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Special Report: The big split on the war against drug use: to treat or jail drug users?

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Stephen Kyenze’s ageing pair of trousers, discoloured teeth and slurred speech might have given away his doping past when he showed up for an interview.

But the adoration with which the 42-year-old father of two talked about his two daughters lent credence to the maxim that even the coldest of criminals can be transformed by deep family love.

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