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Email: info@igr-sl.org
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Between 2023 and 2025 synthetic drug markets became the fastest growing in West Africa, with Kush expanding rapidly into neighboring countries from Sierra Leone. Kush related cases at hospitals increased by 1281% between 2023 and 2025.
" By 2023 Sierra Leone became epicenter for Kush. Hospital admission surged by nearly 1500%"
From 2017 to 2026, Sierra Leone transformed from a minor illicit crossing into a major logistics hub for global cocaine trafficking and an epicentre for a devastating domestic synthetic drug crisis involving Kush.