There is much talk about the havoc caused by those known as zombie drugs in developed countries. However, as with so many other issues, we forget that in other parts of the world they have also become a scourge to which it is much more difficult for us to direct our attention. In AfricaFor example, some of these drugs are causing an immense number of deaths in recent times. Above all, the health authorities in the area are concerned about one, known there as kush. Is composed of cannabis, fentanyl, tramadol and formaldehyde. Those are its safe ingredients. However, according to some people, it may also contain ground human bones.
The latter is not proven, basically because it is a drug that is sold in the black market without the slightest control, so that its composition is practically a mystery. What is clear is that in countries like Sierra Leone It causes dozens of deaths a week.
Other countries, such as South Africaare affected by other zombie drugs, in which the cannabis It is mixed with other different, but even more dangerous substances. The forensics They call for increased control of this situation in these countries, where poverty is a plus for their inhabitants to decide to fall into the pit of drug addiction. Eyes that do not see, or a brain dominated by drugs, a heart that does not feel.
The case of kush in Sierra Leone
Kush, like other African zombie drugs, is a result of international drug trafficking. Although cannabis is grown in African countries, fentanyl, formaldehyde and tramadol are believed to come from illegal laboratories in different parts of Asia. As for ground bones, people who support the idea that they are one of its ingredients believe that they may come from the desecration of graves. Now, what would they be used for?
There doesn’t seem to be any clear reason to include ground up human bones in zombie drugs. There are those who believe that it may be due to its sulfur content. Some psychotropic drugs They have this element in their composition. However, the levels found in the bones would not produce any effect. It is also thought that ground bones could be used. drug addicts, so that part of the drugs they consumed were added to the formula. But again, the levels would not be enough to get results. Therefore, it is possible that the thing about ground bones is nothing more than a myth.
However, the rest of the ingredients in kush do have dangerous effects. Fentanyl is a powerful opioid, just like tramadol. As for formaldehyde, it is added for its hallucinogenic effects. Many of the users of these zombie drugs fall asleep while walking and die from being hit or from other similar accidents. It is a real danger, which must be paid attention to before it becomes an even bigger problem.
Other zombie drugs in Africa
Zombie drugs have also fully entered South Africa. Specifically, there is widespread nyaopeknown among South Africans as whoonga. It is a mixture of cannabis, tobacco, heroin and antiretroviral drugs, the kind used to treat AIDS. The latter, at certain doses, can cause a hallucinogenic effect, which is why they are added to the mixture. But, logically, its side effects, even more so mixed with the rest of the components, are very dangerous.
In other parts of southern Africa, however, what triumphs is a drug known as white pipe. It is composed of tobacco, cannabis and the barbiturate metaqualone.
Very cheap zombie drugs
The big problem with these zombie drugs is that they are cheap and relatively easy to obtain. Kush, for example, costs about five leones per joint, equivalent to about 0.0002 euros. One of these joints can be shared by two or three people, who in total smoke about 40 a day. In total, they would spend less than one euro cent.
It may seem ridiculous, but we must not forget that the per capita income in this country is 580 euros. They don’t have enough money, so many people have to commit crimes or prostitute themselves to get the money. But, in addition, zombie drugs are a way of forgetting that poverty, which generates a dangerous vicious circle, which, As explained in a recent article by The Conversation, greatly worries forensics. We already see that it is not just a problem of the United States or Europe. Zombie drugs are a global scourge and all countries deserve to find ways to get their citizens off of them.