Khat - Wikipedia
The khat plant is known by a variety of names, such as qat and gat in Yemeni Arabic, qaat and jaad in Somali, and chat in Harari [ 12 ] and Amharic. [ 5 ] . It is also known as jimaa in the Oromo language, mayirungi in Luganda, and as miraa and muguka in Swahili.
Narcotic leaf qat is everywhere in Yemen, despite civil war - Los ...
Jan 17, 2021 · Chewing qat, a green narcotic leaf, is so widespread and ritualistic that even the fighting in Yemen's civil war can fall silent in the afternoons.
In-Focus Qat in Wartime: Yemen’s Resilient National Habit
Apr 14, 2023 · Catha edulis — qat’s scientific name — grows on small, bushy trees found across East Africa and Yemen. It is consumed primarily in Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Somalia, as well as in Yemen, where the vast majority of adult males consume the drug every day and about a third of the women are daily chewers. [12]
Chewing Qat (aka "Getting High") In Yemen - Wandering Earl
May 6, 2013 · Qat, and the substance it contains, is actually illegal in many countries and its use is mostly limited to Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and a handful of other countries in the same geographical area. In Yemen, people chew qat while walking, sitting, talking, driving, working and just about anything else they might be doing.
Qat in Yemen
For others, qat is the main inhibitor of human and economic development in Yemen and is to blame for poverty and corruption, the depletion of Yemen's water resources and the country's sloppy approach to fighting Islamist terror.
Yemen’s Qat Addiction Worsens - World Bank Blogs
Mar 20, 2014 · Qat is a mild narcotic leaf popular in Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Excessive qat-chewing has disastrous impacts on health, education, and productivity. We illustrated this for Yemen in a report we prepared in 2007 ( see here ).
Starving Yemen’s drug problem - CNN
May 21, 2019 · Most Yemenis chew khat to get through their hungry, war-ravaged days. But that demand doesn’t help the country address its food crisis.
Qat farms in Yemen: Ecology, dangerous impacts and future …
Jan 1, 2014 · Qat (Catha edulis) is an ever green tree/shrub naturally growing in Abysssinian mountains as well as in the other countries of East Africa. It has been introduced to Yemen before the Islamic Era, nowadays it is widely cultivated in the mountains of Sanaa and Taiz.
A Dangerous Addiction: Qat and Its Draining of Yemen's Water, …
Nov 13, 2013 · Both Yemen’s people and its economy are addicted to qat, and its unsustainable production and consumption threaten Yemen’s water resources, agriculture, economic development, and its citizen’s physical and financial well-being.
Qat: Devil’s Plant in Yemen - Fanack
Mar 17, 2023 · Qat is exclusively cultivated in Yemen, Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa, and its leaves contain cathine and cathinone, which have similar less-intense effects to amphetamine. Chewing qat has become a prevalent social tradition in Yemen.