Khat
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Family :
Celastraceae
Genus :
Catha
Species :
edulis
COMMON NAMES
Khat; Qat; Kat; Quat; Chat; Miraa
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Stimulant
DESCRIPTION
Catha edulis is an drought-tolerant evergreen shrub thats leaves contain cathinone and cathine. These leaves are traditionally chewed by people of E. Africa and the Middle East as a stimulant. It has a long history of human use.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Notes on Legal Status of Khat in South Africa, Manton Hirst
Khat Boosts Sperm Power, Manton Hirst
RELATED VAULTS #
HISTORY #
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY #
CULTIVATION #
EXPERIENCES #
A Second Wind, by plntshmn
End of Week Pick-me-up, by Spawnee
Within a Yemen Wedding Context, by bengt
A Welcome House Plant, by GrowingHigher
Within the Real Yemen Context, by bengt
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
The Case of Qat in Yemen - 1995
The use of Khat in Yemen - 1997
Qat Trade in Africa - Trade and Environmental Database
Catha edulis - Lycaeum
HEALTH #
Pharmacological Aspects of Chewing Qat (part 1) - Yemen Times, Aug 2000
Pharmcacological Aspects of Chewing Qat (part 2) - Yemen Times, Aug 2000
LAW #
Their khat deemed legal, Ethiopian immigrant couple wants it back - Oct 27 2007, AP
Somali Islamists ban popular drug - Nov 17 2006, BBC
East Africa : No Case for Khat Ban, Says UK Study - May 2006, AllAfrica.com
Khat Briefing - 2002, DEA
Qat ban failing in US - Nov 25 2000
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Is Yemen Chewing Itself to Death?- Aug 2009, Time
Herbal stimulant qat faces ban for political gain, says drug expert- May 2009, The Guardian
Khat -- is it more coffee or cocaine? - Jan 3 2009, LA Times
Ethiopian bored of Bordeaux to launch Khat "wine" - Jan 9 2008, Reuters
Drug reaches limits of multiculturalism - Sep 29 2007, National Post (Canada)
That Darned Khat - Nov 21 2006, Village Voice
Crackdown Makes the Pleasures of ‘a Cultural Thing' Riskier - New York Times, Jul 31 2006
Green Gold : a small Kenyan town - Slate, Aug 2005
Chew on this - Guardian UK, Feb 5 2004
Where the qat is out of the bag - Guardian UK, 2001