Drug Edition 2014

The Dagga Couple feel they owe it to the plant to fight for legislation. They want to make the existing market legal.

Is cannabis a wonder plant for every ailment or downright dangerous? Here’s what the different sides argue.

After meeting a Tanzanian stowaway, Sean Christie gets caught up in a hair-raising heroin run from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town.

California voters approved medical marijuana in 1996 but the retailing of pot did not bloom until 2009, when the state finally issued "guidelines".

The highly addictive mix of heroin and cannabis is the drug of choice for the economic outcasts.

Two anonymous testimonies of drug users – one good experience, one bad.

The Malibu Model has reached Cape Town. And for those who want to get sober, and have the kind of cash that gets you the best, it’s a beautiful thing.

Crystal meth may have trapped users in crimes, but it is also the fulcrum of an illicit economy that employs hundreds.

Not everyone enjoys smoking cannabis, hence the thriving scene of "edibles". Usually sweet treats, but any food can be laced with cannabis.

Inanda has evolved its own nihilistic ecstasy scene, complete with a loopy music genre.

Nineteen-year old Lindokuhle Sobhekwa, who is in his final year at school, began photographing nyaope smokers in his East Rand neighbourhood last year

It’s a genre that’s easy to get hooked on – that’s if you’re into misery, redemption and excruciating honesty.

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.