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Steroïede: Skole in visier
Drug Detection International has been working with communities in Africa since 2008 on eradicating the infection of drug abuse. But in all this time we have not been able make a dent in the problem as law enforcement do not listen or react to the obvious in flow of drugs threw customs or ports. 8 000 containers and millions of packages per day are not sufficiently investigate for contraband. Transport industry protect them self with disclosures and warnings that are noting but smoke and mirrors to make billions out of transporting contraband. The eradication of steroids and drugs at schools can never be stopped if we as responsible citizens do not lobby for the transport industry to enforce there contraband warning.
http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Steroiede-Skole-in-visier-20130119
Jong rugbyspelers aan van die land se voorste sportskole gaan vir onwettige steroïede en ander verbode middels getoets word.
Dit nadat byna ’n derde van 62 leerlinge wat die afgelope ses maande in onafhanklike toetse ondersoek is, positief getoets het vir middels wat so gevaarlik is dat dit tot die dood kan lei.
In ’n ondersoek het Rapport bevind anaboliese steroïede, ’n skedule 5-middel wat onregmatige verspreiders én gebruikers in die tronk kan laat beland, is so maklik verkrygbaar dat veral jong rugbyspelers dit op die internet bestel en by hul skole laat aflewer.
Ouers, leerlinge en selfs die owerhede is in baie gevalle onbewus van die wetlike implikasies en gesondheidsgevare.
In ’n landwye aanslag op middelmisbruik in skole het die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Dwelmvrye Sport (Saids) aangekondig meer as 100 skole, waaronder van die land se voorste sportskole, het al aangedui hulle sal aan die toetsing van leerlinge deelneem.
Skole wat genader gaan word, sluit in die Paul Roos Gimnasium in Stellenbosch, Grey-Kollege in Bloemfontein en die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) in Pretoria. Deon Gerber, rugbyhoof van Paarl Gimnasium, sê hoewel sy skool nog nooit probleme met steroïede gehad het nie, staan hulle bankvas agter Saids se plan.
Die skool gaan sy hele o.19A-groep stuur om vir verbode middels getoets te word.
Die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl het ook bevestig hy is reeds deur Saids genader.
Dit sal die eerste gekoördineerde aanslag op middelmisbruik in skole wees, waar kenners lankal vrees dié praktyk is ’n donker geheim.
Riaan de Vries, ’n onafhanklike toetser vir verbode middels in Gauteng, sê 18 van die 62 leerlinge wat hy die afgelope ses maande getoets het, het positief getoets vir anaboliese steroïede.
“Een skool in Durban het snuf in die neus gekry toe daar al hoe meer koerierpakkies vir leerlinge by die skool aangekom het. Hulle het my toe genader om toetse op daardie leerlinge te doen.”
Dr. Jon Patricios, ’n Johannesburgse sportgeneeskundige, sê ’n 20-jarige pasiënt van hom het onlangs gesterf toe hy weens middelmisbruik ophou asemhaal het.
Patricios sien gereeld ernstige mediese probleme, soos die verlies aan erektiele funksie en die vergroting van die hartspier weens steroïedemisbruik.
Hy sê hy het die afgelope vyf jaar ’n merkbare verandering in die liggaamsbou van baie van sy jong pasiënte opgemerk en toe besluit om skole te nader oor sy vermoede dat steroïedemisbruik algemeen geword het.
“Steroïede kan ook kanker, nierversaking, lewerskade en diabetes meebring en selfs beserings veroorsaak waar spiere van die been afskeur,” waarsku dr. Louis Holtzhausen, ’n sportgeneeskundige verbonde aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat.
“Een van die kinders wat ek getoets het, het nou nierversaking,” sê De Vries.
“Baie van die outjies wat gevang word, speel in die tweede of derde span en glo hulle sal die eerste span haal as hulle ’n paar kilogram se spiere optel.”
Volgens hom wil ander bloot “goed lyk op die strand”.
De Vries sê hy het al die Valke genader met bewyse dat steroïede onwettig verkoop word, maar hulle het glo nie geweet dit is onwettig nie.
Kragtens die Wet op Medisyne en Verwante Stowwe mag niemand medisyne of ’n gelyste stof verkoop, in sy of haar besit hê of vervaardig nie, tensy hulle by die voorgeskrewe voorwaardes hou, sê Herklaas Venter, ’n prokureur wat gereeld in verwante sake optree.
“Dit sluit beslis anaboliese steroïede in.”
De Vries het ’n pryslys van ’n plaaslike steroïedesmous aan Rapport gewys waarop voornemende kopers kan kies en keur uit meer as 40 anaboliese middels en bykomstighede, soos spuitnaalde, kan aanskaf.
Die koste wissel van R125 tot R1 600 vir steroïede wat met spuitnaalde toegedien word.
