One can chew the leaves and buds fresh or dried. Other names for khat are qat, kat, chat, and qaad. Khat is sometimes mistakenly confused with ketamine – a dissociative drug used in South Africa.

I will spend it all on khat and then I can continue with work until the evening," al-Thibyani says. The habit of chewing khat leaves is deep-rooted and widespread in Yemen, where a large number of ...

One can chew the leaves and buds fresh or dried. Other names for khat are qat, kat, chat, and qaad. Khat is sometimes ...

Oral cancer is diagnosed in people younger than 40 in these two regions and could be related to widespread chewing of qat leaves and tobacco. The exact prevalence of oral cancer in the Arab world ...