Op-eds Deadly synthetic cannabis kush takes hold of the youth in west Africa’s Mano River Basin 4 min 0 By Feyi Ogunade
Op-eds Predatory practice or creative liberty — the fight over alcohol advertising by celebrities in Ghana 5 min 0 By Kristina Sperkova and Labram Musah
Maverick Life Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects 4 min 0 By Karla Kaun
Maverick Life South Africa’s new vaping tax won’t deter young smokers 4 min 1 By Nicole Vellios and Corne van Walbeek
Maverick Citizen ‘Let’s pray you’ll be okay’ – my escape from a backyard drug rehab 2 min 0 By Zano Kunene
Maverick News New regional drug commission pushes for better support for drug users 5 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
Maverick Life Can gaming ‘addiction’ lead to depression or aggression in young people? Here’s what the evidence says 3 min 0 By Joanne Orlando
South Africa Western Cape illegal rehabs in the spotlight after Hout Bay residents speak out over Eleanore’s Recovery Centre 4 min 3 By Rebecca Davis
South Africa Exposed – The shocking conditions inside an illegal drug rehabilitation centre in Cape Town 10 min 5 By Rebecca Davis
Maverick Citizen Codeine regulation – a fine line between pain relief and addiction 10 min 0 By Elri Voigt
DM168 Purple menace – South African teens embrace codeine-fuelled DIY high 8 min 3 By Zano Kunene, Linda Pretorius and Joan van Dyk
Maverick Citizen Surfing saves at-risk Durban kids from the gang and drug traps of street life 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
DM168 FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Covid lockdown prohibition pushes South Africa’s toxic relationship with alcohol to the fore 12 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
DM168 Teen drama ‘Euphoria’ dominates zeitgeist with brutally honest take on addiction, gender and mental illness 6 min 0 By Giuseppe Rajkumar Guerandi
Maverick Life Gambling: what happens in the brain when we get hooked – and how to regain control 4 min 0 By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, Henrietta Bowden-Jones and Sam Chamberlain
DM168 Young South Africans gamble with their lives in miserable web of online betting 6 min 2 By Rufaro Samanga
Maverick Citizen New report shows liquor industry is working against WHO efforts to curb alcohol abuse 5 min 0 By Caterina Giorgi, William Ntakuka and Kristina Sperkova
Maverick Life Are you binge-watching too much? How to know if your TV habits are a problem – and what to do about it 4 min 0 By Mark Griffiths
Maverick Citizen 'Horrendous' murder of one-year-old Orderick Lucas a ‘failure’ of the child protection system 4 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
