Items tagged with khat
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| Yemen’s qat markets flourish despite virus threat [02.05.2020] | While many of the world’s markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat — the ubiqu ... |
| Khat and its changing politics in Kenya and Somalia after UK ban [19.07.2016] | In 2014 the UK banned khat, the stimulant stems and leaves of the tree Catha edulis. This move brought to an end the weekly importation into London’s ... |
| How Britain's khat ban devastated an entire Kenyan town [25.06.2015] | For more than two decades, Maua enjoyed booming business propelled by the growth and sale of khat, known locally as miraa, a popular herb whose leave ... |
| The ketamine controversy, continued [06.03.2015] | The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna will decide next week between two opposite proposals by China and the WHO about international contro ... |
| CND decision to schedule ketamine would undermine WHO treaty mandate [16.02.2015] | The 58th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in March 2015 has been asked to consider a Chinese proposal to place ketamine – an esse ... |
| Time for a Wake-up Call [26.12.2014] | The chemically-based frame of reference adopted by the UN Single Convention is mistaken in the culturally loaded and falsely “scientific” manner in w ... |
| Khat and mouse [28.06.2014] | On June 24, 2014, the sale of khat was prohibited in Britain, almost a year after home secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons that she inten ... |
| Banning Khat is another pointless drug law that will do more harm than good [24.06.2014] | Today, khat joined the range of prohibited substances that fall under the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Those who distribute this Class C drug can now ... |
| Qat ban: UK police officers told to use their discretion in enforcement [22.06.2014] | Police have been officially advised to use their discretion in deciding how to enforce the ban on qat, a mild herbal stimulant, that has been widely ... |
| European policy on khat [30.04.2014] | The UK and the Netherlands commissioned distinguished scholars and experts to study the social and clinical harms of khat. These experts argued that ... |
| There's simply no case for banning khat [30.03.2014] | Khat is as potent as a strong cup of coffee and has no organised crime involvement – yet the government wants to spend £150m on a ban that would crea ... |
| MPs urge Theresa May to reverse qat ban [29.11.2013] | MPs are urging Theresa May, the home secretary, to reverse the government's ban on the herbal stimulant qat, which is widely used in Britain's Somali ... |
| Kenya appeals to UK not to ban khat [26.11.2013] | The leafy substance khat, grown by many Kenyan farmers, is of economic and cultural significance to many Africans. The UK government has decided, aga ... |
| Kenyan farmers fear UK khat ban [11.07.2013] | A decision by the UK government to ban the stimulant khat later this year is facing fierce resistance in Kenya from those farming the mildly narcotic ... |
| France catches up with khat users [19.03.2013] | According to figures released by the French Customs, seizures of khat are soaring, up from 1.8 tonnes in 2011 to 4.5 tonnes in 2012, putting it on a ... |
| Drugs advisory group decides against banning qat in UK [23.01.2013] | A clash between the home secretary, Theresa May, and her expert drugs advisory group is looming after it decided against banning qat, a mild herbal s ... |
| Khat: A review of its potential harms to the individual and communities in the UK [23.01.2013] | On the basis of the available evidence, the overwhelming majority of Council members consider that khat should not be controlled under the Misuse of ... |
| Khat ban rejected by UK drug advisers [23.01.2013] | The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said there was "insufficient evidence" that khat caused health problems. The stimulant is traditio ... |
| Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned? [21.01.2013] | Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considerin ... |
| Khat ban calls ahead of government report [15.01.2013] | Calls for the herbal high khat to be banned in the UK have been renewed days before a government report into its usage is due to be published. Some m ... |
| Let the qat out of the ban [01.03.2012] | Over half of EU countries, as well as the United States and Canada, ban the stimulant qat, a sort of mild amphetamine. But attempts to do so in Brita ... |
| Small Dutch city is hub for European khat sales [25.01.2012] | A small Dutch city less than 20 kilometres from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has become the hub of Europe's sales of khat, a plant chewed for its sti ... |
| UK could become 'smuggling hub' for herbal high khat [25.01.2012] | The UK could become a hub for smuggling the herbal stimulant khat, European police and politicians have warned. The Netherlands is the latest country ... |
| Nieuwe publicatie van het Transnational Institute raadt de regering af khat te verbieden [11.01.2012] | De engelstalige briefing Chewing over Khat Prohibition rekent af met de effectiviteit van een ban, zoals is gebleken uit andere Europese landen. Prob ... |
| Chewing over Khat prohibition [10.01.2012] | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is f ... |
| Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal Highs [30.10.2011] | A grey area has emerged between what is legal and what is not as states struggle with how to respond to the many new synthetic compounds emerging ont ... |
| 'Legal highs' [21.10.2011] | This paper aims to set out some of the policy and public health issues raised by the appearance of a wide range of emergent psychoactive substances o ... |
| Khat use in Europe [01.07.2011] | Khat leaves are cultivated in the highlands of the Horn of Africa, Southern Arabia and along the East African coast. In many countries, chewing khat ... |
| INCB Report: mixed thoughts [02.03.2011] | Today the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) released its annual report. I’ve been following the Board for many, many years now, have often ... |
| East African discourses on khat and sex [01.09.2010] | The study aims to review and analyse the varied East African discourses on the effects of khat use on libido, fertility, transmission of HIV, prostit ... |
| A good chew or good riddance [15.07.2010] | The article reviews the status of khat, the most recent plant based psychoactive substance to reach a global market, and considers policy making proc ... |
| Khat use and monitoring drug use in Europe [07.05.2010] | The aim of the study was to review the information available on the use of khat (Catha edulis) in the EU, and to assess the future use of this drug a ... |
| The changing use and misuse of khat [07.05.2010] | Within the last decade the hitherto little known psychoactive substance of khat has emerged as a regional and international issue. In the Horn of Afr ... |
| Regulating khat [01.11.2009] | The regulation of khat, one of the most recent psychoactive drugs to become a globally traded commodity, remains hotly contested within different pro ... |
| Risk assessment of khat use in the Netherlands [22.08.2008] | In preparing a decision about the legal status of khat in the Netherlands, the Dutch Minister of Health requested CAM (Coordination point Assessment ... |
| Should Khat Be Banned? [01.07.2007] | The global trade in khat is controversial. The United States and most countries in Europe have banned it, considering it a psychotropic substance. Bu ... |
| Yemen: Towards Qat Demand Reduction [01.06.2007] | This report, based on a household survey conducted in 2006, discusses options for discouraging qat consumption in Yemen. It draws on a survey - the f ... |
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