- 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 ...

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 ...

Khat leaves are sold attached to thick stalks or dried like tea leaves. A bundle of 40 leafed twigs costs about $28 to $50. The plant’s cost has been linked to family problems, ...

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 ...

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 leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned Class C drug in the UK. But how big a problem is it and why are ministers making it illegal?

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.

DEA’s Khat Sting Stirs Up Somali ‘Cultural Clash’ By Sam Howe Verhovek Aug. 22, 2006 12 AM PT Times Staff Writer ...

Khat is a leafy green flowering plant originally cultivated in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There, the fresh leaves of the plant are chewed or dried and made into a tea for medicinal and ...

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 ...

The leafy plant khat, which acts as a stimulant when chewed, is about to become a banned Class C drug in the UK. But how big a problem is it and why are ministers making it illegal?