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Teen Drug Abuse (30 September 2008)

Written by TVSA Team from the blog 3rd Degree on 30 Sep 2008
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Episode: Teen Drug Abuse
Broadcast date: 30 September 2008
Channel: e.tv
Repeated: 21h00 on the eNews Channel

Teen substance abuse is spiralling in South Africa. An alarming number of adolescents are dependent on alcohol or on illegal drugs such as ecstasy, cat, mandrax or heroin. Alarmingly, almost 20% of those landing up in drug rehab centers are under 21.

Samantha Kruger’s drug nightmare began at the age of 15. She dropped out of Standard 6 and got lost on the party circuit where she started taking acid, ecstasy, dagga and cocaine.

3rd Degree meets up with her, fresh out of rehab. She gives a candid account of her nightmarish former life and her journey back from hell.

Hidden cameras also expose how easy it is for under-age partygoers to buy alcohol in bars and clubs. 3rd Degree's team of teens also manage to buy drugs including tik, cocaine and heroin with ease.

Drugs such as cocaine, tik, ecstasy and heroin arrive in South Africa and are then shipped to other parts of the world. These drugs have replaced alcohol and dagga as the experimental, gateway drugs traditionally used by young South Africans. As a result, youth addiction is growing and the victims of substance abuse are increasingly younger.

But the availability of drugs is not the only problem. Drug counsellors told us that kids are now being hired by dealers to sell drugs in schools.
South Africa is earning a reputation as a drunk and drugged nation.





12 Comments

anel.bekker
30 Sep 2008 16:03

i am a recovered addict and i can tell you one thing,if they had random testing at school i would have never gone that dark way. these home tests are like R100 at pharmacies. that is nothing considering that you are saving childrens lifes

Sam2say
30 Sep 2008 16:05

Shame, poor  litte things.....

Golden Star
01 Oct 2008 03:42

I saw this show last night, while the subject is quite important the quality of the show was sub standard. I think 3rd degree needs a revamp and Ms Patta needs to be eliminated in the process...

lip gloss
01 Oct 2008 06:27

arg........maan hw cud they xplore such childrens

lip gloss
01 Oct 2008 06:27

arg........maan hw cud they xplore such childrens

Cyris
04 Nov 2008 10:30

Hi, 

I was in rehab the same time as Sam.I would like 3rd degree to do a follow up show on Sam & her progress as she is still dating her boyfriend which is also an  active addict & very abusive towards her. We are just worried about her please see what you can do otherwise she will fall into that death trap again.

Cande
04 Nov 2008 10:36

ooh shame Cyris,

Cyris
04 Nov 2008 10:30

Hi, 

I was in rehab the same time as Sam.I would like 3rd degree to do a follow up show on Sam & her progress as she is still dating her boyfriend which is also an  active addict & very abusive towards her. We are just worried about her please see what you can do otherwise she will fall into that death trap again.

Cande
04 Nov 2008 10:36

ooh shame Cyris,

Cyris
19 Nov 2008 11:51

 Shame Cande??? Huh?

Tynt!
19 Nov 2008 11:56

YOH!!

Cande
19 Nov 2008 12:00

Shame Cande??? Huh?

What exactly do you want me to say???

I feel sorry that you had to go through what you went through to get over your addiction and that Sam is back with the same guy that introduced her to drugs & is abusive drug addict...


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