LONDON: Toxicology results released to the family of singer Amy Winehouse this week raised almost as many questions as they answered, experts said today, keeping the cause of the Rehab singer’s death a mystery.
The Winehouse family issued a statement yesterday saying no illegal substances were found in the 27-year-old’s system [...]
Hooked on drugs and alcohol, South African school children are increasingly landing up in rehab.
Teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 are being admitted as inpatients at facilities country- wide for up to 42 days to tackle their addictions.
Figures for just four centres have revealed that at least 329 [...]
Cocaine is an alkaloid found in the leaves of the coca plant. The coca plant is botanically classified as a shrub and grows in a variety of climates and soil conditions. It is mainly cultivated at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1 500 metres in the tropical forests along the [...]
Outgoing Mayor Amos Masondo has announced the launch of a drug rehabilitation centre in Randburg.
The centre will be one of only three state run facilities in Gauteng.
Among those who attended, were young people who came in their numbers to support the initiative.
The centre couldn’t have come at a better time, [...]
As tourists stroll languidly through the narrow streets of Stone Town, the romantic city hums with life. Vendors sell oriental spices and colourful fabrics, while children play soccer between crumbling walls and men hurry in long gowns towards the mosque.
But when darkness descends over the historic town, Zanzibar’s capital takes [...]
The widespread poverty and unemployment in South Africa is fuelling drug and alcohol abuse, Congress of SA Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says.
“It is unemployment that drives so many to the booze and other substance abuse,” he said in an address prepared for delivery at the 2nd Biennial Substance [...]
“I have been coke-free for three years now, but the battle has not stopped … Five minutes of confidence for a life-time of paranoia is a price I’ve had to pay.”
These are the disturbing words of one of many anonymous drug users whose stories are posted on Ravesafe.org.za, a South [...]
Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS)
ATS can be divided into two subgroups, namely CNS stimulants and hallucinogenic ATS. In 2002, the Forensic Science Laboratory of the South African Police Service (SAPS) analysed more than 500 000 dosage units in connection with more than 1 600 ATS-related cases. The police also raided several illicit [...]