By Mustapha Dumbuya
Ibrahim Hassan Koroma the Chief Executive officer for Mental Watch Advocacy Network Sierra Leone has raised awareness on the intake of Kush by the youth in Sierra Leone.
In an Exclusive interview with PUBLIC REVIEW NEWSPAPER he pointed that Kush has become the most widely used drug in the country, with its consumption witnessing an exponential surge. The consequences have been dire, with countless young lives lost to its intake on a daily basis. The CEO said his organization has beenfocusing on mental health related issues that has been affecting the youth especially the Kush.
According to him, Mental Watch Advocacy Network Sierra Leone has been contributing on mental health issues in the County and also play a key role in celebrating the World Mental Health Day and other related issues concerning on mental health.
“I have spent Millions of Leones to shoot one of the recent documentaries on Kush that has been shown on different mediaplatforms around the world on the harmful use of Kush by the youth in Sierra Leone,” he said.
The CEO identified some of the factors that causes the youth to involved on the intake of harmful drugs especially Kush; which is economic hardship, peer pressure group, and other related issues.
He said that government had been focusing on fighting the symptoms rather than finding the root cause to strategies and solves the problem.
According to him, kush is now manufactured in Sierra Leone by using “FORMALIN” a chemical that had being using on the death bodies.
Mr. Koroma calledon the government or NGOs to financially support his organization as he hadseveral social workers students from the Melton Magai University of Sierra Leone who are ready to train people on raising awareness to the public especially on Mental Health and other harmful drugs.
He also called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, NGOs and other Enforcement Agencies together with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to map out strategies to eradicate the harmful use or the importation of kush and other harmful drugs in the country.
