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 ...

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, 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.

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 ...

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?

- 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 ...

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 ...

In New York, three Somali men were recently convicted of smuggling khat, a leafy plant that produces a high when chewed for long periods. Immigrants in Minneapolis-St. Paul, home to three of the ...

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UK Border Force tend to place khat into an "other class " category, when reporting the drug. Dr Carrier added: “What people suspected would happen at the time of the ban has happened.