South Africa, a giant in the global drug trade, is at breaking point with the number of child addicts reaching an all-time high. Research has found that substance abuse in South Africa is double that ...

Cocaine bound for Europe is increasingly ending up in the hands of young people in West Africa, fuelling addiction in countries with almost no treatment facilities. The United Nations sounded the ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has been cleared to play cricket again after serving a one-month suspension for using a recreational drug, South Africa's anti-doping agency said on ...