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Pupils abusing dangerous drugs such as nyaope
26 Aug 2014 at 13:09hrs | Views
SCHOOL children are said to be widely abusing dangerous drugs and skin lighteners that are continuing to hit Bulawayo streets.
In interviews yesterday, Chronicle was told that ingredients for some of the drugs include anti-retrovirals, rat poison, milk as well as dagga.
Drugs such as Nyaope are made with the mixtures.
Clinical drugs such as Histalix Cough syrup are increasingly also being abused by pupils and teenagers.
A vendor and a user of the substances who identified himself as Sox told Chronicle that most of their customers are school children, especially those that learn at private colleges and street kids.
"We sell these drugs depending on the size of the pack. If you want dagga only, you can get it for R5, when you want it mixed with these other substances it can cost you a 'buck' or R12," Sox said.
"Those are very 'sick' drugs. You feel like your thinking capacity is going on a slow motion. When you use them you become very high. 'Nyaope' can make you go for days without eating and when you use the cough syrup you develop huge cravings for sweet things like chocolate sweets or toffee rolls," he said.
Illegal skin lighteners such as Diprosone, Betasol and Epiderm are also being sold on the streets of Bulawayo. These are widely used by women who include female students especially from boarding schools.
Some vendors yesterday said some men were also buying the banned creams to lighten their skin. A vendor at Egodini said they usually buy these creams from South Africa and Zambia for resale at R12 each.
Recently, a Bulawayo man from Old Lobengula appeared in court for selling skin lightening creams and he told the presiding magistrate he was a desperate vendor who was forced to sell Diprosone, Betasol and Epiderm creams to fend for his two children and pregnant wife.
The man Trust Mupfumi, 32, was fined by Bulawayo Magistrate Gladmore Mushove.
In interviews yesterday, Chronicle was told that ingredients for some of the drugs include anti-retrovirals, rat poison, milk as well as dagga.
Drugs such as Nyaope are made with the mixtures.
Clinical drugs such as Histalix Cough syrup are increasingly also being abused by pupils and teenagers.
A vendor and a user of the substances who identified himself as Sox told Chronicle that most of their customers are school children, especially those that learn at private colleges and street kids.
"We sell these drugs depending on the size of the pack. If you want dagga only, you can get it for R5, when you want it mixed with these other substances it can cost you a 'buck' or R12," Sox said.
"Those are very 'sick' drugs. You feel like your thinking capacity is going on a slow motion. When you use them you become very high. 'Nyaope' can make you go for days without eating and when you use the cough syrup you develop huge cravings for sweet things like chocolate sweets or toffee rolls," he said.
Illegal skin lighteners such as Diprosone, Betasol and Epiderm are also being sold on the streets of Bulawayo. These are widely used by women who include female students especially from boarding schools.
Some vendors yesterday said some men were also buying the banned creams to lighten their skin. A vendor at Egodini said they usually buy these creams from South Africa and Zambia for resale at R12 each.
Recently, a Bulawayo man from Old Lobengula appeared in court for selling skin lightening creams and he told the presiding magistrate he was a desperate vendor who was forced to sell Diprosone, Betasol and Epiderm creams to fend for his two children and pregnant wife.
The man Trust Mupfumi, 32, was fined by Bulawayo Magistrate Gladmore Mushove.
Source - chronicle
