, USE DON’’’’’’’’’’’’]OR T’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ SELL ! 2 o not get involved in drugs. If you believe that someone else As part of the Department of cannot make choices for you, why Justice and Constitutional would you let drugs do it? DDevelopment’s work we give you information to help you NOT to buy, use, sell or deal in drugs. DRUGS OR ILLEGAL READ THIS: SUBSTANCES WILL DESTROY YOU:

1. Think about what you read here. After your first taste, you may become enslaved to drugs or 2. Speak to your friends about the become ill. information in this booklet. • YOU MAY BECOME 3. Be proud of yourself. ADDICTED.

• LOSE ANY POSSIBILITY OF A VALUABLE LIFE OR ASK YOURSELF: FUTURE.

1. Do I like being FREE? • BE A BURDEN TO YOUR FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND 2. Do I enjoy the POWER to make TO YOURSELF my own decisions and decide my own future? • LOSE YOUR MIND.

3. Or do I want to be TOLD WHAT • AND YOU MAY POSSIBLY TO DO and letting others make DIE. life choices for me? Along the way you may become Well, doing drugs is like having a thief and may sell your valuable someone else make your choices possessions; become a gang for you and not checking with you if member or a habitual criminal, be you are ok with this! convicted and imprisoned.

3 YOU WILL ALSO LOSE OUT ON EDUCATION.

WHAT ARE DRUGS?

Drugs are any chemical substances that cause a physical, mental, emotional, or behavioural change in a person.

WHAT IS ABUSE?

It is the regular use of any legal or illegal chemical substance that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioural change in a person.

4 5 WHAT ARE THE DRUGS YOU ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE OR HAVE OFFERED TO YOU?

NAME STREET NAME USE AND EFFECT

Tobacco Smokes, cigarettes Smoked or chewed. Addictive

Ecstasy E, Eccy, Ex, pills, These may be swallowed, crushed or snorted plakkers, party smarties, into the nostils or inserted into the anus or drop a pill, double drop, vagina. Very addictive chow buzzing, rolling, wired, bumbled

Cocaine Coke, snow, blow, - chop It can be snorted up the nose. Very addictive. us a line, cut a line, or do Dangerous. Causes nose bleeds a line.

Tik CRYSTAL METH, Smoked. It is highly addictive and causes TIK - meth, meth-mouth. violent behaviour.

Heroin Smack, china white, H, is an illegal, highly addictive drug horse processed from and is extracted from the seed pod of poppy plants. It can be snorted, smoked or dissolved, diluted, and injected into veins, muscles, or under the skin. The structure of the central nervous system and the brain is changed from the first use.

Alcohol & Spirits, booze, papsak, Drunkeness. Addictive. May cause alcoholism Spirits drankies

Dagga Weed, doobie, pot, Can be smoked, eaten or used in stews and smoke, slow boat, bong, teas. Highly addictive. Causes brain damage. pipe. marijuana, , ganja, zol, cookies, bankies.

Nyaope Whoonga Smoked. Highly addictive. Extremely dangerous. Smoked. Causes body odour and dry, itchy skin. Disturbs sleeps patterns.

Rohypernol, , club Poured or dropped into drinks. Eye drops eye drops drugs, liquid Ecstasy, are squeezed into drinks. Makes one weak, Special K. confused, or cause one to pass out. Lowers the blood pressure, confused state, stomach problems. Death

Note well: All drugs lead to a diminished ability to make decisions clearly such as whether to have sex or not, or to use options. 6 MORE ABOUT NYAOPE 4. A person can become highly (OR WHOONGA)... addicted after using the first NAME STREET NAME USE AND EFFECT smoke. A user will soon feel as if Smokes, cigarettes Smoked or chewed. Addictive he needs several ‘hits’ to make it through the day. Ecstasy E, Eccy, Ex, pills, These may be swallowed, crushed or snorted 1. Nyaope or Whoonga is a deadly plakkers, party smarties, into the nostils or inserted into the anus or cocktail or mixture of third grade drop a pill, double drop, vagina. Very addictive 5. Nyaope does not have a smell or chow buzzing, rolling, heroin, rat poison, pool cleaner, scent wired, bumbled other cleaning detergents, Coke, snow, blow, - chop It can be snorted up the nose. Very addictive. and sometimes crushed HIV 6. Nyaope is a serious threat to us a line, cut a line, or do Dangerous. Causes nose bleeds antiretroviral medication [ARVs] ’s HIV-positive a line. which is used to treat patients with population. Tik CRYSTAL METH, Smoked. It is highly addictive and causes HIV. It is a dangerous and highly TIK - meth, meth-mouth. violent behaviour. addictive South African street manufactured drug Heroin Smack, china white, H, Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug 7. There have been reports of gangs horse processed from morphine and is extracted from the seed pod of poppy plants. It can be 2. It is not always clear what all robbing HIV/AIDS clinics to obtain snorted, smoked or dissolved, diluted, and ARVs for making Nyaope, as well injected into veins, muscles, or under the skin. the ingredients of Nyaope are, The structure of the central nervous system as the ingredients may vary as addicted users mugging ARV and the brain is changed from the first use. from place to place. The Drugs patients to obtain the drugs for & Spirits, booze, papsak, Drunkeness. Addictive. May cause alcoholism and Drug Trafficking Act, 104 of themselves. Spirits drankies 1992, was amended to declare any concoction or mixture of the

