A bottle and a bag of weed: substance abuse trends in KwaZulu-Natal

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dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-25	en
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-23T16:03:04Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-23T16:03:04Z
dc.date.issued	2015-08-25	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/march-2012/bottle-bag-of-weedhttp://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/march-2012/bottle-bag-of-weed	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3417
dc.description.abstract	An alcohol and other drug (AOD) surveillance system shows a significant increase in the number of young black people seeking treatment for substance abuse in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) from 2008 to 2010, raising serious health concerns. Initiated in 1996, the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU), collects alcohol and other drug use (AOD) surveillance data in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, monitors trends and consequences of substance abuse on a six-monthly basis, using information obtained from specialist treatment centres within each province. MOHAMMED YACOOB VAWDA and ARVIN BHANA analysed the KZN findings'.	en
dc.format.medium	Intranet	en
dc.subject	SUBSTANCE ABUSE	en
dc.subject	ALCOHOL USE	en
dc.subject	DRUG ABUSE	en
dc.subject	DRUG USE	en
dc.subject	ADOLESCENTS	en
dc.title	A bottle and a bag of weed: substance abuse trends in KwaZulu-Natal	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.description.version	N	en
dc.ProjectNumber	N/A	en
dc.Volume	10(1)	en
dc.BudgetYear	2011/12	en
dc.ResearchGroup	Human and Social Development	en
dc.SourceTitle	HSRC Review	en
dc.ArchiveNumber	7261	en
dc.URL	http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=12248	en
dc.PageNumber	4-5	en
dc.outputnumber	5910	en
dc.bibliographictitle	Vawda, M.Y. & Bhana, A. (2012) A bottle and a bag of weed: substance abuse trends in KwaZulu-Natal. HSRC Review. 10(1):4-5. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3417 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3417	en
dc.publicationyear	2012	en
dc.contributor.author1	Vawda, M.Y.	en
dc.contributor.author2	Bhana, A.	en