This is a series of articles on the heroin trade, as well as treatment efforts and law enforcement in South Africa.
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Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis

In response to high rates of heroin use, the government will pilot an opioid agonist therapy program

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News | 15 November 2024

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Heroin use has spread as prices plummet

South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role

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Information | 9 October 2024