to khat. It's a bulky shrub smuggled in from Ethiopia and Kenya, and chewing its leaves can produce a euphoric high. But Jamal says it's not about that; it's about living life the Somali way.

Among those giving evidence was Mr. Hussein, the young Somali migrant who was able to kick his addiction. "I used to think khat was a leaf, just like chewing grass – animal antics," he says with ...

It’s an oval-shaped, bitter tasting leaf that makes you chatty after chewing it ... which has a vibrant Somali community and is a key khat hub to other European countries, announced a ban ...

Men sit for hours chewing - it's very addictive ... because of the negative impact khat was having on the Somali diaspora community. “Khat would arrive at 5pm on the plane and by 6pm men ...

"You are a better man [chewing khat] than you were before because you can remember anything," says Abraham, fresh from Somalia. It creates big IQ." Says Abdi, another Somali, "You talk too much ...

In the last few years, San Diego, which has a large Somali ... for “party khat”), has emerged on the club scene. “I don’t think we are going to see American teenagers chewing the plant ...

As county prosecutor, Klobuchar was a staunch defender of prosecuting khat in a case involving six Somali residents in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis and its western and southern suburbs.

Chewing khat produces feelings of euphoria as well ... per annum from taxes on the plant—after pressure from the Somali diaspora community, which claimed that the drug was negatively impacting ...

They say chewing khat is a cultural tradition that does no ... Absiya said some of the stigma attached to the plant comes from within the Somali community. Some complain about the wasted time ...

This is mostly due to the growing Somali and Ethiopian communities ... and horse trank. Khat chewing in the Middle East and Eastern Africa Chewing khat is a part of social traditions in some ...

It was often chewed by Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian men ... men are not being good fathers as they chewed khat'. “And 'people who are chewing khat might, as a consequence, not be looking for ...