A new report released by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic ...

The cheap and highly addictive synthetic drug has flooded markets in Liberia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia.

One of the nitazenes detected in kush is 25 times more potent than fentanyl.” Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio last year declared a war on kush, calling it an epidemic and a national ...

New testing of a cheap and deadly drug that has triggered a national emergency in Sierra Leone reveals it is composed of synthetic opioids and cannabinoids imported from abroad, according to a report ...

Instead, the tests, requested by the Sierra Leone government, revealed some samples containing synthetic opioids known as nitazenes, which are up to 25 times more potent than fentanyl. The ...