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Interesting Facts 

Be Informed 

Relapse 

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More than 85 % of people relapse after completing a primary care rehab program succesfully

Every addict is the same ?

 

No two addicts are the same and as such, no two drug treatment can be the same for different people. Each individual is a product of his immediate environment and requires treatment that has been tailored to specifically suit his needs.

​Rehabilitation Ends â€‹â€‹

 Given our weakness as human beings to crave negative influences and just about anything that causes us to ‘dig a hole’ for ourselves, there is never an end to rehabilitation. All recovered addicts should be encouraged to avoid relapse, by establishing guidelines and follow-up programs that monitor each recovered resident with the intent to keep him/her from falling into the pits of drugs again. If the drug and alcohol rehab that you are interested in does not have a relapse program then you are on your own when you eventually tell them goodbye.

Statistics 

  • Drug consumption in South Africa is twice the world norm.

  • 15% of South Africa’s population have a drug problem.

  • Drug abuse is costing South Africa R20-billion a year and could pose a bigger threat to the country’s future than the Aids pandemic.

  • According to SAPS figures, 60 percent of crimes nationally were related to substance abuse. In the Western Cape, the figure was closer to 80 percent. The perpetrators of these crimes are either under the influence of substances, or trying to secure money for their next fix.

  • The recently-released United Nations World Drug Report had named South Africa as one of the drug capitals of the world.

  • The abuse of alcohol and usage of dagga has lead to the country to being one of the top ten narcotics and alcohol abusers in the world.

  • One Rand in four in circulation in SA is linked to the substance abuse problem.   (CDA-Bayever)

  • Drug arrests leapt from 300 in 2006 to 1500 in 2012 in Cape Town. (Times Live)

  • In 2004, government disbanded the SA Narcotics Bureau (SANAB), a dedicated drug-fighting unit within the SAPS that had achieved some notable successes. Since its closure, drug-related crimes have increased exponentially – in fact by 30 percent.

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