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Kush, a toxic brew composed of a medley of substances such as herbs, cannabis, disinfectant, and human bones has been a menace in this country.
The country has witnessed a sharp spike in abuse of the drug, kush, forcing police officers to guard cemeteries in the capital of Freetown, to stop young men from digging up skeletons to get high.
Armed police are standing guard outside cemeteries in Sierra Leone to stop drug addicts stealing human bones that they grind up to use in a psychoactive 'zombie' drug sweeping the country.
Under a bridge near a bustling market in Freetown, the young people gather in their masses. Dressed in nothing but rags, they stand like zombies – shoulders slouched, heads cocked to the side – as they aimlessly shuffle in circles. Many are without shoes, their feet bare and swollen from infection.
MIA is MIA We are looking for volunteers to help us locate our Minister of Internal Affairs. He’s been Missing In Action for months - actually just after three months in that office. In his early days there he went into small communities to talk to people and to assure them that he would put a robust security system in place for the people to sleep at night with both eyes