"KHAT" KNOWN EFFECTS SOMALI'S

Khat (pronounced COT) is known by over 40 different street names including, kat, qat, chat, gat, graba, tohai, tschat, and mirraa. Khat is a stimulant derived from Catha Edulis, a 6-12-foot flowering evergreen shrub. The fresh young leaves of the shrub have been consumed where the plant is cultivated, primarily in East Africa and the Arabian peninsula. There, chewing khat predates the use of coffee and is used in a similar social context. It is estimated that over 10 million people use and abuse Khat today, primarily in the Middle East.
Khat is used for its stimulant effects. The effects are similar to but less intense than those of methamphetamine or cocaine. Fresh leaves are chewed and dried leaves are smoked, made into a paste and chewed, or brewed in tea. Used moderately, khat alleviates fatigue and reduces appetite. Long term use or abuse can cause insomnia, anorexia, gastric disorders, depression, liver damage and cardiac complications. Manic behavior, delusional behavior, violence, suicidal depression, hallucinations, paranoia and khat-induced psychosis have also been reported.
Khat contains a number of chemicals among which are two controlled substances, cathinone (Schedule I) and cathine (Schedule IV). As the leaves mature or dry, cathinone is converted to cathine which significantly reduces its stimulatory properties. Cathinone is approximately 10 more times more potent than cathine and is only present in fresh leaves.
Cathine, the secondary active ingredient in Khat, does not lose much of its potency with age as with cathinone. Leaves less than 48 hours old are preferred to ensure a maximum potency of cathinone. However, Khat can be preserved by freezing, the same way that vegetables and meats are kept fresh in the United States.

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[YemSom]

Somaliking01,

Misery loves company indeed!

The only sick person I see here is YOU!!

I believe you've been eating too much khat yourself. Socoro made this video to educate and alert us what KHAT can do to our body and brain, so learn from it and stop being naive!!

Please have some respect for your fellow Somalies.

~Fatma

[YemSom]

WOW!! Muna, xabiibti, walaal caadi matihid gebaryahay.

Waxa aad shegtay mafahmin macaan. Af Somali oo aad u wayn aad nala so gashey, ma fahmikari aniga.

Somalidayna waligoda qaad ma dhafaan.

Nice video Sokoro, sorry about my Somali writing. Its not my fault!

In back home, markaan af Somali ku hadlo ayeeyadayda Somalida ahayd waxay dhahda Na naga aamus af Somali ma taqaanid.

Well done Socoro, 5*****

~Fatma

[valstar1000]

I can imagine that this stuff is true but one of the pictures I think showed a guy chewing betel nut.

[Arquaziye]

This is the Chat (Khat) version of Reefer Madness. Take it from me. That is, if you still have an open mind.

[bluemountaindrivepae]

Cathine is a great high. I tried it in the 80s when it was legal. Khat should be legal and highly taxed like tobacco or alcohol.

[sardanapolis]

Khat is readily available in Sweden in the immigrant ghettos. It is the chemical of choice among the local Somali population.

Creates apathy.

[wiibot15]

It also lessens the sex drive and makes people very lazy.

[Tesfarezz]

In Amerika is bad khat.. Europe is good quality!!!

[Feelthefx]

im high as fuck khat right now!

[abayomi8]

wow media

[YemSom]

@KingCannabis100 Question, you wrote “simolians” HUH? Do you mean Somalis?

Again you wrote “rather then words?” Correction, it’s rather THAN words!

يا خبر اسود. انت صعيدي؟

Why don't you learn how to write English first then come back and debate me!!

Good day!!!