south africa

Nam Women Rank as 6th African Binge Boozers

Nam women rank as 6th African binge boozers
Citing data compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO), The Washington Post says Zambia and South Africa, which both sit at the top, have 41.2% women who binge drink, while Burkina Faso with 36.8% and Mozambique with 32.9% are ranked third and… Continue reading

MEC Welcomes Steps to Curb Nyaope Abuse

MEC Welcomes Steps to Curb Nyaope Abuse
South Africa: MEC Welcomes Steps to Curb Nyaope Abuse. 4 April 2014. Pretoria — Gauteng Social Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza has welcomed the amendment to the Drugs and Trafficking Act, saying that the decision was a game changer in the fight …
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The New Drugs Craze Sweeping South Africa With Fatal Consequences

The New Drugs Craze Sweeping South Africa with Fatal Consequences — http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Drug addicts in South Africa are robbing HIV-positive patients of their medication to get high. Called ‘whoonga’ it’…


Woman spared longer jail term to get help with drug addiction
… spared longer jail term to get help with… Continue reading

Star Musician Tackles Drug Abuse Among the Youth in South Africa

Star musician tackles drug abuse among the youth in South Africa — South Africa’s Jazz musician promises to tackle the issue of drug abuse through singing. He is back in south Africa to help the youth fight drug abuse.


ON SAFARI: Local students tour South Africa
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The Truth About Homeopathy?

Question by bare4winds: The Truth about Homeopathy?
The First U.S. Homeopathic School
Students of Hahnemann founded the first homeopathic medical school in the United States in the late 1800’s. It gained recognition because of its success in treating the many disease epidemics rampant at the time — including scarlet fever,… Continue reading

Dog Dies After Eating Electronic Cigarette Capsule

Dog Dies After Eating Electronic Cigarette Capsule

Filed under: Houston Drug Rehab Centers

The Staffordshire bull terrier had punctured the capsule of concentrated liquid nicotine with her teeth, delivering a lethal dose of the drug. The local … it do to a child?" If a pet is poisoned by a… Continue reading

Why Was It That Obama Lifted the Ban on HIV Infected People to Come to the States Again?

Question by The Fed Up Matthew™: Why was it that Obama lifted the ban on HIV infected people to come to the States again?
Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Strains of mutant HIV emerging in the U.S. and Europe threaten to undermine progress made in expanding access to treatment in… Continue reading

Free or Affordable Drug Rehap in South Africa?

Question by B-Stone: Free or affordable drug rehap in South Africa?
Hi All,

I’m looking for information on free or affordable drug rehab facilities in Johannesburg or Cape Town? The family I know would like to refer their son to rehabilitation for drug abuse before it reach an extreme… Continue reading

How Do You Handle a Family Member Trying to Commit Suicide?

Question by *TiNK*: how do you handle a family member trying to commit suicide?
I don’t really want to give out too much information about it, but my mother tried to commit suicide by overdose friday night. she od’d on pills and went drunk driving (she has a history… Continue reading

Vuyiseka Dubula, AIDS & Treatment Issues in Africa


 

Vuyiseka Dubula, AIDS & Treatment Issues in Africa – Vuyiseka Dubula, Secretary General of the Treatment Action Campaign is interviewed about a range of topics on the current state of AIDS in South Africa, incl…