Flights carrying the mild stimulant khat have been banned from entering Somalia, leaving chewers of the leaves in a stew, write the BBC's Mary Harper and Bella Hassan. In normal times, around ...

Dried khat leaves can be made into tea or a chewable paste, and khat can be smoked or sprinkled on food. The two active ingredients in khat — cathine and cathinone — are controlled under the ...

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) Mumbai unit has seized two consignments of Khat leaves, an illegal psychotropic substance, worth ₹40 lakh. The parcels, disguised as tea ...

a variety of the popular stimulant known as khat or miraa. The consumption of the freshly plucked buds and soft leaves has been blamed for a rise in mental health issues and increased social ills ...