… /opiates 9.2%, and prescription and OTC drugs 2.6%. An increase in substance user
treatment admissions has increased. While the prevalence of illicit drug use in South Africa is …

… Illicit drug use imposes a large … Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimated in its 2012 report[2]
that 3.4 - 6.6% of the world’s population aged between 15 and 64 years had used illegal drugs …

… to be associated with drug use. In order to update planning on drug use programming, more
… prevalence data on illicit drug use among adolescents and adults in South Africa are needed…

Chapter 13 ILLiCiT DRUG USE Page 1 SUMMARy Estimating mortality directly attributable
to illicit drug use such as overdose death—the most tangible adverse heath effect of illicit …

… Results: Findings of this study indicate the prevalence rate of 19.8% for illicit drug use, …
consumption among the participants. Both drug use, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption …

… reported by our respondents seemed low in comparison to lifetime frequency of illegal drug
use in the United States reported by adolescents of similar ages (36.9%; [8]), our findings are …

… illegal drug use in South Africa (… illicit drug use in South Africa and their relevance within
the criminological sphere than divulging into the components and characteristics of illegal drugs. …

… This paper presents the findings on the extent and influence of illicit drug use in South
Africa, … We present the current state of illicit drug use in South Africa based on the population-…

… In this section, we present cumulative prevalence of illicit drug use in South Africa, for the
following areas: Durban, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga. The data was adopted from Pluddemann …

… in such a way that illicit drugs have now become an issue. … created conditions that foster
drug use and drug trafficking. For … that in South Africa, the consumption of crack cocaine has …