South Africa is beginning to see changes. The new National Drug Master Plan (2019-2024) promises a shift in policy. It "recognises that the punitive approach has not been successful in tackling ...

The National Drug Master Plan (2013 to 2017), is being implemented as South Africa’s blueprint for preventing and reducing alcohol and substance abuse and its associated social and economic ...

Everybody wants to help West Africa with its drug problem: the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime and other U.N. bodies, Interpol, the European Union, the West African regional organization known as ...

Africa’s Stolen-Drug Problem. By Roger Bate. The Wall Street Journal Europe. September 01, 2010. Back in 2005 Willis Akhwale of the Kenyan Ministry of Health told me he was worried about the ...

Alcohol testing in the workplace has become increasingly common, as the dangers and liabilities in many industries of employees being under the influence of alcohol can be significant. Drug ...

South Africa’s synthetic drug market South Africa is among 81 countries in the report that saw no change or improvement in the severity of their synthetic drug markets. However, it still boasts ...

When it comes to substance abuse statistics, there is always some sort of controversy as to exactly what is going on because, quite frankly, no one likes to admit there is a problem within their ...

Back in 2005 Willis Akhwale of the Kenyan Ministry of Health told me he was worried about the burgeoning black market in anti-malarial drugs. Five years later the situation is no better: Dr ...

The South African government is trying to discourage the use of ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication, as an anti-COVID-19 therapeutic. But some doctors are prescribing it anyway.

South Africa has a very high unemployment rate of 29.1%. The national average belies the deepness of unemployment in certain parts of the country. In some communities, it is as high as 60% .

The National Drug Master Plan (2013 to 2017), is being implemented as South Africa’s blueprint for preventing and reducing alcohol and substance abuse and its associated social and economic ...