We will just do our job to the best of our ability. The reality is that Cape Town, in the past two years, has been given a new identity - as a world drug capital. South Africa has taken a central position on international drug routes that stretch from South America, around Europe to the Middle and Far East. And with that new position, crack cocaine has flooded the Mother City. There is very little control over the flow of drugs in and out of the city.
Drug use is rampant.
The result is that crack houses have sprung up across the city, bringing with them a growing army of addicts and overdose victims who line the corridors of counselling centres. The problem is that the downer after the euphoria is far more intense and the drug is also far more addictive. People who were able to maintain a long-term drug habit on dagga, Mandrax or cocaine now find themselves unable to cope with crack. I can tell you many stories about people who maintained coke habits and could carry on working. Crack changed this.