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	fact sheet - cannabis and mandrax use in South Africa
		Mandrax tablets typically consist of a mixture of Methaqualone (the active ingredient) and antihistamine.
		As Mandrax acts as a CNS depressant, large doses may suppress the rate and depth of respiration, resulting in seizures, coma, and potentially death.
		In South Africa, Mandrax use and trafficking is associated with vehicle theft, organised crime, and gang-related activities.
	www.sahealthinfo.org /admodule/cannabis.htm (564 words)

	Cape Town Drug counselling Centre
		Mandrax depresses the central nervous system and is classed as sedative-hypnotic drug.
		Originally Mandrax were smooth, firm white tablets with Mx written on the side of the tablet.
		A person who is drugged from Mandrax will usually have red, glazed or puffy eyes as a result of the dagga mixed with the Mandrax.
	www.drugcentre.org.za /mandrax.htm (508 words)

	Drug Wars - About Drugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mandrax is mainly sold in the form of a tablet and is highly addictive.
		Mandrax is a synthetic drug that is compiled by means of the mixing of chemicals in a chemical process and a tablet is then produced.
		Mandrax is then taken to the distribution area and repacked in bank bags in quantities of 200's, 100's and 50's from where it is then sold at street level to individuals.
	www.drugaware.co.za /mandrax.html (622 words)

	Mandrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Mandrax that is currently confiscated varies drastically in appearance: tablets are found in thickness of 1 cm, which is known as "Double Barrels"; the colour ranges from beige, pink, blue, purple, fl, brown and green.
		The emblem on the Mandrax tablet has also changed and is mostly established by means of the individual presses used by the smugglers.
		Mandrax is then taken to the distribution area and repacked in bank bags in quantities of 200's, 100's and 50's from where it is then sold at street level to individuals.
	www.zelza.co.za /mandrax.htm (716 words)

	S.Africa: 75% of violent Cape crime is drug related... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mandrax, combined with other drugs or alcohol, was capable of producing "incredible aggression" while leaving users "emotionally numb", she said.
		The Mandrax trade is firmly rooted in the gang activities in Cape Town," the MRC and Institute for Security Studies research stated.
		Mandrax user Lewis Bowman, dubbed the "monster of Mitchells Plain" after accused of murdering a Mitchells Plain family and using their home as a base for an orgy of rape and assault, is set to appear in the High Court next month.
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=4191&Action=V&Sort=D&Page=1 (927 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : City of pearls turns `Mandrax capital'
		The MDMA (popularly known as Ecstasy), Methaqualone and Methamphetamine tablets, which were seized from a laboratory at Bidar in Karnataka and a unit at Jeedimetla on the city outskirts.
		Explains the official: "The reactors used in the pharma units for manufacturing tablets and Mandrax is one and the same.
		In some cases, the owners of such units are making the usual tablets during daytime and manufacturing Mandrax during nights." Over the last few years, the authorities have seized several thousand kg of Methaqualone worth crores of rupees.
	www.hindu.com /2005/03/24/stories/2005032417790300.htm (428 words)

	Cape Argus: Mandrax - city's murder drug
		Mandrax has been linked to nearly three-quarters of the most violent murder and rape cases - not involving a gun - heard in the Cape High Court in the past year.
		Among the cases reviewed by the Cape Argus, the crimes were found to have been committed either by Mandrax addicts in withdrawal from the drug, or using it in combination with alcohol.
		Mandrax, combined with other drugs or alcohol, was capable of producing "incredible aggression" while leaving users "emotionally numb", she said.
	www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=2376227 (965 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online:
		More than 85% of Mandrax (methaqualone) used in South Africa is consumed in the Western Cape, where the drug is closely associated with Cape Flats gangs that use the white pipe for rituals and as a source of income.
		Although Mandrax is consumed predominately in the Western Cape -- and specifically Cape Town, which has been dubbed the "Mandrax capital of the world" -- most of the recent large drug busts have occurred in Gauteng, in the ports of Durban and Port Elizabeth and in neighbouring countries.
		Mandrax and its links to Cape Flats gangs also came under scrutiny at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in mid-1998, with allegations that the apartheid state had flooded the Cape Flats with the drug.
	www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?area=mg_flat&articleid=5592 (959 words)

	Cannabis Connoisseur Discussion Board - The racial face of drugs in South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Particular to South Africa, Mandrax is mainly used by the coloured gangs of the Western Cape and the working class in Indian communities in Durban.
		Mandrax (methaqualone and diaphenhydramine or diazepam)is crushed and smoked with a mixture of tobacco and cannabis, usually in a broken bottleneck or pipe.
		Mandrax, unlike cannabis is, however, a dependence producing substance, which means that users may feel compelled to engage in criminal activity in order to secure the drug.
	cannabis.hivemind.net /cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=8&topic=9 (1133 words)

