What kind of future does any country have, when all the children are targeted by thugs?
Teens plan 'cocaine parties' via cellphone
February 26 2007 at 02:10AM
Port Elizabeth high school girls are organising "cocaine parties" via their cellphones, according to media reports. At least 20 girls, mainly from high schools in the city, were organising cocaine parties through the cellphone chat function MXit, said Gerrie Cronje, chief executive of a privately run rehabilitation centre called Shepherd's. A child being treated at the facility said the parties were apparently hosted at different venues, pre-arranged through MXit, with cocaine readily available. Cronje told newspaper journalists he was not aware of a single school in Port Elizabeth where drugs had not "reared their head". Police also expressed concern about the high prevalence of cocaine use and addiction among children.
"The problem is that the children do not know what they are buying. Cocaine is often cut (bulked up) with a variety of chemicals, ranging from foot powder and bicarbonate of soda, to pool chlorine and Rattex," said spokesperson Captain Verna Brink. She said dealers were known to lace cocaine with traces of heroin, ensuring a higher addiction rate in first-time users. Safety and Security MEC Thobile Mhlahlo said crime pattern analysis showed that an average of 271 young people, aged below 18, were arrested in the Eastern Cape per month. The majority of those arrested were boys aged between 15 and 17 and many of the arrests were for drug possession. - Sapa
"The problem is that the children do not know what they are buying. Cocaine is often cut (bulked up) with a variety of chemicals, ranging from foot powder and bicarbonate of soda, to pool chlorine and Rattex," said spokesperson Captain Verna Brink. She said dealers were known to lace cocaine with traces of heroin, ensuring a higher addiction rate in first-time users. Safety and Security MEC Thobile Mhlahlo said crime pattern analysis showed that an average of 271 young people, aged below 18, were arrested in the Eastern Cape per month. The majority of those arrested were boys aged between 15 and 17 and many of the arrests were for drug possession. - Sapa
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