September 1952 Mr Drum finds out: The Racket in Dope
September 1952 Mr Drum finds out: The Racket in Dope A sensational Exposure that lays bare the biggest secrets of Africa's Biggest Racket A single drug can wreck a whole continent. Just as China has been helpless in the grip of Opium, so dagga threatens to bring misery and wretchedness to all Africa. The Dagga menace grows more serious everyday. Evidence unearthed by Mr Drum during investigations on the dagga racket suggests conclusively that the international dope ring has an important tie-up with South Africa. From crude beginnigs, dagga pushing has developed into an expertly run orginisation, even defying the police, who continue to be baffled by the intricate organisation of the underworld. African addicts smoke dagga in trams, trains and busses, on the street corners of locations and in cinemas, while their Indian counterparts smoke it with the same indifference on the sports fields, in cinemas, and particularly at the corner of Market and End Street, in
