Photo : Cooper Inveen, Al Jazeera
NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
Photo : Cooper Inveen, Al Jazeera
IN BRIEF
Anu Maria Joseph
Sierra Leone: Emergency amidst drug crisis
On 6 April, Sierra Leone declared a national emergency amidst increased use of the drug, Kush. The drug is a mix of marijuana, tentanyl and tramadol, which has caused hundreds of deaths in the country. President Julius Maada Bio called the drug a "death trap.” One of the ingredients in the drug is human bones. Bio stated: "Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush.” (“Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones,” BBC, 6 April 2024)