2021年1月17日 · Chewing qat, a green narcotic leaf, is so widespread and ritualistic that even the fighting in Yemen's civil war can fall silent in the afternoons.

2023年4月14日 · Catha edulis — qat’s scientific name — grows on small, bushy trees found across East Africa and Yemen. It is consumed primarily in Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and …

2019年5月21日 · Most Yemenis chew khat to get through their hungry, war-ravaged days. But that demand doesn’t help the country address its food crisis.

2014年3月20日 · Qat is a mild narcotic leaf popular in Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Excessive qat-chewing has disastrous impacts on health, education, and productivity. We illustrated this …

2018年1月4日 · But one of the biggest causes of hunger often goes unmentioned: a leafy plant called qat. The weed is Yemen’s most popular drug: 90% of men and over a third of women …

2009年8月25日 · As much as 90% of men and 1 in 4 women in Yemen are estimated to chew the leaves, storing a wad in one cheek as the khat slowly breaks down into the saliva and enters …

2018年2月9日 · Qat, a leafy green plant with narcotic properties, has been chewed across the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa for centuries. People take a handful of leaves and …

2014年1月1日 · Qat (Catha edulis) is an ever green tree/shrub naturally growing in Abysssinian mountains as well as in the other countries of East Africa. It has been introduced to Yemen …

We first expound on the influence of qat on the socioeconomic life of Yemenis, then examine how rational it is for Yemeni farmers to grow it, and next describe how and why qat is a hindrance …

2023年3月17日 · Qat is exclusively cultivated in Yemen, Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa, and its leaves contain cathine and cathinone, which have similar less-intense effects to amphetamine. …