One can chew the leaves and buds fresh or dried. Other names for khat are qat, kat, chat, and qaad. Khat is sometimes mistakenly confused with ketamine – a dissociative drug used in South Africa.

“I would hear things like ’men are not being good fathers as they chewed khat'. “And 'people who are chewing khat might, as a consequence, not be looking for work'. “But in ...

There are many people, in the Yemeni and Somali communities in particular, who chew khat and view it as a big part of their cultural identity. I was interested in revealing the human aspects ...

the new kid on the block is spreading like a weed and addicted broke youth are chewing into miraa’s traditional markets at the Coast, Nairobi and upcountry. “Khat consumption in Kenya is said ...