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Posted inEnvironment, Health

Harm reduction versus abstinence: experts debate drug laws

Psychological Society of South Africa by Psychological Society of South Africa 13 August 201713 August 2017

By Ian Broughton A protest march during SA Drug Policy Week in Cape Town. (File photo: Ashraf Hendricks) South African drug policy is rooted in racism and class discrimination. This was the view expressed by Dr Ethan Nadelmann at the opening of SA Drug Policy Week in Cape Town earlier this month. Nadelmann is the […]

Posted inLifestyle, News/Politics

There’s a killer in my family

Khadija Magardie by Khadija Magardie 30 November 20115 December 2011

He’s doing 25 years. Then there’s another petty thief cousin who’s been “inside” for pilfering a bottle of Panache from Clicks — for his girlfriend, when he was down and out a few years ago. There’s also my mother’s cousin’s son, the career criminal and regular beater up of women — who spends his time […]

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