Carte Blanche: Prescription for addiction
Instead of back-alley exchanges, the illegal trade happens openly in pharmacies and suburban clinics, with professionals in white coats acting as suppliers.
These so-called healers are selling legal medication illegally, enabling widespread addiction and leaving communities grappling with a silent, yet devastating epidemic.
Carte Blanche is a South African investigative journalism television series that airs on M-Net every Sunday at 19:00.
Its first episode aired on 21 August 1988 and over the last 34-plus years has earned credibility among South African viewers for its investigation into corruption, consumer issues, and current events.
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