Exposed: Dangerous drug shockingly easily accessible in Roodepoort
It was clear some store owners were playing dumb.
The Record found the availability of the drug that left 14 school children and young adults hospitalised since this past weekend, highly disturbing.
Once the police released a statement that the ‘drug’ was being sold over the counter at liquor stores, adult shops and tobacconists, the Record journalist set off to investigate how hard it was to get hold of the ‘drug’, which looks a lot like cannabis. The very first shop we approached, an adult shop, indeed had a version of the ‘drug’ in stock. The specific ‘brand’ name was Blazing.
Read the initial article here:
https://www.citizen.co.za/roodepoort-record/2018/10/31/parents-warned-about-new-drug/
The store employee, who asked to remain anonymous, explained that the ‘drug’ was actually a potpourri that had aphrodisiac qualities and was supposed to be burnt like incense. He stressed that it should not be smoked at all. The back of the package had a warning that it was not to be sold to persons under the age of 21. It did not specify the ingredients though.
He said that the shop “… would never sell the product to minors or anyone that we suspect would abuse it”.
Currently the Police are still waiting for the forensic laboratory results, which should guide them how to deal with the problem.
The Record is in the process of contacting the distributor/ manufacturer of the product.
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