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The deadly cost of Sierra Leone’s Kush epidemic

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International Overdose Awareness Day highlighted the growing threat posed by highly addictive synthetic drugs. Kush has devastated the impoverished African nation of Sierra Leone for almost a decade. And while efforts to tackle the problem have had some success, there are calls for the adoption of new approaches to rising substance abuse globally.
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