Khat is a leafy green flowering plant originally cultivated in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. There, the fresh leaves of the plant are chewed or dried and made into a tea for medicinal and ...

Khat leaves are sold attached to thick stalks or dried like tea leaves. A bundle of 40 leafed twigs costs about $28 to $50. The plant’s cost has been linked to family problems, ...

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 drug ring smuggled the drug from Yemen, Ethiopia, and Kenya into New York and beyond, according to a 215-count indictment unsealed Friday in Brooklyn by the state's Attorney General.

“Khat was very cheap 10 years ago compared to today. The highest price then was 20 or 25 birr. But today, half a bundle of khat is 60 birr and a full bundle of khat is 120 birr,” a khat ...

The British government has decided to ban the import and use of khat, after years of turning a blind eye to the herbal stimulant. As recently as January 2013, the U.K. Advisory Council on the ...

Khat is a plant native to East Africa which is said to cause a sense of excitement and euphoria. In 1980, the World Health Organization classified it as a mildly addictive drug. “This plant was ...

According to Benson, the Seattle street price for khat is about $700 per kilo (2.2 pounds). In East Africa, it can be bought for about $1 per kilo. That huge markup generates huge profits, he said.

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.

In the 1980s, WHO declared that khat could cause “mild to moderate psychological dependence,” since its addictive powers are said to be less than tobacco and alcohol. Despite that, the drug has been ...

Little functions in the Horn of Africa without the drug khat, and trade in the popular, amphetamine-laden leaf is proving to be crisis-proof. Khat sellers have risen to become their family’s ...