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Opioids

Cheap and nasty — heroin use in South Africa surges as price plummets

Maverick News

Cheap and nasty — heroin use in South Africa surges as price plummets

by: Jesse Copelyn

Deadly synthetic cannabis kush takes hold of the youth in west Africa’s Mano River Basin

Op-eds

Deadly synthetic cannabis kush takes hold of the youth in west Africa’s Mano River Basin

by: Feyi Ogunade

SA is facing a fast-escalating heroin crisis — and it’s being misunderstood

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

SA is facing a fast-escalating heroin crisis — and it’s being misunderstood

by: Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight

Drug use in South Africa surged over past two decades: study

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Drug use in South Africa surged over past two decades: study

by: Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight

Five steps in five years – a to-do list to help South Africa kick its heroin habit

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Five steps in five years – a to-do list to help South Africa kick its heroin habit

by: Zano Kunene

Pain management in South Africa a sore point for palliative care and medical regulations

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Pain management in South Africa a sore point for palliative care and medical regulations

by: Elsabé Brits

Trade-offs in managing tramadol abuse in Central Africa

Africa

Trade-offs in managing tramadol abuse in Central Africa

by: ISS Today

Analysis: Stop the deception, legalise drugs

South Africa

Analysis: Stop the deception, legalise drugs

by: Chris Gibbons

How American junkies fund the Taliban (and other stories from the other side of the war on terror)

Business Maverick, Politics

How American junkies fund the Taliban (and other stories from the other side of the war on terror)

by: Richard Poplak

Codeine's bad rep: should it be banned?

Sci-Tech

Codeine's bad rep: should it be banned?

by: Andy Rice

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