In Zimbabwe, COVID-19 fallout includes crystal meth addiction eNCA
Psychiatrists say the drug is relatively new in Zimbabwe, and as it costs only US$3 a sachet, it is dangerously affordable.
"There has been an alarming rise in substance abuse, particularly during the lockdown," said Harare-based psychiatrist Anesu Isabel Chinoperekwei. Psychiatrists say crystal meth is relatively new in Zimbabwe, and as it costs only US$3 a sachet, it is dangerously affordablePolice spokesman Paul Nyathi said he believes the drugs"are being smuggled from across our borders," but declined to elaborate."We are now using more resources to fight crystal meth addiction at the expense of other mental health conditions," piling pressure on health workers, Chinoperekwei said.
"Crystal meth is perhaps the only substance that has competed with the Covid-19 pandemic in taking Zimbabwean lives over the past year or two," a writer remarked recently in the state-owned Sunday Mail.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned of the"unbecoming trends" threatening"the fate of our youth", stressing the urgent need to"redouble our collective fight against this new phenomenon".
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