Watch this man’s amazing transformation after he kicked heroin with the help of this

When people with diabetes inject insulin, we don’t see that as an addiction. So why is opioid substitution therapy considered one?

By Dylan Bush
‘I thought drug users just made bad choices. Then this happened’
Article
/ 10 September 2018

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

Until two years ago, it was Sibonelo Gumede’s job to help developers get rid of people who used drugs in neighbourhoods. Then his life changed.

By Staff Reporter
Myths and methadone: Will Egypt’s laws bend to the  rising tide of drug abuse?
Article
/ 12 January 2018

Myths and methadone: Will Egypt’s laws bend to the rising tide of drug abuse?

The real revolution is yet to come when it relates to the country’s opioid epidemic.

By Staff Reporter
Chasing the dragon, stalking a virus: Life, heroin and Tshwane’s needle exchange
Videos
/ 3 December 2017

Chasing the dragon, stalking a virus: Life, heroin and Tshwane’s needle exchange

This programme is saving heroin users on the streets of Tshwane, one clean needle at a time.

By Dylan Bush

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