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Subscriptions Don’t incarcerate drug addicts: CSOs
According to the ministry of Child and Health Care (Zimbabwe), the most commonly abused substances in the country include codeine, methamphetamine (known by various street names like mutoriro, guka, and ice), glue, Broncleer (Bronco), solvents like Fembo and Genkem, chlorpromazine (maragado), cane spirit, cocaine, and cannabis (locally referred to as mbanje, ganja, dope, and other names).
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have called on police to refrain from incarcerating people who use drugs, saying the solution to ending the...