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🇸🇱 Deadly Drug Kush Ravages West Africa: A Synthetic Nightmare Fueled by International Supply Chains

By Pan African News Blog A lethal synthetic drug known as Kush is tearing through communities in West Africa, leaving a trail of addiction, suffering, and death. Marketed as a cannabis-like substance, Kush is actually a dangerous mix of synthetic cannabinoids and opiates—reportedly 25 times more potent than Fentanyl, one of the deadliest opioids in…
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July 5, 2025
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone’s ‘kush’ made using ingredients imported from abroad

Kush is a cheap and deadly drug that has swept through at least six West African countries in recent years. Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio last April called for a crackdown on it, describing the drug as an “epidemic” and a “national threat”. He launched a task force on drug and substance abuse, promising…
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February 25, 2025
It’s like smoking poison’: Sierra Leone’s youth battle addiction to a mystery drug

One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some call its impact the “kush devil”. For Abdullah, addiction resulted in him dropping out of school and begging on the street. Now he is staying at the City of Rest Rehabilitation Centre, one of…
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November 22, 2023