MIDDLE EAST EYE
A new cheap drug which has come to be referred to as the “cocaine of the poor” is spreading in Morocco, according to a report published by the Arabi21 website.
The drug known as “PUFA”, which ranges between seven and 10 dollars per gram, is having social repercussions, including the separation of families and a rise in suicides and murders, the report said.
Moroccans have launched a campaign on social media calling on the government to intervene immediately.
Tayeb Hamidi, head of Morocco’s private sector doctors’ union, said that PUFA is made with the residue of cocaine and mixed with chemicals, including ammonia, until it turns into a crystal-like substance. It is consumed by inhaling or smoking.
“This dangerous drug spread in America in the 80s, and in the 90s it spread to a number of European countries,” Hamidi said.
