South Africa’s dangerous new drug – 30 Oct 07

February 1, 2010 - Posted by admin

A flood of a cheap drug called Tik onto the South African market has left drugworkers with what they say is their biggest challenge yet. Users of the crystal meth based drug have lost their homes, their families, some turn to crime or end up in a mental asylum, but in the worst case, as Haru Mutasa reports they end up dead.

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25 Comments

  1. spittheproper says:

    correct

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  2. spittheproper says:

    actually botch is %100 percent correct.
    you are thinking of speed methamphetamines, was bascally pills of caffine n ephedrine, trucker speed, diet pills. crystal meth has not been around that long, and its more danderous cuz unlike speed, you cannot overdose one crystal and its cuts harder n more addictive. ive spent days ice skatin so i know what im talkin bout, clean now and goin thru school to be an addictions therapist.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  3. Phredrick86 says:

    @botchalism

    Meth started becoming popular(in America) in the 70′s when doctors perscribed as an appetite suppressant. Don’t run your mouth when you don’t know what your talking about.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  4. elmeeone says:

    bak in HS i used to slang meth… all the girls would buy it!! hahaha… dam it trully is an epidemic…i got away from that vegas lifestyle tho

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  5. JMRabil675 says:

    That’s insane.. Anything worse than meth you know is fucked up.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  6. TravelingSAfrican says:

    Tik is Meth’s bigger, meaner brother. Like the clip said, it’s Meth based, but the drug dealers in South Africa add anything they can to it, thus making it cheaper and thus giving them a bigger market.. It’s Meth mixed with rat poison, acid, you name it. No two batches of tik is ever the same.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  7. TheSmoketokeandchoke says:

    it is meth this drug is bad i abused it well not really i used it and i never got anything bad from it

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  8. JMRabil675 says:

    looks like meth.. is it?

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  9. botchalism says:

    Oh really? Heart exploding huh? Yeah that sounds like a realistic diagnosis, I’m sure your doctor told you that huh? Yeah didn’t think so. Most likely you got paranoid, felt your racing pulse, and freaked out and admitted yourself to detox. You look a little old to be doing meth, that wouldn’t help either. Meth started becoming popular around 2000 so that would put you at around 35, pretty old to be messing with any stimulants really.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  10. restinpeaceladymydog says:

    Whatever you say dude. If meth does not kill you directly it sure can kill indirectly. I messed with meth once in my life for a week and my heart almost exploded. I had to be rushed to the hospital, so don’t tell me meth does not kill, it just makes you look ignorant. Go smoke some more of that shit if you want but don’t come crying to me when you die or lose everything and everyone in your world.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  11. oslotis8yourdog says:

    look ik. all im saying is in my opinion i believe cannabis is a better alternative to this and i know all about why cocain and meth were made illegal i watched a whole special on it on tv about government conspiracy theorys and they said basicly what you did so i give you that but methamphetamine is not even close to ritalin and other ADD medication. just because it is an amphetamine. caffiene is also an amphetamine but it is not nearly as bad as meth even tho is as addictive.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  12. botchalism says:

    Meth does not kill people, it is impossible to overdose on it unlike alcohol….

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  13. botchalism says:

    Let me give you a hint oslotis, don’t judge lest ye be judged, the war on drugs is riddled with propaganda regardless the drug, Cocaine was not illegalized because it’s bad for the human body but because some newspaper article falsely claims it makes black men want to rape white women. It’s the same story with meth and if it were as horrible as they claimed it was they wouldn’t prescribe the stuff to children with ADD…

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  14. TYMMCHN says:

    It’s called Darwinian selection.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  15. MissC739 says:

    drugs dont make you a bad person

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  16. rrch88 says:

    drugs CAN BE used to control peoples minds and bodies. drugs can also nourish your mentality into a state in which its impossible to be controlled.
    of course, you can do this without drugs, sure.

    ... on July February 1st, 2010
  17. rrch88 says:

    hear hear

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  18. dannman420 says:

    fuckin meth heads

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  19. oslotis8yourdog says:

    i wish i had an answer for you

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  20. botchalism says:

    Why can’t people stop judging other people’s actions and trumpeting their own values as superior?

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  21. botchalism says:

    South Africa is like that for the majority of the population, meth has nothing to do with it.

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
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    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  23. bigpronger says:

    Love the song at the end what a fuckin dipshit loser

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  24. mrmauricethemandos says:

    Drugs are used to control the people minds and bodies.WAKE UP

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010
  25. grengerx says:

    Do you subscribe to Evolution?If you do ,you must understand the mechanisms of weeding out those unfit to survival,don`t you?

    ... on July February 2nd, 2010