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Michael Cole, Professor of Forensic Science, Anglia Ruskin University

Kush: what is this dangerous new west African drug that supposedly contains human bones?

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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 men aged 18 to 25, causes people to fall asleep while walking, to fall over, to bang their heads against hard surfaces and to walk into moving traffic.

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