Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why.

Khat farmers selling their harvest: Consumption of the plant is probably most comparable to chewing coca leaves. After a few hours, however, the stimulating effect often gives way to a deep inertia.

Popular among East African communities, the amphetamine-like drug khat was outlawed in the UK in June. Channel 4 News joined police in a crackdown on sellers.

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