Rising cough syrup abuse among youth trying to get high

SAVE OUR CHILDREN'

- ROBIN-LEE FRANCKE [e-mail]

AS DRUGS continue to plague communities across South Africa, Cape Town has seen a surge of ‘lean’ usage.

In an operation on the Cape Flats, the City of Cape Town's mayoral committee member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith, said they were alerted of an increase in cough syrup being sold to children across the metropole.

During crime prevention operations in Lavender Hill last week Friday, Smith said residents were explaining how cough syrup is being bought and mixed with fizzy drinks by children.