Comedian Sanagbingbin exposes "Kush" effects on youths in Sierra Leone

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson

Across the world, Seizures, strokes, mental confusion and brain damage to name but a few are the effects of drugs on people. These effects are in no way different from the current situation, caused by a certain dry leaves substance called KUSH.

The substance in Sierra Leone is being embraced by mostly youths residing and hanging out at hideouts who're the propellers of the said substance in take which apart from public disgrace which it has caused its consumers is also a root cause to the too many Lung disease, memory problem, attention and decision-making, which make daily living more difficult for especially, youths in Sierra Leone many of whom have since took to begging, pickpocketing and armed robbery to raise funds to buy "KUSH."

It's on this backdrop that "Sanagbingbin" a celebrated Sierra Leonean skits maker, actor and stand up comedian who focus in recent times have been switched to keeping his fans engaged online through his funny but informative and educative content has in a 180 seconds long clip exposed the dangers of 'Kush' (a dried leaves harmful drug substance).

In his clip Sanagbingbin together with his colleague "Pick the Pan" displayed a real life like situation of someone being under the influence of "KUSH" as he took the lead and appeared unconscious throughout the three minutes long video in which his colleague "Pick the Pan" keeps showing regrets over his friend's stubbornness to desist from taking drugs.

Few days after Sanagbingbin flaunted the said skit, it has attracted wide reaction on Tik-Tok app nearing 3,500 so far. Added to the war against the use of Kush, the comedy duos also send messages of peace to their countrymen for the upcoming general elections scheduled by the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) to hold on June 24.

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