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Africa’s busiest airport has a drug problem

A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Members of several organisations, NGOs and growers clubs protest as part of the Cannabis Mass Action Gatherings at the Union Building on September 17, 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Cannabis legalisation in Africa: Economic opportunities versus public health risks

Interest in the economic benefits of a cannabis industry far outweigh that of research into issues such as cannabis use disorder

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
The highly addictive pain medication Tramadol is being sold as a street drug. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Ghana’s opioid crisis brings pain and death

The highly addictive pain medication Tramadol is being sold as a street drug

  • Eyaaz
2 min read