The Western Cape has the highest number of dagga smokers in the country and 42 percent of dagga smokers attending treatment centres are under the age of 20.
The Department of Social Development says 39 percent use methamphetamine (tik) and eight percent use heroin, but alcohol is the most frequently abused substance by young and old.
"We have 9.2 percent of our population - twice that in other parts of the world - who use cannabis. It will be a grave mistake to legalise cannabis as elsewhere in the world," Central Drug Authority (CDA) deputy chairman David Bayever said while addressing the standing committee on community development on Wednesday.
"We legalised alcohol and never mind the money made from it - alcohol is our biggest problem. The cost to society is horrific. We cannot make the same mistake twice."
The statistics Bayever used were based on a 2000 to 2008 report the Medical Research Council did for the department.
At 16 percent, the province has the country's highest rate of binge drinking, particularly among young people and in rural areas.
Tik is the primary drug for 35 percent of all users, followed by alcohol and dagga 28 and 14 percent respectively. Thirteen percent used heroine and six percent cocaine... - Cape Times
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David Bayever has been in charge of the CDA for the past few years, and yet fails to account for the increase in deaths due to alcohol on his watch. Quick to lay the blame and not to make the same mistake twice??????????
Daily David 70 people die because of alcohol. Daily David you are in charge of a national pile of bodies 70 deep.
As the video below depicts not one death due to cannabis.
I say this clearly so you can understand.
FUCKOFF with your lies and mistruths!
The Department of Social Development says 39 percent use methamphetamine (tik) and eight percent use heroin, but alcohol is the most frequently abused substance by young and old.
"We have 9.2 percent of our population - twice that in other parts of the world - who use cannabis. It will be a grave mistake to legalise cannabis as elsewhere in the world," Central Drug Authority (CDA) deputy chairman David Bayever said while addressing the standing committee on community development on Wednesday.
"We legalised alcohol and never mind the money made from it - alcohol is our biggest problem. The cost to society is horrific. We cannot make the same mistake twice."
The statistics Bayever used were based on a 2000 to 2008 report the Medical Research Council did for the department.
At 16 percent, the province has the country's highest rate of binge drinking, particularly among young people and in rural areas.
Tik is the primary drug for 35 percent of all users, followed by alcohol and dagga 28 and 14 percent respectively. Thirteen percent used heroine and six percent cocaine... - Cape Times
.......
David Bayever has been in charge of the CDA for the past few years, and yet fails to account for the increase in deaths due to alcohol on his watch. Quick to lay the blame and not to make the same mistake twice??????????
Daily David 70 people die because of alcohol. Daily David you are in charge of a national pile of bodies 70 deep.
As the video below depicts not one death due to cannabis.
I say this clearly so you can understand.
FUCKOFF with your lies and mistruths!
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