Khat in Somali Culture In New York, three Somali men were recently convicted of smuggling khat, a leafy plant that produces a high when chewed for long periods. Immigrants in Minneapolis-St. Paul ...

The herbal stimulant khat is to be banned by the government, against the advice of its own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. In January the ACMD said khat should remain a legal substance ...

Khat farmers selling their harvest: Consumption of the plant is probably most comparable to chewing coca leaves. After a few hours, however, the stimulating effect often gives way to a deep inertia.

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 considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why.

Popular among East African communities, the amphetamine-like drug khat was outlawed in the UK in June. Channel 4 News joined police in a crackdown on sellers.

Khat falls into the class C drug category but it isn't recorded as a specific drug in seizure data A decade ago, a stimulative drug that sold for just a few pounds, was banned in the UK. Known as ...