Dagga Weed, doobie, pot, Can be smoked, eaten or used in stews and ingredients of Nyaope as illegal. As with all street drugs, the best way smoke, slow boat, bong, teas. Highly addictive. Causes brain damage. to deal with Nyaope is to never, ever pipe. marijuana, hashish, 3. It is sold as bags of white powder ganja, zol, cookies, try it! If you are addicted to Nyaope, and is usually added to dagga and bankies. get some help. Go to the nearest smoked as a joint. Nyaope Whoonga Smoked. Highly addictive. health clinic and find out how to enrol Extremely dangerous. Smoked. Causes body into a programme. odour and dry, itchy skin. Disturbs sleeps patterns.

Rohypernol, Date rape drug, club Poured or dropped into drinks. Eye drops eye drops drugs, liquid Ecstasy, are squeezed into drinks. Makes one weak, Special K. confused, or cause one to pass out. Lowers the blood pressure, confused state, stomach problems. Death

7 DATE RAPE DRUGS MORE ON DATE RAPE DRUGS ...

1. These drugs are sometimes used to assist to achieve Be careful of the following club high level of energy at drugs: ecstasy, rohypernol and or concerts. eye drops. These substances are colourless and odour- 2. They may also be used in the less. sexual assault of victims. They are used to spike drinks 3. Date rape drugs or club and intoxicate others. This of- drugs have a quick onset and ten results in date rape, as can cause death after the first the victim may not be aware dose. that his or her drink has been spiked with a drug. 4. The length of time for the effect may vary from Make sure you fetch your own individual to individual. drinks. Don’t accept drinks from a stranger. All it takes are 5. They may have no taste or a few drops or a capsule or a scent or colour. little powder sprinkled into the 6. These are available in pill drink. and liquid form.

7. Do not accept drinks which are pre-poured from anyone.

8 Heroin damages “ the heart and lungs, causes severe weight loss, fits and “ tremors (shaking).

9 THE GENERAL EFFECTS OF DRUG important thing in your life and AND ALCOHOL ABUSE? any attempt to separate you from the drug will be met with fierce resistance. Drug is a • Drugs can make you drowsy, calm deadly disease if not treated. No and relaxed - also known as “zoned wonder it’s described as a “journey out”. to nowhere”. • Drugs can make you excited, alert and full of energy - these are called “”.

• Drugs may make you imagine things that are false or not there.This effect is known as “hallucination”.

THERE ARE FOUR STAGES TO DRUG DEPENDENCY:

• The experimental stage: When you first try it out as a single puff or a single hit.

• The recreational phase: You don’t actively try to acquire the drug, but partake when your friends offer you drugs.

• The regular-use stage: You obtain the drug yourself and make sure you always have a stash. You use drugs once or twice a week.

• The dependency stage: At this stage drugs will be the most

10 THERE ARE PHYSICAL DANGERS WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE TO YOUR BODY AS WELL. NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY (NPA)?

DRUGS HARM YOUR BODY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: The NPA is part of the bigger government body which is responsible for prosecuting you • Alcohol damages the liver, when you are charged with a drug kidneys and brain. related crime. • Dagga causes cancer, heart problems, and damage to the WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO brain and reproductive organs. YOU WHEN YOU ARE ARRESTED? • You may lose weight

• Mandrax harms the heart, lungs, nervous system, blood and the Depending on the circumstances brain. of your illegal conduct you may be charged with: • Crack (or cocaine) destroys nasal tissues, causes high blood • Possession and use of drugs; pressure, and affects the heart and mind. • Dealing in or selling drugs;

• Heroin damages the heart and • The manufacturing of drugs; lungs, causes severe weight loss, fits and tremors (shaking). • The selling of drugs; and so on.

• is a . It is most commonly smoked and is

extremely addictive.

11 YOU MAY BE DETAINED.

under the control of the Department You will be prosecuted in a court of of Social Development and the law. Department of Health.

If you are found guilty of committing If you acquired any property including any drug related crime, you may be money as a result of criminal activity sentenced for a period up to 25 years with drugs, you will be prosecuted. imprisonment. Upon conviction you will forfeit (lose or The magistrate may also order that hand over) your property to the State in you be admitted to a drug rehabilitation terms of the Prevention of Organised centre which falls Crime Act, 1998 (Act No 121 of 1998) .

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