ALCOHOL AND DRUGS IN POST-WAR SIERRA LEONE

Abstract

The kind of social stress that a civil war expose the population to makes it easy to assume that an increased level of alcohol and drug abuse should be observable in post-war Sierra Leone. This is, however, not the case. As this study reveals, the pattern of alcohol and drug consumption in Sierra Leone. This is, however, not the case. As this study reveals, the pattern of alcohol and drug consumption in Sierra Leone is the same as we find in other African countries that has never experienced civil war. The majority of the population do not drink very much or use drugs at all, but there is a small minority that are frequent drinkers and use drugs. These findings are based on a survey in Sierra Leone and explore who the drinkers are, how many people drink and what characterises drug users in Sierra Leone.