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Addicts digging up human bones as part of a recipe to make the drug kush has become a national emergency in Sierra Leone and is slowly moving to other West African countries.
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio took to the airwaves Thursday for a nationwide address about the drug scourge — which has forced police officers to keep watch over cemeteries in the capital of Freetown to prevent young men from digging up skeletons.
“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,” Bio said.
One of the main ingredients in kush is ground-up human bone which, when added to other substances like harmful chemicals, cannabis, herbs and disinfectant, enhances the drug’s effect, the Daily Mail reported Friday.