'Zombie Drug' Menace in Sierra Leone: Peddlers Dig Graves for Human Bones, 'Emergency' Declared

Freetown: National emergency has been declared by West African country of Sierra Leone in wake of surge of consumption of a psychoactive drug me from human skeletons. drug 'kush' is a amalgamation of herbs, cannabis, disinfectant and a atypical ingredient of human bones. drug is getting poplar among narcotics users for its excessive euphoric affects so much so that President Bio was forced to declare a national emergency. 

drug infused with human bones has enhanced vigor due to high Sulphur content. emergency has been declared to stop practice of consuming morbid substance. Not just an emergency, but a government has taken a dire step of deploying have deployed guards to protect cemeteries. 

drug is popularly known as 'Zombie Drug' as people are becoming crippling like 'zombies' for hours after consuming drug. 

As per media reports, drug dealer, dicts, suppliers are digging up graves and unearthing bones from graveyards of Freetown to manufacture . hazard has been claiming lives of dozens of people very month from overuse and toxic elements present in it. 

In a nationwide dress, President Bio said issued a strict warning  and terming menace as "existential threat". In dress, he said, “Our country faces a dire crisis from scourge of drug abuse, particularly insidious syntic drug kush.”

According to reports from he doctors and medical professionals, re is increase in deaths credited to organ failure among young men due to drug. 
Psychiatric facilities are getting full by nearly 4000 % between 2020 and 2023 due to missions to psychiatric facilities for kush-relared illnesses.   drug is primarily affected males aged 18-25. Kush is currently very accessible and cost 20 p per joint. Many shell out around Rs 800 on drug daily even though average annual income of people is around £400 (Rs 42,000)

President Bio has assembled a National Task Force on Drugs and Substance Abuse, gesturing  a cooperative effort to tackle epidemic. On top of toll, re is a dearth of rehabilitation facilities with just one centre serving entire nation.

Experts credit epidemic to several factors, including rampant unemployment and economic turmoil worsened by COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Edward Nahim, a consultant psychiatrist, warns of kush's insidious spre, comparing it to heroin or cocaine in its potency and availability.