Community Members in Lumley Round Up And Punish Kush Addicts

Some community people at No.9 in Lumley have rounded up and punish kush addicts. In a video making the rounds on social media, several men were seen surrounded by some community people.

Some members of the community could be heard chanting “no more kush” with some of the addicts forced to sit on the soaked pavement.

Sierra Leone is currently facing an uphill battle against the drug, kush. Some local activists believe that there is an increasing number of addicts to the drug.

Recently, senior journalist Umaru Fofana said he was told that some civil servants are also addicts.

Videos on social media also showed security personnel being dismissed for kush.

Authorities have called on the government to take action against the drugs. A member of Parliament, Emerson Lamina urged the country’s Youth Minister, Mohamed Orman Bangura to submit a position paper to the House on the drugs.

Sometimes called spice or K2, kush is a mix of “plant matter” sprayed with an ever-changing host of chemicals, in sometimes dangerously high proportions.

Some believe the drugs is also processed with human bone.

The drug has started taking its toll on addicts with reports of death across the country.

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| 2023-08-13 06:49:58

The community has started good measure T
| 2023-08-12 20:02:25

This decision by community people against the consumer's of this deadly drug is a complete violation of their human rights, those yat are to be targeted are the dealer's of this drug. The drug dealers are in their communities and they know them, let's go after them and not the innocent youths. Let's go after the dealers.
| 2023-08-12 18:35:31

We are pleading to the Government,the addicted of this drugs is too much for the youth of Sierra Leone, ,so there for the Government should put mensures in place so that this call Kush should banished in this country.This so call Kush has put most of the youth at a lower level.I also Advise that the Government should put strict mensure that eany one catch with this drugs let the individual face the betterness of the law.
| 2023-08-12 18:19:56

Take responsibility of your own life. Your life matter to you yourself even if kush is all over the country say no to it.
| 2023-08-12 17:46:42

The EXPORTERS of kush are the problem not the ADDICTS
Arnold | 2023-08-12 17:15:37

It's a shame that instead of helping cush addicts with rehabilitation and counseling, ignorant people are using zeal to persecute and punish this unfortunate group.
Brima Amie Abdul Kamara | 2023-08-12 17:14:23

This is mere wickedness as it is not the solution to the problem, those youths smoking kush are the after effects, the exporters are the bigger problems. If the kush is not expoted to Sierra Leone, they will not get access to it. Allah save our nation. As we are heading to the doom.