Kapt. Paul Ramaloko, die Valke se nasionale woordvoerder, sê hulle is bewus van die probleem, maar hy kon nie bevestig of die owerhede al enige deurbrake gemaak het om onwettige verskaffers vas te vat nie.
http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Steroiede-Skole-in-visier-20130119
Jong rugbyspelers aan van die land se voorste sportskole gaan vir onwettige steroïede en ander verbode middels getoets word.
Dit nadat byna ’n derde van 62 leerlinge wat die afgelope ses maande in onafhanklike toetse ondersoek is, positief getoets het vir middels wat so gevaarlik is dat dit tot die dood kan lei.
In ’n ondersoek het Rapport bevind anaboliese steroïede, ’n skedule 5-middel wat onregmatige verspreiders én gebruikers in die tronk kan laat beland, is so maklik verkrygbaar dat veral jong rugbyspelers dit op die internet bestel en by hul skole laat aflewer.
Ouers, leerlinge en selfs die owerhede is in baie gevalle onbewus van die wetlike implikasies en gesondheidsgevare.
In ’n landwye aanslag op middelmisbruik in skole het die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Dwelmvrye Sport (Saids) aangekondig meer as 100 skole, waaronder van die land se voorste sportskole, het al aangedui hulle sal aan die toetsing van leerlinge deelneem.
Skole wat genader gaan word, sluit in die Paul Roos Gimnasium in Stellenbosch, Grey-Kollege in Bloemfontein en die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) in Pretoria. Deon Gerber, rugbyhoof van Paarl Gimnasium, sê hoewel sy skool nog nooit probleme met steroïede gehad het nie, staan hulle bankvas agter Saids se plan.
Die skool gaan sy hele o.19A-groep stuur om vir verbode middels getoets te word.
Die Hoër Jongenskool Paarl het ook bevestig hy is reeds deur Saids genader.
Dit sal die eerste gekoördineerde aanslag op middelmisbruik in skole wees, waar kenners lankal vrees dié praktyk is ’n donker geheim.
Riaan de Vries, ’n onafhanklike toetser vir verbode middels in Gauteng, sê 18 van die 62 leerlinge wat hy die afgelope ses maande getoets het, het positief getoets vir anaboliese steroïede.
“Een skool in Durban het snuf in die neus gekry toe daar al hoe meer koerierpakkies vir leerlinge by die skool aangekom het. Hulle het my toe genader om toetse op daardie leerlinge te doen.”
Dr. Jon Patricios, ’n Johannesburgse sportgeneeskundige, sê ’n 20-jarige pasiënt van hom het onlangs gesterf toe hy weens middelmisbruik ophou asemhaal het.
Patricios sien gereeld ernstige mediese probleme, soos die verlies aan erektiele funksie en die vergroting van die hartspier weens steroïedemisbruik.
Hy sê hy het die afgelope vyf jaar ’n merkbare verandering in die liggaamsbou van baie van sy jong pasiënte opgemerk en toe besluit om skole te nader oor sy vermoede dat steroïedemisbruik algemeen geword het.
“Steroïede kan ook kanker, nierversaking, lewerskade en diabetes meebring en selfs beserings veroorsaak waar spiere van die been afskeur,” waarsku dr. Louis Holtzhausen, ’n sportgeneeskundige verbonde aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat.
“Een van die kinders wat ek getoets het, het nou nierversaking,” sê De Vries.
“Baie van die outjies wat gevang word, speel in die tweede of derde span en glo hulle sal die eerste span haal as hulle ’n paar kilogram se spiere optel.”
Volgens hom wil ander bloot “goed lyk op die strand”.
De Vries sê hy het al die Valke genader met bewyse dat steroïede onwettig verkoop word, maar hulle het glo nie geweet dit is onwettig nie.
Kragtens die Wet op Medisyne en Verwante Stowwe mag niemand medisyne of ’n gelyste stof verkoop, in sy of haar besit hê of vervaardig nie, tensy hulle by die voorgeskrewe voorwaardes hou, sê Herklaas Venter, ’n prokureur wat gereeld in verwante sake optree.
“Dit sluit beslis anaboliese steroïede in.”
De Vries het ’n pryslys van ’n plaaslike steroïedesmous aan Rapport gewys waarop voornemende kopers kan kies en keur uit meer as 40 anaboliese middels en bykomstighede, soos spuitnaalde, kan aanskaf.
Die koste wissel van R125 tot R1 600 vir steroïede wat met spuitnaalde toegedien word.
Kapt. Paul Ramaloko, die Valke se nasionale woordvoerder, sê hulle is bewus van die probleem, maar hy kon nie bevestig of die owerhede al enige deurbrake gemaak het om onwettige verskaffers vas te vat nie.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Edgewater passes synthetic drug ban
Edgewater passes synthetic drug ban
The Edgewater City Council joined the growing list of municipalities in Volusia and Flagler counties in banning the sale and possession of synthetic drugs such as bath salts that mimic illegal substances.
K2 – Spice
"Spice" and K2 vs. "Bath Salts": The Other Designer Drug Scare
Synthetic Drugs (a.k.a. K2, Spice, Bath Salts, etc.)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Will SA Welfare Recipients Receive Drug Testing in 2013?
