About 13.3% of South Africans meet the criteria to be diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD) according to the United Nations Office’s Drugs and Crime World Drug Report of 2022.1 The international prevalence of SUD is around 5.5% according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Compared to the rest of the world, this indicates that South Africa’s substance use problem is nearly two and a half times larger.2

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