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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.
EFFECTS IMAGES HEALTH LAW DOSE CHEMISTRY
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Basic Khat Info
A Brief Introduction to C. edulis
Notes on C. edulis, from "Plant Intoxicants"
Khat News Clippings
Notes on Legal Status of Khat in South Africa, Manton Hirst
Khat Boosts Sperm Power, Manton Hirst
RELATED VAULTS #
Cathinone / Methcathinone
HISTORY #
Khat Timeline
LAW #
WHO Request for Info on 8 Chemicals
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Cathinone derivatives: A review of their chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology - 2015
Oral Lesions Induced by Chronic Khat Use Consist [...] - 2011
Actions of amphetamine derivatives and cathinone at the noradrenaline transporter - 2003
Anticataleptic activity of cathinone and MDMA [...] in rat - 2003
Cathinone: an investigation of several [...] substituted analogs - 1997
Methcathinone: a new and potent amphetamine-like agent - 1987
CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY #
Khat Chemistry & Pharmacology (Excerpt)
Methcathinone FAQ
The Effects of Methcathinone on the American Speedfreak
CULTIVATION #
Growing the Hallucinogens: Khat
EXPERIENCES #
A Second Wind, by plntshmn
Shame I'm Not a Goat, by Noregretseh
A Welcome House Plant, by GrowingHigher
Miraa in Kenya - Kangeta, by jarmon
Within the Real Yemen Context, by bengt
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OFF-SITE RESOURCES
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
The Qat Page
United Nations Drug Control
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Plot55: Catha edulis cultivation
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
PROHIBITION SITES #
Khat - DEA