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Yaseen
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i read this article at http://www.iol.co.za
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Half of crime suspects on drugs: study
December 06 1999 at 05:45PM
Erika de Beer
Almost half of the arrested people participating in a study on the link between drugs and crime tested positive for at least one type of drug, the researchers said on Monday.
Four percent of the respondents said they had consumed alcohol or taken drugs to help them commit the offence, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said in a statement.
The MRC and ISS jointly conducted the Three-Metros Arrestee Study at nine police stations in Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban, among 970 arrested people in August and September this year.
Ninety percent of the respondents agreed to provide a urine sample.
Of these, 49 percent tested positive for at least one drug - 44 percent for dagga, 25 percent for Mandrax and four percent for cocaine.
Sixty percent of Cape Town respondents proved to have used drugs, compared to 52 percent in Durban and 35 percent in Gauteng.
Black people were least likely to test positive for any drug - 41 percent of that group had used drugs, compared to 48 percent of whites, 64 percent of coloureds and 67 percent of Asians and Indians.
Drug use was found to be most prevalent among suspected housebreakers, of whom 77 percent tested positive.
Forty-seven percent of rape suspects proved to have taken drugs, mainly dagga and Mandrax.
One-fifth of the arrested people tested positive for HIV.
Around 71 percent of persons arrested for drug and alcohol offences, including dealing in and the possession of narcotics, were found to under the influence of either alcohol or drugs.
Violent crimes comprised the largest category of offences for which the respondents had been arrested, followed by illegal immigration (Gauteng), property crimes (Durban) and drug or alcohol offences (Cape Town), the statement said.
The researchers said their findings indicated that strategies to reduce drug use and drug-related crime must be area specific.
"The prevalence of drug use among the youth requires specific attention, particularly from the justice and welfare sectors responsible for diversion and rehabilitation.
"Given the highly addictive and socially damaging nature of cocaine, efforts need to focus on this drug in high risk areas. Health education programmes could also target users in specific police stations."
Police needed to be trained to recognise particular symptoms and protocols had to be established on handling arrested people under the influence, the statement said.
"The findings raise questions about whether police activity matches priority crimes and whether an appropriate balance is being achieved between arrests as a result of visible policing activity versus detection." - Sapa
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30th November 2000 17:26
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-DarkKnyt-
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Registered: Nov 2000
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bummer
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30th November 2000 20:03
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itchy8me
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Registered: Feb 2001
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big bummer, comes from poverty, no education and a feeling of not having a point to existence on earth
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17th February 2001 12:51
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LillyNomad
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Registered: Dec 2000
Posts: 584
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There are drug dealers everywhere. You see them every day and you don't know it. Drug dealers try to sell all sorts of drugs to kids - even alcohol - in schools. They start out little but go into the heavy stuff.
The government and parents should work harder to stop these things from happening, especially drinking. So many teenagers and adults die from alcohol poisoning.
If it were up to me, I would get rid of all illegal drugs so everyone should smarten up and do more to help.
This came from the mouth of a 13 year old boy.
Makes one think huh?
LillyNomad
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3rd March 2001 23:47
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