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  • Ubiquitous qat blamed for range of ills in Yemen

    12/01/2005 11:05:56 PM PST · by neverdem · 12 replies · 1,755+ views
    The Seattle Times ^ | December 1, 2005 | PAUL GARWOOD
    Associated Press SAN'A, Yemen — The writer winked conspiratorially, shifted the golf ball-sized bulge in his left cheek and tapped his temple gently. "Qat is good for the mind. I can't stop writing once I start. But the next morning I read what I wrote and tear it up straight away," chuckled 35-year-old Hatem Bamohriz, nibbling yet another leaf of the mild narcotic. To many government and aid officials, qat has ceased to be funny: Yemen's government is making another push to cut the use of the rubbery green leaf with amphetamine-like qualities that is blamed for many of this...