Anti-drug activists talk with users about the synthetic substance in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital. Charities are calling for international efforts to stop the distribution of illegal drugs across ...

Experts have issued an urgent warning about a terrifying new psychoactive drug dubbed 'kush', after a former cabin crew member was accused of smuggling £1.5 million worth of the deadly drug into Sri ...

A new drug called kush is wreaking havoc in west Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone where it is estimated to kill around a dozen people each week and hospitalise thousands. The drug, taken mostly by ...

It's barely 9 a.m. but the cramped alleyways of Kaduna in the western end of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, are already packed with young men. They sit hunched over on low wooden benches, their ...

Charities are calling for international efforts to stop the distribution of illegal drugs across African borders amid growing concern over a substance called kush. The cheap synthetic drug is claiming ...