Addiction and the trauma of war: Liberia's youth and the "zombie drug" kush | DW Documentary

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Liberia is grappling with an unprecedented drug epidemic. Many young people are turning to kush — known by locals as the drug of the living dead. The "zogos," or people living with addiction, are treated as outsiders.

The West African nation was devastated by two civil wars between 1989 and 2003. The result: More than 250,000 dead, thousands of child soldiers and unanswered war crimes. Trauma sti…

Liberia is grappling with an unprecedented drug epidemic. Many young people are turning to kush — known by locals as the drug of the living dead. The "zogos," or people living with addiction, are treated as outsiders.

The West African nation was devastated by two civil wars between 1989 and 2003. The result: More than 250,000 dead, thousands of child soldiers and unanswered war crimes. Trauma sti…

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