	4,400 kg of mandrax, bound for foreign shores, seized
		The seizure of mandrax, just eight days after 100 kg of banned narcotic ephedrine and three kg of hashish were caught on Aug 20, took place late Sunday from a godown in the Badarpur area in south Delhi.
		Mandrax, which is only manufactured in India for pharmaceutical purposes, is a drug used to get relief from tension, mental stress and anxiety.
		Walia said mandrax was in high demand in South Africa and a favourite among youngsters there.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /india/printer_1195291.php (465 words)

	Delhi Police seize 4,400 kg of mandrax : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The seizure of mandrax, just eight days after 100 kg of banned narcotic ephedrine and three kg of hashish were caught on August 20, took place late on Sunday from a godown in the Badarpur area in south Delhi.
		Mandrax, which is manufactured in India only for pharmaceutical purposes, is a drug used to get relief from tension, mental stress and anxiety.
		Walia said mandrax was in high demand in South Africa and a favourite among youngsters there.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1779624,000600010001.htm (506 words)

	Perspectives on Supply: The Drug Trade in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town - Drugs and Crime in South Africa, A Study ...
		Mandrax (methaqualone and diaphenhydramine or diazepam) is crushed and smoked with a mixture of tobacco and 'magat' (low grade cannabis, often dried with a volatile solvent), usually in a broken bottleneck.
		Mandrax usage is highly regionalised, with nearly half the arrestees in Mitchell's Plain, 35% in Phoenix, 30% in Bellville, and 29% in Sea Point testing positive, compared to 10% or less in all other areas.
		Mandrax is a dependence producing substance, which also means users may feel compelled to engage in criminal behaviour in order to secure the drug.
	www.iss.co.za /PUBS/MONOGRAPHS/No69/Chap4.html (6556 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Arrests follow South African drugs haul
		The drugs - 4.5 tonnes of mandrax tablets valued at about $30m - were discovered in an industrial area south of Johannesburg.
		Mandrax, a synthetic depressant, is one of South Africa's most popular narcotics, thanks to its relatively cheap street price.
		Containing the psychoactive ingredient methaqualone, mandrax in South Africa usually takes the form of white tablets which can be bought for as little as 20 rand ($3) each.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/883975.stm (282 words)

	Drugs Of The Nineties
		Mandrax depresses the central nervous system and is classed as a sedative-hypnotic drug.
		Originally mandrax were smooth, firm white tablets with Mx written on the side of the tablet.
		Mandrax is psychologically addictive and this is why the user e\will do anything to get hold of the drug, such as stealing and lying, as they feel that they can't function without it.
	home.intekom.com /millennia/drugs.htm (2785 words)

	Methaqualone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Methaqualone was discovered by the Indian researcher M. Gujiral in 1955 during an anti-malaria research program.
		It was marketed as a sleeping pill during the 1960s under a number of tradenames including Renoval and Melsed and in combination with an antihistamine as Mandrax.
		Its low price (R30.00 average against R150.00 for crack) means it is the preferred hard drug of the large low-income section of society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mandrax (925 words)

	Mandrax: from medicine to street drug
		Methaqualone, popularly known as Mandrax, is a "downer" used to get relief from mental stress and anxiety.
		Researchers have also found that the use of Mandrax with alcohol could be life threatening and can cause psychological and physical dependency.
		According to Rajiv Walia, deputy director general of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mandrax is highly in demand in South Africa and a favourite among youngsters there.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Health/20060829/435087.html (358 words)

	The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
		Mandrax is a drug used to get relief from tension, mental stress and anxiety.
		Police said that Mandrax was earlier used in preparing medicines to cure malaria.
		Speaking about mandrax, Walia said the substance was highly in demand in South Africa, where it was a favourite with youngsters.
	www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=August2006&file=World_News2006082973341.xml (519 words)

	South Africa named one of major consumers of drugs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I have heard of mandrax, but have no idea what it is. Thanks.
		Mandrax is a sedative and hypnotic drug which suppresses the central nervous system and was initially prescribed in South Africa as a sleeping tablet.
		In South Africa abusers powder mandrax tablets, mix it with dagga and smoke it in a pipe, known as white pipe.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/936211/posts (874 words)

	press releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Parry said that the use of cannabis (“dagga”) and Mandrax (methaqualone) alone or in combination (“white-pipes”) continues to be high.
		In Cape Town a third of patients had Mandrax as a primary or secondary drug of abuse.
		Mandrax cases recorded by the FSL increased in 3 sites in the first half of 2003, and increased nationally by 24% Mandrax seizures, however, declined in 3 sites (and nationally by 38% to 165 048 tablets).
	www.mrc.ac.za /pressreleases/2003/36pres2003.htm (1282 words)

