An unorthodox drug called “Kush,” pushed in the underworld and speak-easy places is allegedly made in Sierra Leone. The effect of the drug is that, it initially acts as a stimulant, only to turn patrons into zombies.
Assuming your meals are laced with the drug, you are certain to go down in circumstances similar to the addicts.
The drug is reportedly made of leaves, and a cocktail of substances. Its newest ingredient is the human bone.
The latest discovery explains why graves are being desecrated in Sierra Leone. The bones of the dead long buried are looted from their graves, grounded into powder, and added to the drug.
One medical doctor in Sierra Leone treating cases that arose out of consuming “Kush” said, the human bone contains sulphur and its intake connects with the brain of consumers.
The “Kush” community has steadily transformed into grave looting. Its members call themselves “Friends of the dead.” The propriety that issues from the euphemism is a facade. Rather, the discovery goes to alert the public that a modus operandi of the devil sometimes takes the form of parading as an angel. It may look good on the outside, consistent with the word “meretricious” but it is a clever way of using fine labels to conceal nefarious activities.
The economic element in the trading of “Kush” revives curiosity about the grave-looting sprees in the regional neighborhood. For instance, in Ghana, about one hundred graves were looted at a go in the city of Takoradi in 2023, amidst pockets of similar occurrences.
“Kush” sends a strong signal to border control agencies, health inspectorate teams, and food and drugs authorities within the geographical space of West Africa and beyond to open their eyes widely to contain the menace.
We now have to know who the actual sextons are, as differentiated from others pretentiously lurking around graveyards as watchdogs.
