"You scratch [The Nappies Clean] and then cook [with a small amounting of water] and a thick white stuff comes out, and that is then filled and sold on the floor of glasses," said a user The Telegraph in the suburb of Epworth, a dilapidated settlement on the outskirts of Harare.
drug users said that the sodium polyacrylate - the absorbent part of a diaper - made it high enough to pursue their dark everyday life with more confidence.
Mirriam, a 23-year-old single mother, said that she took the diaper mix to give her the courage to do sex work.
"I only take a little bit to make my work because it is not always easy to sleep with anyone, especially with strangers, but I have no choice because my child's father ran to South Africa and my parents chased me away from home," she says.
Wirtschaftskris
Simbabwes economy has not yet completely recovered from the economic turbulence that was caused when President Robert Mugabe confessed about 90 percent of the farms in the possession of white in the early 2000s.
since President Mugabe's 37-year term ended almost five years ago with a coup d'état, the economy stumbled from one crisis to the next, with inflation achieving more than 700 percent in August 2020.
While the situation began to recover in the past few months, since the raw material prices got on due to the war in Ukraine and the tourists gradually sagged back after the pandemic, the high unemployment captures millions of people in poverty and hunger.
The lack of social security networks has meant that people find innovative and cheap ways to become high, and the "Juice of Pampers", as some locals call it, is much cheaper than even the inexpensive form of medication on the market.
According to reports, the security forces are of the highest willingness to alert for a possible outbreak of civil disobedience, since the economic crisis in the country worsens.Possible "uprising"
"You know that there is a realistic probability of an uprising, and all efforts are made to thwart it," said a source of New Zimbabwe, a leading national news website.
"The President himself has repeatedly received reports on the security situation that indicate that the soil is fertile for upheavals, and therefore it often speaks of economic sabotors. It is a delicate situation," added the source.
Another source claimed that the country's president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, had laced his recent speeches with threats against a possible uprising.
In a speech at an event for the youth of Simbabwes, Mr. Mnangagwa said: "If you protest, we will arrest them. Earn money."
A user named Isaac says that most people on the street can not afford a popular mix of cough juice mixed with alcohol and cannabis, which is known locally as "bronze".
Kraft to survive the day
The diaper mix "gives me a lot of strength in my work. I work as a part-time gardener for several households and earn $ 5 per day (4 £), which is not enough to take care of my daughter and to feed us," said the 25-year-old.
users said that another informal name on the street for the diaper mix was "Mutoriro", which means "drunk to the last degree".
David Masamvi, a 43-year-old, said that he will "be plastered all day for" 20 bond "(about two pence) and" will not even take care of food or women ".
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