FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - The Florence County Sheriff’s Office continues to combat drug crimes in the county but they said drug smugglers are using a decades-old drug to move all sorts of illegal drugs ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Five men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars’ worth of the illegal African drug khat into the U.S. all received prison sentences of one year or less Friday, ...

Yonas Getu Molla started chewing khat as an architecture student, when he and his friends would munch on the leafy stimulant late into the night to help them study. When they closed their books, their ...

Khat (Catha edulis) is a plant native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, chewed for its stimulant effects by millions worldwide. Its sympathomimetic properties, primarily due to cathinone and ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 18, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Federal Government of Somalia for the first time banned police officers from chewing mild stimulant, Khat in step towards tight discipline, Garowe ...

Jama Absiya's wife thought he'd killed someone. Why else would armed federal agents be pounding on their door at 6:30 on a Wednesday morning? Absiya was just finishing his shift as a taxi driver when ...

Khat (Catha edulis), a plant chewed for its stimulant effects by millions in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is increasingly recognized for its hepatotoxic potential. Its primary active ...