The suspension of eight girls from Dominican Convent High School in Harare for drug abuse, particularly crystal meth currently decimating a whole generation of youths in Zimbabwe, shows that drug and substance are now rife and irretrievably spinning out of control in society. Below is the statement from the school principal: 
The prevalance of illicit substance
abuse has increased dramatically largely due to easy access to the drugs, cheap price and social problems engulfing the country, particularly unemployment.
Of grave concern has been the rising trend in drug abuse among adolescents and youths. Currently the most common drugs include glue, broncleer (with codeine), methamphetamine (crystal meth – mutoriro, guka or dombo), mangemba, cane sprit, marijuana and codeine, worsened by use of musombodia, a highly intoxicating drink which is mainly found in local townships.
In the past, drug or substance abuse was most common among homeless children (street kids).
However, high unemployment, coupled with poverty and despair, divorces, family unit breaks down and peer pressure, have fuelled the use of drugs in society, especially among youths.
Now the problem is spreading into schools where children risk being hooked onto drugs and destroyed in the process.
The impact of drugs ranges from mental health problems to crime, delinquency, depression, diseases and a break down in social order, particularly the family unit.
