Kush is cheap, devastating, and instantly addictive. This is an emergency in Sierra Leone so much that, in April 2024, President Julius Maada Bio declared a national public health emergency for drugs, testifying to generational distress and a social crisis Use of Kush causes severe psychological damage, respiratory failure and skin necrosis. In situations of extreme poverty and despite the different stories of each individual, most people who take kush say they do it to forget the suffering and discomfort often caused by the loss of their parents or jobs and for a life without real prospects.
