School raises alarm over codeine craze
01 June 2016 - 12:52
Instead of enjoying a soft drink, school children, including those at primary school, are sipping codeine cough syrup. The trend has prompted a Cape Town school principal to raise the alarm. This comes as the SA Medical Research Council is studying codeine misuse in South Africa.According to the council, codeine is a low-efficacy opioid, used to treat mild to moderate pain.
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