SARAH BUITENDACH: Does SA have you reaching for the dwelms?
The speed at which news is emerging has created greater social anxiety. Little wonder people are reaching for the chemicals
15 June 2021 - 08:00
Gauteng paramedics, so we are told, are apparently existing almost solely on Monster energy drink and a pharmacy-worth of other stimulants.
A survey conducted by Wits master’s student Ljuba-Ruth van Rooyen shows that the caffeine-saturated Monster drink (made by a company owned by two expat billionaires) is “the beverage of choice among the province’s emergency medical staff”. The research found that nearly all 315 ambulance staff surveyed used stimulants that included “coffee, caffeine pills, Ritalin and illicit drugs”...
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