https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIZqFRSYLs
In a smoke-filled room, in a shanty town, young Sierra Leoneans have gathered to get their fix, many are barely in their teens. At around 25 U.S cents a dose

https://apnews.com/article/sierra-leone-drug-addiction-0e04dee6f4f471c9cf732e63d5b37bcb
A young man smokes Kush at a hideout in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/ Misper Apawu) FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited.

https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/21/sierra-leone-trapped-by-highly-addictive-drug-kush-youth-is-dying/
The recently emerged drug is making terrible inroads among the young in Sierra Leone. On the edge of a rubbish tip in the capital Freetown, Mohamed (name changed), a 25-year-old garbage picker

https://apnews.com/article/africa-drug-addiction-kush-sierra-leone-guineabissau-5a236b71cc3311c1a0dfb921aa2d4f65
FILE - A young man smokes Kush, a derivative of cannabis mixed with synthetic drugs like fentanyl and tramadol and chemicals like formaldehyde, at a hideout in Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 29, 2024. Traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes have for the first time been found to be consumed by people who use drugs in Africa, according

https://www.barrons.com/news/kush-the-dangerous-drug-destroying-young-lives-in-sierra-leone-5ab59aca
In recent years Kush, a mix of various chemicals and plants that mimic the natural properties found in cannabis, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), is increasingly

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kush-cheap-synthetic-drug-ravaging-054457532.html
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio declared a state of emergency in April over the drug kush, which is made from cannabis, fentanyl and tramadol. However, government resources are limited

https://www.yahoo.com/news/synthetic-drug-ravages-youth-sierra-050530990.html
Sierra Leone Drug Addiction. A young man smokes Kush at a hideout in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday, April 29, 2024. Sierra Leone declared a war on the cheap synthetic drug, calling it an epidemic

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230721-synthetic-drug-kush-ravages-sierra-leone-s-young
The recently-emerged drug is making terrible inroads among the young in Sierra Leone, a West African nation ranked among the world's poorest. On the edge of a rubbish tip in the capital Freetown

https://www.kedm.org/npr-news/2024-02-10/cheap-plentiful-and-devastating-the-synthetic-drug-kush-is-walloping-sierra-leone
26-year-old Zainab Sankoh in a shack at the Kingtom dump site in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A self-described "hustler," Sankoh used to send money home to support her family and her young daughter in a village in the south of the country. Now, she spends almost all her money on kush. "My life is miserable" said Sankoh.

https://www.hvsl.org/post/kush-the-new-reality-of-the-hazards-of-youth-drugging-in-sierra-leone
March 25, 2024. Youth drugging is nothing new to the world. In fact, in Sierra Leone, youth drugging has been around since the1980s, a decade that saw youths experimenting Camel and Marlboro brands cigarettes just to have the nicotine in them to bolster their moods. And as the 90s decade approached, youths' cravings for nicotine gradually

https://www.voaafrica.com/a/kush-making-inroads-among-sierra-leone-youths-/7219554.html
The recently-emerged drug is spreading among the young in Sierra Leone, a West African nation ranked among the world's poorest. On the edge of a rubbish tip in the capital Freetown, Mohamed (name changed), a 25-year-old garbage picker, smoked a joint laced with kush. For about an hour, he said, he would "meditate high meditation," sleep, wake

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/a-synthetic-drug-ravages-youth-in-sierra-leone-theres-little-help-and-some-people-are-chained/
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are

https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/27/a-cheap-synthetic-drug-is-ravaging-sierra-leones-youth/
In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited. One frustrated

https://www.dw.com/en/kush-the-drug-killing-west-african-youth/a-64376696
Karim Kamara. 01/13/2023. Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia are grappling with an increasing number of young people becoming addicted to a substance known as kush or K2. Abuse of the drug has

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/sierra-leone-trapped-by-highly-addictive-drug-kush-youth-is-dying/ar-AA1eaJNm
The recently emerged drug is making terrible inroads among the young in Sierra Leone. On the edge of a rubbish tip in the capital Freetown, Mohamed (name changed), a 25-year-old garbage picker

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kush-cheap-synthetic-drug-ravaging-054459631.html
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio declared a state of emergency in April over the drug kush, which is made from cannabis, fentanyl and tramadol. However, government resources are limited, and the country's only public rehab center is unable to accommodate all the people in need of addiction treatment.

https://www.unitedblacksofamerica.org/2024/05/27/a-cheap-synthetic-drug-is-ravaging-sierra-leones-youth/
A cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging Sierra Leone's youth. kush, a derivative of cannabis mixed with synthetic drugs like fentanyl and tramadol and chemicals like formaldehyde - makes people lethargic, desperate and ill. But beyond slogans encouraging young people to stay away from the drug, there is not much else the authorities have done

https://sierraloaded.sl/news/ndlea-raises-alarm-kush-impact-mental-health-youth/
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has sounded the alarm on the escalating mental health crisis among Sierra Leone's youth due to the rampant use of the drug known as Kush. Chief Andrew Jaiah Kaikai, the Executive Director of NDLEA, made this declaration during an inter-ministerial and multi-sectoral partners drug abuse sensitization event.

https://timeafricamagazine.com/sierra-leone-trapped-by-highly-addictive-drug-kush-youth-is-dying/
"Kush" will offer them relief they hope, but the nirvana is fleeting and carries a grim price. The recently The recently emerged drug is making terrible inroads among the young in Sierra Leone Tuesday, December 26, 2023

https://www.unitedblacksofamerica.org/2023/07/21/sierra-leone-trapped-by-highly-addictive-drug-kush-youth-is-dying-2/
Sierra Leone: Trapped by highly addictive drug 'kush', youth is 'dying' In a smoke-filled room, in a shanty town, young Sierra Leoneans have gathered to get their fix, many are barely in their teens.

https://www.africanews.com/2024/04/08/sierra-leoneans-unite-to-fight-life-ravaging-drug-kush/
Sierra Leone: Trapped by highly addictive drug 'kush', youth is 'dying' 21/07 - 16:04 From the same country

https://thecolonialchronicle.com/africa/sierra-leone-trapped-by-highly-addictive-drug-kush-youth-is-dying/
"Kush" will offer them relief they hope, but the nirvana is fleeting and carries a grim price. Their lives are mired in poverty and despair. "Kush" will offer them relief they hope, but the nirvana is fleeting and carries a grim price. June 14, 2024. Facebook; Twitter; Google+; Instagram; VK; World News. Africa; Canada; China;