Liberia’s kush crisis: The hidden trade behind a generation at risk
Figures obtained by Al Jazeera from the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) show that between September 2025 and 22 June 2026, the agency arrested 1,167 people on allegations of drug trafficking.
First reported in neighbouring Sierra Leone, it has since spread into Liberia, where parents say they have watched young people slip into addiction and struggle to return to everyday life.
Kush, a cheap and highly addictive synthetic street drug, has spread across parts of West Africa and become one of Liberia’s most urgent public concerns.
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