Sierra Leone’s president has declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse.

Kush, a psychoactive blend of addictive substances, has been prevalent in the country for years.

President Julius Maada Bio called the drug a “death trap” and said it posed an “existential crisis”.

One of the drug’s many ingredients is human bones - security has been tightened in cemeteries to stop addicts digging up skeletons from graves.

Groups of mostly young men sitting on street corners with limbs swollen by kush abuse is a common sight in Sierra Leone.

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    7 months ago

    One of the drug’s main ingredients is human bones

    Do you want prions? Because that’s how you get prions.

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        7 months ago

        At least for existing known infections. No reason it couldn’t happen to another protein and cause something like muscular dystrophy.