Will SA Welfare Recipients Receive Drug Testing in 2013?
From reading this story today: Shocking video: ‘I drink to harm my unborn child, get welfare cash’ I have to ask; should SA not consider testing for sobriety in welfare recipients?
It seems to be a topic up for discussion all over the world; "Texas government is dominated by Republican officials. Governor Rick Perry will propose in the upcoming legislative sessions the need to require drug testing of individuals to determine eligibility for welfare benefits under...."
SB-11 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients
While some believe SB-11 which is supported by the Republican Party is intended to place personal responsibility upon an individual, the Democrats are seeking solutions that will assist Texans from becoming a statistic.
These assumptions suggest the division between both parties are very prevalent as this topic continues to be discussed to determine the most effective approach to address the growing poverty rate within Texas. Supporters of drug testing in Texas argue such an approach restricts the purchase of drugs while also minimizing the misuse of tax payer dollars. Additionally, drug testing welfare recipients could save the welfare system money by putting these restrictions in place.
Opposers argue such an approach can be costly to enforce and is an invasion of privacy. The discussion regarding drug testing welfare recipients continues to be debated nationally, as more and more states consider this form of regulation. Needless to say, the concern regarding drug testing in Texas has flourished as new challenges confront lawmakers.
What are your feelings? Will drug testing welfare recipients in Texas have a positive impact on your business or our community here in Houston?
"Beginning July 1, recipients who test positive for drugs would be denied benefits for a year. A second failed test would result in a three-year ban.
In two-parent households, both adults would be tested. Benefits to children could be awarded to a third-party recipient, who must also pass a drug screen.:"
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Drug abuse costs SA billions each year
Johannesburg - Drug abuse in South Africa amounts to twice the world's norm and costs the country billions each year, the DA said in Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
Drug abuse is costing South Africa R20bn a year, Democratic Alliance MPL Anthony Benadie said during the DA's Human Rights Day Anti-drug march in Middelburg.
The DA demanded that an anti-drug unit be set up within the police since the South African Narcotics Bureau (Sanab) has been closed.
"As with the closing of other Saps specialised units, the closing of Sanab has had a devastating impact on the fight against drug trade and abuse across South Africa," said Benadie.
Drug use affects every community as it has infiltrated every school, he said.
Sapa
Mar 21 2012 15:24
Friday, August 10, 2012
"An Evaluation of Drug Testing in the Workplace: A Study of the Construction Industry,"findings
On average, those companies in the study sample that tested workers and job applicants for drugs experienced a 51 percent reduction in injury rates within two years of implementing a drug-testing program, compared with only a 14 percent decline in injury rates in the average construction company in general during the same two-year period. Specifically the injury rate at construction companies that tested for drug use dipped from 8.92 incidents per 200,000 work-hours before the drug-testing program was put in place to 4.36 incidents afterward.
Construction companies that test for drugs may save substantially on their workers' compensation premiums. As a result of fewer job site accidents and injuries, the average drug-testing company in the study sample experienced an 11.41 percent reduction in its workers' compensation experience-rating modification factor. At the same time, companies in the study sample that did not employ drug testing saw no such decline. Experience-rating modification factors are part of a program developed to help insurance companies establish workers' compensation premiums based on company safety records. Companies with an average safety record within their industry and state have an experience-rating modification factor of 1.0, while companies with a better than average safety record have a modification factor of less than 1.0.
Drug testing is most effective in reducing workers' compensation experience-rating modification factors in the first three years following the implementation of a program.
The vast majority of respondents, whether or not their companies tested for drugs, believed substance abuse was a "moderately serious problem" in the construction industry. However, most believed workplace drug and alcohol abuse dropped between 1994 and 1999.
Seventy-two percent of the respondents at companies with drug-testing programs in place said they believed the benefits of drug testing outweighed the costs.
Respondents generally believed that their company's drug-testing programs had had a positive impact in virtually every respect. They cited better overall safety of the work environment, reductions in workers' compensation costs and improved quality of job applicants as three of the most positive developments.
The No. 1 reason why officials at the construction companies surveyed tested employees and job applicants for drugs was to promote the safety of their workers and those who used their products and services. Respondents believed that drug testing contributed positively to a company's image and was an effective deterrent to workplace drug abuse.
The No. 1 reason why some employers did not test employees and job applicants for drugs was concern of increased legal liability. Other reasons included concern that drug testing was too costly or that it was prohibited or restricted by state legislation.
The study also revealed that larger construction companies were significantly more likely to test workers for drugs and alcohol. That finding suggests small firms are particularly vulnerable to substance abuse problems, as drug users may intentionally seek out employment at companies where their substance abuse is not likely to be detected.
While the study's results are interesting and suggest that further examination of the subject is warranted, "people should bear in mind that the data used [in Gerber's study] were from firms willing to participate," said Smith, Gerber's adviser.
By Linda Myers
For a copy of the study, contact Gerber at jkg4@cornell.edu.
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