A Nation On Drugs - Yemen

24 October 2000
Al Saqqaf, a newspaper publisher, is one of the loudest critics of the drug that has become a Yemeni national obsession.

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[bundangbear]

The active ingredient in Qat is Cathinone, which is the SAME ingredient used in WELLBUTRIN, a common anti-depressant in Western psychiatry. THE SAME DRUG. Think about it.

[Morthund]

most of our society goes about buzzing on coffee most of the day, has a few drinks a few times a week, to "unwind", and may well take prozac or some other pharma on a daily basis, and yet a lot of us still take time to sneer at khat users whilst being to ignorant of what the stuff is,and the effects and side effects of what the west put into their system, contra the stuff that other cultures use.

and

[irvingklaw57]

Did they forget to translate the interviews?

[Pent5HT]

looks pretty fun to lol

[Pent5HT]

plus adderall is Legal in america and its fucking amphetamine and dextroamphetamine WHO CARES ABOUT THAT MILD STIMULANT........war on drugs = FAIL

[Pent5HT]

ghetto

[geekat02]

no i think morning work and afternoon relaxation is good and perfectly sane. it looks wrong only to the westernized people

[jinchodemierda]

It's funny how rude, arrogant & condescending muslims who down look on jews, "westerners", bloggers, americans, blacks, brazilians, europeans, intellectuals, artists etc etc as being crack heads, & infidel fuck ups.

WHEREVER THERE ARE HUMANS THERE WILL BE DRUGS....... DUH!

[Tubby520]

this is their coca leaf

[killyoubitch27]

it fuck people lives up because its illegal.

[9Iamthewalrus]

Wow, this shit is safer than caffein yet it's banned. USA my ass.

[Morthund]

and anyway, the people who do the most real harm are those who are Drunk On Power, look at wars...

a close second is people who are Drunk On Alcohol, look at bar-fights, drunken driving accidents etc..

whereas stoned people...might forget the return the rental dvd, or burn the pizza (but still eat it with gusto anyway), which is not really in the same league as far as the disruption-of-society goes, is it?