Drugs
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Throwing basket of diagnostics, drugs, vaccines and mozzie stoppers at malaria has not stopped the disease
The disease we know as Malaria was thought to be caused by breathing “bad air” (mal aria) that emanates from swamps. This was not “fake news” but a lack of understanding and…
What you need to know about recreational cannabis in South Africa
While the laws controlling the substance are being finalised, it is crucial to be informed about your rights and responsibilities
For Africa’s health to improve, collaboration, innovation and self-reliance is required
The international community can support the continent through, for example, the transfer of technology to enable drugs and vaccines to be produced on African soil
Ghana’s opioid crisis brings pain and death
The highly addictive pain medication Tramadol is being sold as a street drug
Three health ministers have failed SA nurses. This is why
The list of medicines nurses can prescribe hasn’t changed since 1984, so they can’t dispense beyond schedule four drugs
Time for a humane and radical rethink on drug policy in South Africa
Punitive and draconic drug control systematically leads to human rights violations and abuse
The war on drugs is a fight with no winners
A humanitarian intervention is needed to reform a punitive system that does not produce the desired results
Crystal meth addicts claw their way clean
Two former addicts share their stories
Drug abuse ‘out of hand’ in South Africa, needs radical policy shift
The World Health Organisation recommended opioid substitution drug treatment but because of the cost this therapy is not offered in the public health service
What’s ‘moral’ about a misguided war on drugs that defies common sense?
It’s high time we listened to former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe’s advice on the legalisation of all recreational drugs
Why doesn’t SA use this bargaining chip when it makes deals with drugmakers?
Drug trials to test a new HIV prevention method was trialled in South Africa but now the country won’t be able to afford to buy it for the people who need it most. Here’s how to…
When you kiss nyaope, you marry it
The low-grade form of heroin continues to strip the youth of their future and the young women living in a drug house in Ekurhuleni say the police do not take them seriously
South Africa’s longstanding drug abuse problem linked to unemployment
The police and criminal justice system continue with a punitive approach to fight illegal drug trade, targeting poor black users in particular
Three decades after Pablo Escobar’s death, drugs ravage Medellin
With 2.2 million inhabitants, Medellin is today the city with the highest drug consumption – 15.5% – in Colombia
Xiomara Castro’s win in Honduras could address the country’s endemic corruption and violence
After more than a decade of violent repression and undemocratic rule that emerged after the 2009 ouster of Manuel Zelaya, a new leader takes the reins of the Central American…