… 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 relatively low …

… Illicit drug use imposes a large … on 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 …

… 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…

… 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-…

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 …

… Illicit drug abuse and addiction are universal issues requiring international cooperation
and … The list of identified illicit drugs in South African wastewater is provided in Table 4. …

… that gap by contributing to Africa's baseline information on illicit drug use. This study … illicit
drug use in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa …