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Drug Scare: Kids In South Africa Smoking HIV Meds

Drug Scare: Kids In South Africa Smoking HIV Meds
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS are being smoked by teenagers in South Africa to get high, according to the BBC. Schoolchildren have been spotted smoking the meds, which are often mixed with painkillers or marijuana. Reports suggest that the drugs are being sold by patients and even health care staff for money.