The legality of khat varies widely. It is legal and widely consumed in East Africa and Yemen but banned in countries like the United States, Canada, and the UK, where cathinone is classified as a ...

In the first of its kind, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai has successfully busted an international network involved in illicit trafficking of khat leaves into India. Under the NDPS Act, ...

Khat (Catha edulis) is a plant native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, chewed for its stimulant effects by millions worldwide. Its sympathomimetic properties, primarily due to cathinone and ...

The Ahmedabad zonal unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday seized 115kg of khat, or Catha edulis leaves, valued at Rs 3 crore in the international market, which had been ...

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization describes muguka as a variety of khat/miraa known as Catha edulis in botanical terms. "The differences between muguka and khat or miraa is in the ...