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The Times – Thabo Mkhize
And hundreds of thousands abuse cocaine and tik, says a UN report
SOUTH Africans are the biggest dagga (also known as marijuana or cannabis) smokers in the world, with at least 2.5million citizens using the drug.
The country also has the most abusers of amphetamine-type stimulants, the most common being tik, with double the percentage of addicts than other countries. These shocking revelations were made yesterday at the release of the annual report of the international narcotics control board of the UN Office for Drugs and Crime. And a presentation by the department of social development at the UN launch showed that: 237000 South Africans are totally dependent on drugs and will feed their addiction at all costs; 1.97million South Africans are alcoholics; and alcohol abuse and drug addiction cost the economy R20-billion a year in accidents, injuries, assaults and medical treatment. These figures, said the deputy chairman of the Central Drug Authority, David Bayever, were based on studies by the Medical Research Council, the SA Red Cross and the police.
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