Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that’s crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs that are fueling this crisis aren’t made in makeshift labs, but imported by the millions from India’s pharmaceutical industry.
The depressing part is how these crises always follow the same pattern: companies make money for years, governments barely react, and by the time people care an entire generation is already dealing with the damage.