TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS CORNER DRUG ABUSE
A new drug is Emerging in Africa, Zimbabwe included some parts of Zimbabwe especially in Harare High Density locations. The drug is crystal meth. Meth is highly addictive stimulant that provides users an euphoric feeling and can keep users awake for days. It causes paranoia, agitation, aggressive, tweaking and psychosis. It really ruins lives, explains one of the Doctors ( an emergency department physician) As harm reduction measure according to the drug suppliers, they provide users with glass stems that are used to smoke meth. The pipe also comes with mouth piece tubing to prevent the transmission of hepatitis from open sores or dry cracked lips that may have been on a shared pipe. In some countries crystal meth infiltrates communities. Property crimes include break and enters, shoplifting and, most concerning, robbery. “The aggression and violence associated with crystal meth is problematic, drug users that don’t have the ability to pay for crystal meth have to resort to crime”, explains one of the Officers abroad.
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