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Sierra Leone: Trapped by highly addictive drug ‘kush’, youth is ‘dying’

In a smoke-filled room, in a shanty town, young Sierra Leoneans have gathered to get their fix, many are barely in their teens.
At around 25 U.S cents a dose, it’s a cheap and easy way to escape reality.
In the past few years, kush has wreaked havoc on the lives of young people in Sierra Leone…
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