Since its introduction into the retail drug market of West Africa, kush has soared in popularity as deaths associated with it have also soared, according to the report. The synthetic opioids and cannabinoids within the drugs are highly addictive and have ravaged Sierra Leone in recent years.

A new report released by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years.

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio last April called for ... a highly addictive and deadly synthetic opioid which is up to 25 per cent more potent than fentanyl. The other half contained synthetic cannabinoids. It also revealed that some of ...

One of the nitazenes detected in kush is 25 times more potent than fentanyl.” Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio last year declared a war on kush, calling it an epidemic and a national ...

One of the nitazenes detected in kush is 25 times more potent than fentanyl.” Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio last year declared a war on kush, calling it an epidemic and a national ...