Substance use is an important health and social issue globally as well as in South Africa. According to the 2021 World Drug Report by the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), it was estimated that in 2018 approximately 269 million people globally had used a drug at least once in the previous year. This is expected to rise to 299 million people by 2030. After more than a decade of living on the streets and using drugs, Koketso Mokubane has officially been clean for the past three years. Koketso now works as a peer educator for the Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap) — has also been cleared of hepatitis C, thanks to the harm reduction programme offered by the NGO.

<p>Substance use is an important health and social issue globally as well as in South Africa. According to the 2021 World Drug Report by the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), it was estimated that in 2018 approximately 269 million people globally had used a drug at least once in the previous year. This is expected to rise to 299 million people by 2030. After more than a decade of living on the streets and using drugs, Koketso Mokubane has officially been clean for the past three years. Koketso now works as a peer educator for the Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap) &mdash; has also been cleared of hepatitis C, thanks to the harm reduction programme offered by the NGO.</p>

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