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Herbal highs: review on psychoactive effects and neuropharmacology [PDF]
, 2017 Background: A new trend among users of new psychoactive substances’ the consumption of “herbal highs”: plant parts containing psychoactive substances.
Graziano, S +5 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2017 Background Recently, khat chewing has become a common practice among high school, college, and university students. Regular khat chewing is thought to be a predisposing factor for different physical and mental health problems.
Tilahun Abdeta +3 more
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Effect of Khat chewing on the bioavailability of ampicillin and amoxycillin [PDF]
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1997 The study examined the effect of Khat chewing on ampicillin and amoxycillin bioavailability following the administration of a 500 mg single dose of each antibiotic at different times relative to Khat chewing. Using a urinary excretion method the bioavailabilities of ampicillin and amoxycillin were determined in eight healthy adult male Yemeni ...
O A, Attef, A A, Ali, H M, Ali
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Khat, a Cultural Chewing Drug: A Toxicokinetic and Toxicodynamic Summary [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Khat (Catha edulis) is a recreational, chewed herbal drug that has been used as a psychostimulant for centuries in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, namely in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Yemen. However, the growing worldwide availability of khat has produced widespread concern.
Bárbara, Silva +5 more
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The 'Masai' and miraa: public authority, vigilance and criminality in a Ugandan border town [PDF]
, 2009 Recent studies on vigilante groups show how they often begin as popular schemes for imposing order, before degenerating into violent militias which contribute in turn to social and political disorder.
Titeca, Kristof
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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.
Beckerleg, Susan +2 more
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Khat chewing habit among school students of Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: The use of Khat leaves (Catha edulis) in Jazan, southwest of KSA, is prevalent among all segments of the population. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to assess the prevalence and predictors of Khat chewing among intermediate and secondary ...
Rashad Mohammed Alsanosy +2 more
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Unexplained chronic liver disease in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is assumed to be the major cause of chronic liver disease (CLD) in sub-Saharan Africa. The contribution of other aetiological causes of CLD is less well documented and hence opportunities to modulate other ...
Ahmed, TA +11 more
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The effect of chronic khat chewing on liver enzyme levels ( a Yemenian study)
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2013 Background Khat is a natural stimulant from the Catha edulis plant, which grows mainly in Yemen. The liver has been suspected to be vulnerable to the harmful effects of khat use.
Iman Ramzy +5 more
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Annals of General Psychiatry, 2018 Introduction Khat is a well-known natural stimulant and is widely used in Ethiopia, particularly in Bahir Dar city. Khat chewing is linked with risky sexual behaviors.
Andargie Abate +5 more
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