Then the local drug market was boosted by political instability, lawlessness, unemployment, the high cost of living, insufficient border controls, and a lack of awareness of the dangers of drug use. Drugs have become an easy escape for young people, creating a ready market in towns and cities. The demand for drugs has contributed immensely to a high crime rate. Sheikh Nazeem Mohamed, head of the Muslim Judicial Council, says the factory in Lichtenburg is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many more factories all over South Africa.
Drugs are the mother of all evil.
According to Dr Sylvain de Miranda, a Johannesburg drug rehabilitation expert, drugs are linked to the current crime wave. People rob houses and steal cars all over the world. But they don't shoot, and they don't kill. Here it is routine. You find a lot of inappropriate violence, stabbing, and killings.