Recreational drugs and implications

  • Brian M Gardner University of the Witwatersrand
Keywords: recreational drugs, implications' anaesthesia

Abstract

South Africa is increasingly becoming recognised as an important international drug centre. This is in terms of production, transport, as well as usage of illicit substances. In addition to the local production of significant amounts of marijuana and methaqualone (“Mandrax”), South Africa is also becoming more and more popular as an international transport hub for foreign-produced substances.1 These include cocaine from South America and heroin from Afghanistan, bound for Europe, North America and the rest of Africa.1

Author Biography

Brian M Gardner, University of the Witwatersrand
MBChB, DA, FCA Department of Anaesthesia Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital University of the Witwatersrand
Issue
2016 Anaesthetics CPD Supplement
Section
NWU Refresher Course
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