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Kinshasa’s ‘Bombé’ scare: users of toxic artisanal drug met with police batons and tasers

By France24
13 October 2021   |   4:01 pm
Today's Focus takes us to Kinshasa, DRC's sprawling capital city, where growing addiction to "bombé," a new artisanal drug, is rattling authorities. The lethargy-inducing mixture is made of crushed pills (often opioids but composition varies) and chemical residue that's been filtered through exhaust pipes.

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