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What Is Fueling Youth Addiction & How Do We Stop It?

What Is Fueling Youth Addiction & How Do We Stop It?

Update: 2025-10-27
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Drug dependency among young people in Sierra Leone is alarming and “Kush” has become a dangerous escape for those caught between pressure and hopelessness. But beneath the crisis is a deeper story about mental health, limited opportunity, and a generation trying to survive.

In this episode of Honestly Speaking, Antonia Howard sits down with Dr. Abdul Jalloh, Consultant Psychiatrist and Director of Mental Health and Noncommunicable Diseases at the Ministry of Health, to unpack Sierra Leone’s addiction crisis.

What is fueling youth addiction and what will it take to stop it?

Together, they unpack the psychology of addiction, and the solutions needed to build a future where coping doesn’t mean self-destruction.



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What Is Fueling Youth Addiction & How Do We Stop It?

What Is Fueling Youth Addiction & How Do We Stop It?

Antonia Howard