DAGGA OIL DANGER FOR CANCER PATIENTS

MBABANE – Cancer patients may be fast-tracking their deaths as they use untested cannabis oil that has flooded the black market.
This follows an upsurge of cannabis oil packaged in syringes and sold to the unsuspecting public.

At E150, a cancer patient may suppress excruciating pain for about 20 days as a millilitre (ml) of cannabis oil retails at E150 in the black market.
That is if the patient is able to connect with street suppliers who have saturated the markets with their untested products.

A ml is equivalent to 20 drops and according to the players in the black market, one drop is enough to relieve the patient from excruciating pain per day.
The danger that this poses is the uncertainty of the dosage consumed from these oils as the content is not measured.

Another danger is that people suffering could be exposed to the more dangerous and highly addictive strain.
Locally grown dagga, also known as ‘the real Swazi Gold’, is preferred due to its high TCH (Tetraydrocabinol) content.

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THC is also the compound, which gives dagga its ‘feel good effect’ for smokers or recreational users.
This compound is crucial in producing the oils as the more the THC, the higher the yield of the oil.
These oils are produced in makeshift labs either in garages, backrooms and some even in their kitchens.
The products in the country are being packaged in syringes and sold through the social media.

The prices vary depending on the supplier and location. One supplier offered a millilitre at E150 while another was retailing same at E750.
Not only has this compromised the lives of hundreds of people in desperate need for alternative medications to alleviate the pain caused by their cancer related ailments, local entrepreneurs are also up in arms against the illegal producers.
Meanwhile, independent investigations by this publication revealed that the syringes of cannabis oil were sold in Mbabane, Mafutseni and Pigg’s Peak.

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