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Regulating khat - Dilemmas and opportunities for the international drug control system [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The regulation of khat, one of the most recent psychoactive drugs to become a globally traded commodity, remains hotly contested within different producer and consumer countries.
Klein, A. (Axel), Hailu, Degol, Hailu, D. (Degol), Klein, Axel, Beckerleg, Susan   +4 more
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Acute khat use reduces response conflict in habitual users

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
Khat consumption has become a worldwide phenomenon broadening from Eastern Africa and the south west of the Arabian Peninsula to ethnic communities in the rest of the world.
Lorenza S Colzato, Roberta eSellaro, Manuel eRuiz, Manuel eRuiz, Katarzyna eSikora, Bernhard eHommel   +5 more
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Khat use and perceived health problems among African migrants in Australia: an exploratory study

, 2021
Background: The chronic use of khat, a plant with psychostimulant properties, has been associated with physical and mental health problems. Previous research found that non-khat users were more likely than khat users to perceive its use to be associated ...
Hersi, A, Butt, J, Tohow, A, Cumming, C, Young, J   +4 more
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Oral White Lesions Associated with Chewing Khat [PDF]

, 2004
Introduction Khat is a cultivated plant whose leaves when chewed elevate mood. Unlike the chewing of betel nut, no association between the white oral mucosal lesions in khat users and oral malignancies has been reported.
Noam Yarom, Joel B Epstein, Joel B. Epstein, Meir Gorsky, Harel Levi   +4 more
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Association of Khat chewing and shisha smoking with metabolic syndrome and diabetes factors among Yemeni women

Eclética Química
Khat chewing and shisha smoking have spread among women in Yemeni society; thereby, these modifiable lifestyles may contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome.
Dheya Abdull Hameed, Maher Ali Almaqtari, Mona Abdullah Al-Tahami, Riyadh Saif-Ali, Saad Al-Arnoot   +4 more
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Seven in every ten khat chewers in Gondar City had an intention to stop khat chewing: cross-sectional study using Transtheoretical Model

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Khat chewing practice is rapidly expanding worldwide and currently, an estimated over 10 million people chew khat daily. The transtheoretical model explains how behavior change occurs across the stages of change.
Asmamaw Adugna, Telake Azale, Simegnew Handebo   +2 more
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Involvement of CB2 Receptors in the Neurobehavioral Effects of Catha Edulis (Vahl) Endl. (Khat) in Mice

Molecules, 2019
There is behavioral evidence for the interaction between crude khat extract and the endocannabinoid system, whereby the endocannabinoid system alters khat extract-mediated behavioral effects through modulation of the monoaminergic system.
Berhanu Geresu, Ana Canseco-Alba, Branden Sanabria, Zhicheng Lin, Qing-Rong Liu, Emmanuel S. Onaivi, Ephrem Engidawork   +6 more
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Socioeconomic, Health, and Missiological Implications of Khat in East Africa

Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science, 2022
Background: Khat is a stimulant plant widely cultivated in East Africa and Yemen. Millions of people chew khat habitually to satiate their cravings for it. The plant generates a very high income for millions of farmers and East African governments.
Temesgen Besha
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Problematic khat use as a possible risk factor for harmful use of other psychoactive substances: a mixed method study in Ethiopia

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2017
Background Substance use disorders along with neuropsychiatric disorders contributed about 14% of the global burden of disease. Harmful alcohol use, is a known contributor for many harms (accidents, suicide, violence, and complication of other ...
Awoke Mihretu, Solomon Teferra, Abebaw Fekadu   +2 more
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Impact of khat price increases on consumption behavior – price elasticity analysis

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2019
Background The long border of Saudi Arabia with Yemen is the primary route for khat entry to the Kingdom. As of April 2015, the government of SA tightened the border, making it more difficult to import khat into the country.
Maged El-Setouhy, Rashad Alsanosy, Anwar M. Makeen, Khalid Yaser Ghailan, Abdullah Alsharqi, Kamaludin Ahmed Sheikh   +5 more
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