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Items tagged with mild stimulants

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Drugs advisory group decides against banning qat in UK [23-01-13] A clash between the home secretary, Theresa May, and her expert drugs advisory group is looming after it decided against banning qat, a mild herbal ...
Khat: A review of its potential harms to the individual and communities in the UK [23-01-13] On the basis of the available evidence, the overwhelming majority of Council members consider that khat should not be controlled under the Misuse of D...
Khat ban rejected by UK drug advisers [23-01-13] The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said there was "insufficient evidence" that khat caused health problems. The stimulant is...
Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned? [22-01-13] 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...
Khat ban calls ahead of government report [16-01-13] Calls for the herbal high khat to be banned in the UK have been renewed days before a government report into its usage is due to be published. Some m...
Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal Highs [30-10-11] A grey area has emerged between what is legal and what is not as states struggle with how to respond to the many new synthetic compounds emerging onto...
Khat use in Europe [01-07-11] Khat leaves are cultivated in the highlands of the Horn of Africa, Southern Arabia and along the East African coast. In many countries, chewing khat...
Khat use and monitoring drug use in Europe [07-05-10] The aim of the study was to review the information available on the use of khat (Catha edulis) in the EU, and to assess the future use of this drug an...
The changing use and misuse of khat [07-05-10] Within the last decade the hitherto little known psychoactive substance of khat has emerged as a regional and international issue. In the Horn of Afri...
Submission to the House of Commons Select Committee on the cocaine trade [12-06-09] The attached summary report addresses the myths that surround the coca leaf and is presented to the Committee members in order to allow them to make a...
Should Khat Be Banned? [01-07-07] The global trade in khat is controversial. The United States and most countries in Europe have banned it, considering it a psychotropic substance. But...
Ephedra for fun, performance and losing weight [01-01-07] Substances that contain ephedra are known to aid weight loss and enhance athletic performance. Until April 2004 in the Netherlands, products containin...
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