Trading Tik for Sex
After 3 years on meth a.k.a. tik.
Pardon the swearing.
Like most websites, i occasionally get some interesting or sexually suggestive search strings landing up on some of my websites. Such online, very human nature (for we are beauties and flaws), i normally take with a pinch of salt BUT, today, a search string appalled me because i fear it’s the Garden Route we’re becoming: “Girls wants to be fuck for tik in Oudtshoorn.”
That someone thought that as a possible successful search for sex is damn maddening.
I have a liberal attitude towards some drug users because i’m more interested in what is real and evil rather than society’s inexplicable and emotional issue of it. I don’t care much for what people do at home so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. Humankind has always had its vices…and always will. I don’t seek to change what i cannot change.
BUT when it comes to tik (meth), there are no grey areas – Tik destroys! Tik has wounded Knysna. Tik is not a drug anyone can control. TIK IS EVIL! I considered it the worst drug in the world which was amplified by the Western Cape being the worst inflicted area in the world. Our backyard – the w.o.r.s.t. in the w.o.r.l.d. BUT-
– krocodil is the newbie. They’re calling it the zombie drug because it eats your flesh away and kills you in 1-3 years. It’s not here yet BUT South Africa has a self-destructive mentality that scares me (and it’s not helped by 70% of the population under 34 being unemployed).
Krocodil drug effect on skin.
In Knysna, the prices of heroin dropped (as did the mix) so as to compete with cheap tik. Krocodil is relevant because it gained hold in Russia (millions of addicts) because drug dealers pretended it was heroin (cheaper to make and shorter highs make it more profitable). It’s name derives from the scaly skin you get but the new nickname of “the zombie drug” is more apt as it causes gangrene and eats through your flesh, turning it black and green. “Krokodil is a sickening cocktail of over the counter painkillers, paint thinner, acid and phosphorus. In some cases, petrol is also added. The resulting mixture is called desomorphine – a derivative of morphine – and is extremely addictive.” Krokodil takes 30-60 minutes to prepare at home with over-the-counter ingredients. It’s 8-10 times stronger than morphine.
Yes, i’m trying to scare the hell out of you!
Krocodil has devastated parts of Eastern Europe. It has an estimated 100 000 users in Russia and 20 000 in the Ukraine. In September, it entered the USA (which is where we got Tik from) BUT –
– it’s not in Knysna yet. Will we have a chance against it if we haven’t fought Tik yet? If our Knysna Municipality and political parties haven’t made tik and heroin priority problems? When will elections involve issues that really matter??? When will the DA and ANC act as leaders?
This should also be taken into each and ebery school and parents evening…… frightening….
http://www.ravenews.ca/en/read/2013/march/04/
That left me sick in the tummy. Parents should make their kids see this stuff.
This is horrific. My sons are all grown up and bythe grace of God, do not do this stuff. What future do these kids have and what future does our country have? Government must take action I agree, this scurge will affect us all in the long run. Thank you for an enlightening albeit sickening article.
Teens will be the most likely victims but it’s not exclusive to them. Tik, especially in Cape Town, can be found in teens, parents and grandparents.
My main concern, because it always leads back there, is that we appear to be leaderless. The DA promised a drug program and did nothing. And considering that most white people in our town are DA, it’s highly ironic that it’s hit white kids now too. The ANC must share the blame. Tik was first a problem amongst their supporting communities.
PS: Check out the two related article links below the blog.
I realise that teens are the most likely victims, but it will affect us all in the long- run, unemployment and crime and homeless young adults (as surely parents who themselves are also struggling for survival will soon ask the addict to leave home once the pilfering of home appliances, money etc starts). I did link up to youtube and watched some- of the other clips, sick to my stomach. How do we begin to fix this if not supported by government? And yes, we all know there is a huge drug problem- in knysna – step up to the plate DA!
Absolutely. This notion that a community is comprised of islands is ridiculous but if Man never learned from the Nazis then how will he learn now? What happens to one affects others. You allow someone to get away with a misdeed, they return to commit a bigger one.
Who of us have not encountered addicts who’ve ruined their lives, overdoses, deaths and parents battling to cope…and generally failing?
As it is our leaders’ responsibility to lead the initiative so it’s the public’s responsibility to make them do so. After all, as said many times previously, they work for us. We are suppose to determine their mandate but, instead, in Knysna we’ve only had lip service on not only this but almost every important matter.
In my days the SAP used to come into our school and show us films and photographs and the actual drugs. And then it was not the epidemic it is today.
You and Patrick inspired me to compose another blog this morning. It’s a heavy one! I never meant to go that dark but it is what it is. So disturbing that i need to take a break from the topic.