	Drugs in South Africa: The latest trends - Nedbank ISS Crime Index Vol 3 No 5, 1999
		Crack cocaine is now the fastest growing substance of abuse in South Africa, with Mandrax on the decline in many areas.
		Mandrax (especially the ‘white pipe’ combination unique to South Africa) was the number one hard drug of abuse prior to the transition to democracy.
		The massive decline in arrests for cannabis and Mandrax suggests a reprioritisation of resources to the inflow of new substances of abuse around the time of the country’s first democratic election.
	www.iss.co.za /Pubs/CrimeIndex/99Vol3No5/Drugs.html (1399 words)

	Treatment demand for drugs on the increase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Use of cannabis ('dagga') and Mandrax (methaqualone) alone or in combination ('white-pipes') continues to be high.
		With regard to Mandrax the major change has been an increase in the proportion of arrests for dealing in Durban (to 40% of all arrests).
		The use of Mandrax is more common in Cape Town and PE than in the other sites.
	www.mrc.ac.za /mrcnews/june2002/treatmentdrugs.htm (1208 words)

	Mandrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mandrax is a sedative and hypnotic drug which suppresses the central nervous system.
		In South Africa abusers powder Mandrax tablets, mix it with Dagga and smoke it in a pipe.
		Mandrax is very psychological and physical dependence producing.
	www.drugwise.co.za /mandrax.htm (46 words)

	Printer-Friendly Format
		It is particularly pleased with our work in the fight against mandrax (methaqualone), the potent sedative young working-class men in Western Cape have been smoking in vast quantities since the late 1970s.
		By this measurement, the spectacular mandrax busts of the past year have been a waste of time — the price of mandrax on Western Cape streets is going down.
		In theory, mandrax supply should thus be thin and concentrated, producers risk-averse, and street prices sensitive to large busts.
	www.businessday.co.za /PrintFriendly.aspx?TarkID=1019717 (730 words)

	Mandrax - Wikipedia
		Mandrax, dessen Hauptwirkstoff Methaqualone ist, wird meist in Tablettenform verkauft und eingenommen und macht stark abhängig.
		Hergestellt in einem chemischen Prozess aus mehreren Zutaten und verabreicht in Tabletten, wurde Mandrax in den 60ern und 70ern als Schlafmittel, bei hohem Blutdruck oder bei Angst-Attacken verschrieben.
		Der Mandrax Konsum geht weltweit zurück, meist wird es jedoch durch Crack und Kokain ersetzt.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mandrax (256 words)

	Mandrax: from medicine to street drug
		Researchers have also found that the use of Mandrax with alcohol could be life threatening and can cause psychological and physical dependency.
		The substance is mainly sold in the form of a tablet but sometimes it is crushed to powder.
		According to Rajiv Walia, deputy director general of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mandrax is highly in demand in South Africa and a favourite among youngsters there.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /india/printer_1195465.php (363 words)

	Far Shores SecCon News: Expert Says US Used Chemical Weapons In Gulf War
		Basson was testifying about the 1993 destruction of hundreds of kilograms of drugs such as cocaine, Mandrax and Ecstasy, manufactured or bought by the SA Defence Force for possible use in crowd control.
		At that stage, Basson was ordered by his superiors to step up the programme involving the drugs BZ, Mandrax and Ecstasy as it became clear that funding for the chemical and biological warfare programme was about to be cut off.
		In the end, the Mandrax was only in the SADF's possession for a few weeks before it was thrown into the sea because of a political decision.
	farshores.org /sechaluc.htm (830 words)

	Police seize Mandrax worth R105m: News24: Archive: News24
		News24 users have sent in their pics to show how cold it is in their part of the country.
		Aylward said Selebi congratulated the team responsible for the arrests saying the bust sent a clear message to drug lords that they had nowhere to hide from the law.
		According to experts, Mandrax, also known as methaqualone, is sometimes manufactured in South Africa, but is more often smuggled into the country from southern and east Asia.
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/0,1113,2-7_1126809,00.html (234 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Drug bust yields R156m in mandrax
		Martins-Engelbrecht said the crime intelligence unit, the organised crime unit, the SA Revenue Service, customs, and the police dog unit resulted in the confiscation of about two million mandrax tablets early on Wednesday morning.
		"The mandrax tablets were found in a container which contained wooden doors.
		She said the bust was a huge blow to the mandrax industry, adding that the co-operation between the various departments played a huge role in the successful confiscation of the drugs.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/306614.htm (243 words)

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