Harm reduction

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Alcohol industry used “regulatory capture” to delay liquor bill, say researchers

Liquor Amendment Bill still not introduced to Parliament after nine years

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News | 4 April 2025

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HIV patients go weeks without medicines after US aid cut

Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done

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News | 18 February 2025

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Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid

Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

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News | 11 February 2025

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Cheap tik takes hold in Tshwane townships

An uptick in psychosis has followed

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Feature | 28 January 2025

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From hustling on the streets to recovery: a young man’s triumph over drugs

Harm reduction centre succeeds where rehabs often fail

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Feature | 19 December 2024

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Fentanyl is here: South Africans test positive for potent opioid

Preliminary research shows people are using fentanyl, a lab-made opioid over 30 times as potent as heroin, responsible for thousands of deaths in the US

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News | 9 December 2024

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From caps to needles: Durban’s whoonga drug culture is changing

People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns

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News | 3 December 2024

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Activists welcome Treasury’s proposed minimum alcohol price

National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking

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News | 19 November 2024

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How government is hindering its own drug policies

A program supplying sterile injection equipment was stopped for months in Cape Town

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Feature | 5 November 2024