President Dr Julius Maada Bio has continued his working visit to towns and villages, south of the country, engaging his people on his achievements since 2018 and warning young people against drug abuse. In...
There has been a flurry of vague report about a supposedly addictive and debilitating pseudo-cannabis substance that’s circulating in Sierra Leone. This may be akin to illicit products such as K2 and...
Kush is a type of cannabis that comes from the mountains on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is one of the few places on the planet where cannabis grows natively. The intake of kush...
In recent years, the youth of Sierra Leone have taken to the use of synthetic marijuana/drug called “Kush.” It is popularly known to be a variant of marijuana (weed), which a lot of young folks smoke...
The intake of harmful drugs among youths and some elderly people has been alarming lately. Kush is one of these harmful drugs that is affecting young people greatly. When one is under the influence...
I have met with hundreds of drug users and their answer was they switched to using Kush rather than that of marijuana. Few of them really want to get off it but how? And where can they go? Who will support...
One Amara Kargbo is said to be on the run after stabbing his friend Amadu Kamara at a stream in Kamakwie over a kush brawl, relatives of the victim confirmed on Friday. He was stabbed last Thursday...
The Sierra Leone Police has last week arrested two Sierra Leonean nationals alleged to have smuggling drugs hidden in a black jeep to neighbouring Liberia. They were arrested at a checkpoint in the southern...
BBC Africa Eye reveals how a powerful, illegal street drug called Kush is running rampant and having a devasting effect on the youth of Sierra Leone. Young people are suffering mental health problems,...
