Ban on Horn of Africa drug khat comes into force
Possessing, selling and importing khat - a plant used as a stimulant by Somal, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities - is illegal from today.
Stimulant drug khat becomes illegal
Today sees the introduction of a ban on the drug Khat.
The leafy plant is chewed and acts as a stimulant. It's traditionally used by Britain's Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities.
It makes its users feel more alert, happy and talkative when chewed, is now banned as a class C drug despite advice from the Government's official advisers that it should not be classified.
Home Secretary Theresa May announced the ban would go ahead in March, despite calls for khat to be licensed rather than banned.
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