Zimbabwe: Nyaope – Deadly New Drug Creeps Into Harare’s Streets

Emmanuel Kafe — Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) meant to save lives and designed to fight HIV are being used by addicts to produce a highly potent and dangerous new drug — nyaope, an investigation by Check Point can reveal.

Originally from South Africa, nyaope (also called “whoonga”) has found its way onto the streets of Harare and comes against a backdrop of an already disturbing drug epidemic involving various intoxicating substances.

Addicts are crushing, mixing, snorting, smoking, and…