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 www.MyPE.co.za: I did
a quick statistic calculation, just to get a "feel" for the
size of the horror that we are facing, regaining my balance
after the initial shock of seeing South Africa's alarming
statistics on Drug and alcohol abuse, as released by the International
Narcotic Control Board of the UN's office for drugs and crime and the
Central Drug Authority, I tallied up the calculated sum of South
Africans in some kind of substance abuse.
I realise that many addicts have multiple addictions so a linear
equation is not accurate, but it will grab your attention!
Based on the under mentioned statistics and calculations of South
Africa's population at an estimated 40,000,000 the sum total of people
in addiction is 26,700,000 i.e. from the under mentioned breakdown
65.5% of our population are in addiction!
- The world average for Tik is 0.4% of the population; South
Africa
records 0.9% of the population. (360,000 people)
- The world average for Dagga (Cannabis) is 4% of the
population; South
Africa totals 12% of the population. (4,800,000 people)
- Cocaine is used by 0.8% of South Africa's population, while
the world
averages out at 0.4% (320,000 people)
- Alcohol consumption in South Africa clocks in with the top
10 in the
world, with 1,900,000 South Africans described as alcoholics, 37% of
the population are binge drinkers with 10% counted as risky drinkers.
(20,700,000 people). And the authorities continue to give liquor
trading licenses all over the province!
- South Africa's drug use has increased 20% year on year as
reported by
the International Narcotics Control Board of the UN office for drugs
and crime.
- South Africans consume three times the world average of
Tik, Dagga
(Cannabis) and Cocaine.
The Social development's Central Drug Authority reports "The drug
problem in South Africa is very serious"
"Serious"? That is an understatement - if the addictive population is
added up as a linear equation then it will mean that 65.45%, a TOTAL of
26,180,000 people, in South Africa suffers from one form of addiction!
John
Preller
Editor's Notes:
We took John's figures a little bit further and produced
the following 'food for thought figures' by estimating the DAILY and
ANNUAL amounts of money spent on addictions based on John Preller's
figures above. Again, these figures are purely speculative, BUT we
tried
to be as conservative as possible:
- Tik: R40.00 per hit per day = R14 610.00 per addict per
year OR a total
of R5 259 600 000.00.
- Dagga: R5.00 per hit per day = R1 826.00 per addict per
year OR a total
of R8 766 000 000.00
- Cocaine: 0.5 gram per day @ R300.00 per gram = R54 787.00
per addict
per year OR a total of R17 531 840 000.00
- Alcohol: R20.00 per addict per day = R7 305.00 per addict
per year OR a
total of R1 512 135 000.00
If South Africa had to tax the ILLEGAL Drugs at 25%, AND based on the
above figures, the additional taxes would amount to R31 557 440 000.00
- funnily enough that is just the amount needed by the SAPS on an
annual basis.
Pravin, excuse me, Pravin Gordhan, how about bringing the above illegal
drugs into the tax net and dropping all personal tax?
Related Links:
Not Cool Boet, Not Cool | 29 Billion Rand Abuse
Problem? | Message to the Family of an Addict.
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