A decade ago, a stimulative drug that sold for just a few pounds, was banned in the UK. Known as khat, it’s a plant that’s chewed, giving similar effects to amphetamine. Ten years on from the ...

Authorities say it was one of the largest khat smuggling rings ever disrupted, importing tens of thousands of pounds of the leaf, worth about $5 million, into the U.S. The case developed years ago ...

- In 2010-11, khat became the third biggest export from Ethiopia, with $238.4 million worth of khat being exported. - In Kenya, government officials told CNN that the revenue generated from khat ...

Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why.

Khat, a stimulant drug will be banned within weeks, Home Secretary Theresa May announced today, writes Jamal Osman. The fresh leaves are chewed to achieve a state of mild euphoria.

Since then, khat started to become banned in countries across the world. What Is Khat? At the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, chewing Khat predates the use of coffee.

Khat is most popular with men: in Somalia, an estimated 75 percent of men chew the leaf for its mild stimulant effect. In Kenya, they say khat makes men stoned, docile, and impotent.

The khat 'gold rush': Extraordinary picture shows boom in imports as dealers race to cash in before drug is made illegal next year Last week 160,000 sticks of khat - a flowering shrub that ...

Little functions in the Horn of Africa without the drug khat, and trade in the popular, amphetamine-laden leaf is proving to be crisis-proof. Khat sellers have risen to become their family’s ...

But in the United States khat is illegal, and an increased demand for the plant in cities such as Washington and San Diego is leading to stepped up law enforcement efforts and escalating clashes ...

The chewing of khat leaves is common in the Horn of Africa, but in eastern Ethiopia it is both big business and a big worry for the authorities. Khat is a major agricultural crop. Yet many some say it ...

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