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The World Health Organisation recommended opioid substitution drug treatment but because of the cost this therapy is not offered in the public health service

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

The police and criminal justice system continue with a punitive approach to fight illegal drug trade, targeting poor black users in particular

It is not clear yet whether the Taliban government will clamp down on the illicit trade

Deputy Social Development Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu tells the UN that the war on drugs has failed and is suggesting other options to tackle addiction

In eThekwini a successful scheme is helping homeless people, but some say the lack of drugs to feed their addictions means it is better to stay away

Here is a look at the opioid crisis and the tensions it has caused between China and the United States

Learners turn to anti-anxiety medication to manage stress but punishment remains the state’s primary intervention

Today, I’m a weed activist. I’ve seen the injustice of really, really good people getting fucked by really bad laws

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

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

If you think shutting down needle exchange programmes will keep your city free of contaminated needles, think again.

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

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

Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.