Wednesday, 3. July 2013
Topic: DRUGS - on July 3, 2013 at 6:14:00 PM CEST
The UK Government bans khat, ignores advice of its own experts
The UK government has today announced it will go against the recommendations of its own drugs experts (again) and ban khat, a plant mostly used by the UK’s Somali and Yemeni communities, that produces a mild stimulant effect when chewed.
Earlier this year, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the body responsible for providing the government with expert advice on drugs, produced a detailed review of the evidence (PDF) on the social and health harms of khat and offered recommendations on responses to the drug in the UK.
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