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A young British woman, Charlotte May Lee, was arrested in Sri Lanka for smuggling over 100 pounds of a deadly synthetic drug called kush, which contains human bones, with a street value of $3.3 million. She claims the drugs were planted in her luggage without her knowledge. The seizure is the largest in Sri Lankan history, highlighting the growing drug trafficking problem in the region.
A new synthetic drug called 'kush' containing human bones is causing a devastating addiction crisis in Sierra Leone, leading to around a dozen deaths weekly and prompting dealers to rob graves to meet demand. Priced at 20p a joint, the highly addictive drug is openly sold and smoked on the streets, leaving users looking like 'zombies.' The drug, made from toxic chemicals, herbs, cannabis, disinfectant, and human bone fragments, has led to a surge in addiction-related admissions at the country's psychiatric hospital, but limited resources make follow-up treatment difficult.