| The 530 kg shipment of khat, a green-leafed drug which is chewed to produce a euphoric effect, was found in air freight. |
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| The area is known for extensive trading in livestock, hides and skins, khat, cereals, and consumer durables. |
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| Once the khat has been acquired, the customer leaves with a smile of satisfaction and anticipation. |
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| The first reaction to khat is unpleasant and marked by feeling of dizziness an intense thirst. |
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| Try to avoid chewing khat late at night, and never take sleeping pills unless prescribed by your doctor. |
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| Ethiopian officials said they are not going to stop farmers from growing khat, but are trying to offer alternatives. |
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| Indeed, withdrawal from khat results in social isolation, according to this article. |
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| Earnings from khat, an amphetamine like stimulant that is banned in the United States and several European countries, has doubled. |
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| Knowledgeable users maintain that chewing khat has more in common with coffee than cocaine. |
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| Mahdi chews khat, a semi-narcotic leaf that has wired generations of Muslims from the coast of eastern Africa to Yemen at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. |
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| Both are synthetic versions of a natural ingredient found in the east african khat plant. |
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| Farmers have been forced to produce khat in order to survive. |
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| They contain man-made chemicals such as mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, related to khat, an organic stimulant found in Arab and East African countries. |
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| But officials came to believe most of the flights were Yemeni smugglers bring in khat, a leafy plant widely chewed in Somalia for its mild narcotic effect. |
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| The sun-blasted streets of the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa, are inundated with stalls selling the narcotic plant khat. |
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| Other main export commodities are khat, gold, leather products, and oilseeds. |
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| In addition, khat, ensete, noog, teff and finger millet were also domesticated in the Ethiopian highlands. |
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| Half of agricultural water in Yemen is used to grow khat, a drug that many Yemenis chew. |
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| In the higher reaches, elaborate terraces have been constructed to facilitate grain, fruit, coffee, ginger and khat cultivation. |
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| Five months later, khat ingredients cathine and cathinone were banned in competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency. |
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| The drug is composed of synthetic chemicals related to cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant found naturally in the khat plant. |
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| Cathinone occurs naturally in the khat plant, which grows on the Arabian Peninsula and in East Africa. |
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| The chief active ingredients in khat are cathinone, cathine, and norephedrine. |
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| The main psychoactive alkaloids present at various times in khat leaves are the phenylpropylamines cathinone, cathine and norephedrine. |
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| Conditional cautions, penalty notices for disorder, cannabis and khat warnings, will be replaced. |
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| However, it concluded that there is no risk of harm for most users, and recommended that khat remain uncontrolled due to lack of evidence for these associations. |
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| Whether it be alcohol, cannabis, opiates, Khat, cocaine, nicotine or merely caffeine, few of us seem able to face life without chemical crutches. |
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| Khat is a green shrub that grows in several countries in eastern and southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. |
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| It was originally marketed as a plant fertiliser and is derived from cathinone, a compound found in a plant called Khat. |
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| An official source with Dhofar Governorate Police Command said that a boat laden with Khat was put under surveillance and seized in the Al Hafa area in the Wilayat of Salalah. |
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