Abstract Introduction South Africa has seen a sharp increase in treatment admission trends
for opioids despite beliefs that rates of opioid use remain low and do not represent a major …

Abstract Desorption Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (DAPCI) is an ambient
ionization technique for mass spectrometry (MS). DAPCI is a plasma-based ionization …

Nyaope, a street drug commonly found in South Africa, is a mixture of low grade heroin,
cannabis products, antiretroviral drugs and other materials added as cutting agents. It is a …

The concentration of antiretroviral drugs in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) effluents
and surface waters of many countries has increased significantly due to their widespread …

Background Moral conservatism within government and communities has resulted in a
reluctance to support the provision of opioid agonist therapy for people with opioid use …

To the Editor: The placement of street-based people in temporary shelters as part of South
Africa (SA)'s lockdown efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic increases the risk of …

Opioid use disorders, including heroin use disorders, account for 70% of the global burden
of drug-related disease [1] and disproportionately affect people who have unmet social …

Nyaope is a mixture of low grade heroin, cannabis products, antiretroviral drugs and other
materials added as bulking agents. It is a highly physically additive mixture which is smoked …

Nyaope is a local adulterated drug that contributes significantly to the psychosocial
challenge of substance use in South Africa. Despite being a huge burden on society and the …

Executive summary We support public-health-focused interventions, as opposed to recovery-
focused interventions We support the decriminalisation of drug use as much as we oppose …