Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $42,155
52%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $775 to reach 53%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: cathine

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Khat may have key to boosting male fertility

    06/28/2004 8:30:09 AM PDT · by demlosers · 17 replies · 186+ views
    yahooo ^ | 28 June 2004
    1 hour, 42 minutes ago BERLIN (AFP) - Khat, a plant whose leaves are chewed as a mild drug in East Africa and the Gulf, contains chemicals that may boost male fertility, an international conference was told. Called by its Latin name of Catha edulis, khat has been known for centuries for inducing a sense of euphoria and, say some of its champions, also improves a man's sex drive and ability to sustain an erection. The stimulant in the leaves is called cathinone, which is swiftly broken down by enzymes into cathine and norephedrine, part of a group of chemicals...
  • Khat Drug Trial Signals a Maine First

    10/07/2002 5:23:41 AM PDT · by Tancred · 13 replies · 398+ views
    Portland Press Herald ^ | October 7, 2002 | Gregory D. Kasich
    A 30-year-old man faces charges in Maine's first trial for smuggling khat, a stimulant popular in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, today in U.S. District Court in Portland. Differing views of the substance present a cultural divide for authorities and some members of Maine's growing immigrant communities. While the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency lists khat in the same category as cocaine or heroin, users say it is as mild as coffee, and just as harmless. On trial is Abdigani Hussein, who was arrested in April when he tried to collect 60 pounds of khat, a green leafy material, at a local...