Kieran Gordon* woke up dazed and freezing. He was lying in his underwear on the floor of the living room at a friend’s house in Johannesburg. Someone was fumbling with keys by the front door, stirring ...

A study of 31 countries found that South Africa made up a third of all over-the-counter codeine sales between 2013 and 2019. Codeine is found in mild painkillers and cough syrups, and is sometimes ...

Let’s talk about lean. Lil Wayne is apparently back on the sizzurp even though the cocktail’s codeine- and promethazine-fueled seizures landed him in the emergency room back in 2013. On their own, ...