Extent of illicit drug use and dependence, and their contribution to the global burden of disease

L Degenhardt, W Hall - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
… health consequences of problem use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. …
illicit drug use and dependence, remission from dependence, and mortality in illicit drug users

[PDF][PDF] Risk behaviour and HIV among drug using populations in South Africa

C Parry, AL Pithey - Afr J Drug Alcohol Stud, 2006 - researchgate.net
… increased exponentially in the late 1990s across most sites in South Africa and by the early
2000s cocaine/crack had become the third most widely used illicit drug in South Africa, after …

[PDF][PDF] Drug use amongst South African youths: Reasons and solutions

AE Van Zyl - Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2013 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
… Police Services and the public should be established to increase reporting of drug
pushing and illegal drug use by parents, teachers and other members of the community. …

Substance misuse trends in South Africa

S Pasche, B Myers - Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… the primary substances of misuse in South Africa. With South Africa's transition to democracy
and … associated with illicit drug use. Alcohol, however, remains the most commonly misused …

Illicit drug trends globally

P Griffiths, M Meacham, R McKetin - 2008 - books.google.com
… various illicit drug indicators. Some of the more commonly used indicators of illicit drug use,
… In Africa, with the exception of South Africa, data are extremely limited, with only a few rapid …

Illicit drug use and the burden of disease

W Hall, L Degenhardt, N Sindicich - 2008 - books.google.com
… , South Africa) rates of cannabis use are much lower in Africa, … use information from known
populations of illicit drug users (such … the size of the total hidden population of illicit drug users. …

Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report

A Peacock, J Leung, S Larney, S Colledge… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… in estimating and comparing substance use and related burden … illicit drug use was
defined as use of a substance where consumption has been prohibited by international drug

Drug use and HIV risk behaviour in three urban South African communities

K Peltzer, L Simbayi, S Kalichman, S Jooste… - Journal of Social …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
drug usage and associated problems among urban South Africans, and (2) to examine the
associations between drug … city adults in South Africa a high prevalence of illicit drug use (25…

Substance use and psychosocial predictors of high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa

AJ Flisher, L Townsend, P Chikobvu… - Journal of Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs predicts dropout among secondary school students
in Cape Town, South Africa. A … use, but not by past month alcohol use and lifetime illicit drug

The impact of illicit drug networks on the effectiveness of law enforcement in South Africa

P Machethe, JT Mofokeng - Technium Soc. Sci. J., 2022 - HeinOnline
… on the illicit drug networks that hinder the effectiveness of law enforcement in South Africa. …
the scourge of illicit drugs in South Africa. The study also focuses on the countries producing …