Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use in April 2019, based on data from specialist treatment centres in all nine provinces, showed that overall, alcohol remained the"dominant substance of abuse ... and still causes the biggest burden of harm in terms of both communicable and non-communicable diseases".
"Across sites, between 33% and 50% of patients attending specialist treatment centres had cannabis as their primary or secondary drug of use," they noted. In the Western Cape, the pattern was different to other provinces, with methamphetamine the most common primary drug reported by patients. Heroin, mostly smoked, was a"problem across most sites". In the Western Cape its use was rising, from 7% to 13% during the reporting period.
Cocaine, CAT , nyaope/whoonga , over-the-counter and prescription drugs, and club drugs were also listed as substances of abuse in the report.
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