An increasing number of young people are addicted to drugs in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Most of them regularly smoke a new synthetic substance called “kush.” With youth unemployment and inflation at record highs and a traumatic past that includes a brutal civil war and an Ebola epidemic, many are turning to drugs to numb their pain, in a country where mental health care is virtually nonexistent. Sahid Bangura is working to help addicts. Faced with a severe shortage of resources to deal with substance abuse and mental health, he has recruited other volunteers to fight for public health. An increasing number of young people are addicted to drugs in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Most of them regularly smoke a new synthetic substance called “kush.” Amid record-high youth unemployment and inflation rates and following a painful history, including a brutal civil war and the Ebola epidemic, many people are turning to drugs to numb their pain, in a country where care for mental health issues barely exists. Sahid Bangura works to assist those suffering from the drug. Facing a severe lack of resources for substance abuse and mental health, he recruits other volunteers to fight for better health outcomes in his community. --- VOA Vietnamese - Updates truthful, multi-dimensional information about the situation in Vietnam and internationally. East Sea news. Special reports on many topics: science-technology, politics, education, life, society, economics, health, culture, entertainment... Live Q&A ???? via Facebook Live https://bit.ly/3f603Y4 and YouTube Live https://bit.ly/3D1eHwi with VOA guests revolving around the topics of medicine, studying in the US, US immigration, economics, science, food, environment. Thematic Roundtable. Thursday Discussion. ???? Subscribe and ring the bell to stay updated with the latest news: https://bit.ly/VOATiengVietYouTube Follow VOATiengViet on: ➡️ Website https://www.voatiengviet.com/ ???? Proxy to bypass the firewall to access the website: https://bit.ly/voatvyt4 And social media sites: ➡️ Facebook / voatiengviet ➡️ Instagram / voatiengviet ➡️ X (Twitter) / voatiengviet ???? If you cannot access VOA, please use the link https://bit.ly/voatvyt4 to bypass the firewall. The VOA app has a new design and improved news access. The features you loved before are integrated with firewall bypass tools to access VOA news in 22 languages. Download the VOA Vietnamese app on: ➡️ App Store https://bit.ly/VOAAppA ➡️ Google Play https://bit.ly/VOAAppG VPN: Firewall bypass tools help users avoid censorship when accessing the Internet. Download the nthLink firewall bypass app (https://bit.ly/nthlink-app) on: ➡️ App Store https://bit.ly/nthLinkA ➡️ Google Play https://bit.ly/nthLinkG With a clean, easy-to-use design, Psiphon 3 offers VPN-like security and encryption features. Download Psiphon at https://www.psiphon3.net/en/download.... or email [email protected] to receive the Psiphon operating file. #VOATIENGVIET #News #News #Current Events #VOA #News