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The Northern Cape Department of Social Development says children as young as eight are becoming drug addicts.

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“He is aggressive. He beats us, especially when he is under the influence of drugs. He beats me and his siblings.” “Sometimes people use substances and aren’t aware of the dangers of it and the full effects of it and the long-term effects of the substance. The important thing is to educate people on the different dangers of the substances and to understand what they are actually taking”

 

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See it first hand here in the N Cape, all in the sake of getting a child grant, population explosion, mothers use it for alcohol, kids don't factor... Witness it everyday... Kids knocking and begging everyday, in rags, dirty... Child Grant used for Alcohol Abuse..

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It's the most disturbing thing seeing young kids roaming arround asking for money in groups during school hours. And you can literally see these kids are on drug...I'm talking 8yrs Olds:(. Even the communities are giving up on the future of their own by being silent

What is the government doing.

Failed society, wonder whose to blame ?

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Sad news, government must have a dedicated drug unit and arrest the drug dealers

Only the ANC to blame that kids so young taking drugs.....

If this is true, the this country needs to perform miracles not just today to avoid a complete economic collapse, but also it needs to perform miracles for a few more decades past this crisis to avoid a sort of societal armageddon.

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