Regulating khat—Dilemmas and opportunities for the international drug control system

References 

1. Anderson DM, Beckerleg S, Hailu D, Klein A. The khat controversy: Stimulating the drugs debate. Oxford: Berg; 2007;
2. Andreas, C. (2008). Prohibition through the back door: Khat in South Africa. Unpublished paper.
3. Avrahami, I. (2004). A qat above the rest. Haaretz. 15.11.2006.
4. Beckerleg S. What harm? East African perspectives on khat. African Affairs. 2006;104(418):219–241
5. Beckerleg Susan. What harm: Kenyan and Ugandan perspectives on khat. African Affairs. 2006;105(419):219–241
6. Borelli S, Perali F. Drug consumption and intra-household distribution of resources. In:  Dagum C,  Ferrari G editor. Household behaviour, equivalence scales, welfare and poverty. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag; 2004;
7. Brooke Clarke. Khat (Catha edulis): Its production and trade in the middle east. Geographical Journal. 1960;126
8. Carrier N. The need for speed: Contrasting timeframes in the social life of Kenyan miraa. Africa. 2005;75(4):539–558
9. Cassanelli LV. Quat: A quasi legal commodity. In:  Appadurai A editors. The social life of things: Commodities in cultural perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1986;
10. Gebissa E. Leaf of Allah: Khat & agricultural transformation in Hararge, Ethiopia 1875–1991. Oxford: James Currey; 2004;
11. Gebissa E. Scourge of life or an economic lifeline? Public discourses on khat (Catha edulis) in Ethiopia. Substance Use and Misuse. 2008;43(6):784–802
12. Grayson K. Drug khatastrophe: Khat and Somali Canadians. In:  Howell A editors. Governance and global disorders: Trends, transformations and impasses. Toronto, Canada: York University Press; 2004;
13. Halliday F. Arabs in exile: Yemeni migrants in urban Britain. London: I B Tauris; 1992;
14. International Narcotic Control Board. (2006). Annual report. Vienna: United Nations.
15. Isse H. Working with Somali khat users. Drugs and Alcohol Today. 2005;5(3):20–22
16. Kennedy, J.G. (1987). The flower of paradise: the institutionalized use of the drug qat in North Yemen, D. Reidel Publishing Company.
17. Klein A. Khat and the creation of tradition in the Somali diaspora. In:  Fountain J,  Korf D editor. Drugs in society: A European perspective. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing; 2007;
18. Klein A. Khat in the neighbourhood—Local government responses to khat use in a London community. Substance Use and Misuse. 2008;43(6):819–831
19. Klein A, Beckerleg S. Building castles of spit—The role of khat chewing in worship, work and leisure. In:  Goodman J,  Lovejoy P,  Sherrat A editor. Consuming habits. new edition. London: Routledge; 2007;
20. Krikorian A. ‘Khat and its use: An Historical Perspective’. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 1984;12:115–178
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
21. La Opinion de Malaga. (2008). (13/02/08).
22. National Drug Intelligence Unit . Khat misuse in the United Kingdom, drugs arena 10. London: New Scotland Yard; 1990;
23. Odenwald M, Neuner F, Schauer M, Elbert T, Catani C, Lingenfelder B, et al. Khat use as risk factor for psychotice disorders: A cross-sectional and case–control study in Somalia. BMC Medicine. 2005;3(1):5
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
24. Salam K, Croucher R. Khat chewing amongst UK resident male Yemeni adults: An exploratory study. International Dental Journal. 2006;56(2):87–101
25. Warfa N, Klein A, Bhui K, Leavey G, Craig T, Stansfeld S. Association between khat use and mental disorders: An emerging paradigm. Social Science and Medicine. 2007;65(2):309–318
26. Weir S. Qat in Yemen: consumption and social change. London: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications; 1985;
27. World Bank. (2008). Somali joint needs assessment: Somali Reconstruction and Development Programme. <http://www.somali-jna.org/index.cfm?module=ActiveWeb&page=WebPage&s=rdp_implementation_i> Accessed 18.03.09.