khat

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the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea

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She explains how many employees work half a day and then head off for an afternoon of khat.

Policing the flowers of paradise: James Jeffrey examines the domestic wars over khat consumption

Al Khat currently supplies its clients from its Kuwait facilities and is the only approved provider of packaging materials for McDonalds and other leading brands in the Middle East.

Packaging plant being built in Kizad

He took it in August 2003 - five months before khat ingredients cathine and cathinone were banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency in competition.

I just wanted to test khat. You chew it and it is like drinking 10 cups of coffee; Mo Farah's TV drug confession

Speaking about the khat experiment, a spokesperson for Farah said: "At no point were rules or laws broken." ?PIERS Morgan's Life Stories: Mo Farah is on STV at 9pm tomorrow.

MO: I TOOK DRUG; Farah dabbled in khat but says he never broke rules

Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed to examine the prevalence and predictors of current use of khat.

Khat use and Its Determinants among University students in Northwest Ethiopia: A multivariable analysis

Welday Hagos, a clinical psychologist and director of the Mekele-based centre -- Ethiopia's only free, long-term drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility -- believes that khat is a gateway drug to harder substances.

In Ethiopia, a rehab centre takes on miraa addiction

The cultivation of Khat and production of the addictive drug from it are a major source of income for Ethiopians and of foreign trade for the country as a whole.

The Khat Conundrum in Ethiopia: Socioeconomic Impact and Policy Directions

Khat plant (Catha edulis Forsk) belongs to the family Celastraceae (moonseed) that is frequently cultivated in certain regions of the horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Catha edulis Forsk Modera los Efectos Embriotoxicos en Ratas: Un Estudio Experimental

The Health Ministry released a prakas (ministerial proclamation) this week prohibiting the import of any plant containing psychoactive substances, specifically targeting khat.

Nipped in the bud

The authority said that 1.1 million Kenyans in the same age group are using miraa/ khat while 2.2 million are using tobacco.

4.9m Kenyans abusing alcohol and drugs, high schools a haven - Nacada

Abshir Abdillahi Ali, 27, was nabbed with 39kg of khat as he tried to catch a connecting flight at Glasgow Airport.

Man 'had drugs for wedding' CAUGHT OUT Suitcases were crammed with Khat

A woman has appeared in court accused of bringing bags of "khat" into Newcastle International Airport.

Woman is accused of trying to import drug

A woman has appeared in court accused of bringing bags of "khat" intoNewcastle International Airport.

Woman accused of bringing bags of class C 'khat' into Newcastle Airport; Awo Dualeh is alleged to have brought the class C drug into Tyneside from Kenya in October last year

Khat is a natural stimulant from the Catha edulis plant that is cultivated in the Republic of Yemen and most of the countries of East Africa.

Prevalence, Pattern and Associated Factors of Khat Chewing Among Debre Berhan University Students, Ethiopia, 2014

A COVENTRY man who smuggled PS20,000 of the illegal East African herbal stimulant khat into the country has been jailed.

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