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'''Khat''' is a plant contains a [[cathinone]] - stimulating psychoactive substance. Khat leaves can be chewed to obtain the psychoactive effects of the plant. [[Cathinone]] as a pure substance can be separated from the leaves of the plant. | |||
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Cathinone is unstable and broken dowm to pyrazine with basic conditions<ref>Phenethylamine - Von der Struktur zur Funktion. Chapter 3.5</ref><ref>S. Gabriel Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1908, 41, 1127</ref> | |||
==Toxicity and harm potential== | |||
[[File:HarmCausedByDrugsTable.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Table from the 2010 ISCD study ranking various drugs (legal and illegal) based on statements by drug-harm experts. Khat was found to be the 17th overall most dangerous drug.<ref name="Nutt_2010">{{cite journal | vauthors = Nutt DJ, King LA, Phillips LD | title = Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis | journal = Lancet | volume = 376 | issue = 9752 | pages = 1558–1565 | date = November 2010 | pmid = 21036393 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61462-6 | s2cid = 5667719 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.690.1283 }}</ref>]] | |||
==Entheogen== | ==Entheogen== | ||
For centuries, religious leaders have consumed the leaves to stay awake during long nights of prayer.<ref>http://www.ogina.org/issue5/issue5_culture_of_khat_ezekiel.html</ref> | For centuries, religious leaders have consumed the leaves to stay awake during long nights of prayer.<ref>http://www.ogina.org/issue5/issue5_culture_of_khat_ezekiel.html</ref> | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat Khat (Wikipedia)] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat Khat (Wikipedia)] | ||
* [https://erowid.org/plants/khat/khat.shtml Khat (Erowid Vault)] | |||
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Khat is a plant contains a cathinone - stimulating psychoactive substance. Khat leaves can be chewed to obtain the psychoactive effects of the plant. Cathinone as a pure substance can be separated from the leaves of the plant.
Pharmacology
Cathinone is unstable and broken dowm to pyrazine with basic conditions[1][2]
Toxicity and harm potential
Entheogen
For centuries, religious leaders have consumed the leaves to stay awake during long nights of prayer.[4]
External links
- ↑ Phenethylamine - Von der Struktur zur Funktion. Chapter 3.5
- ↑ S. Gabriel Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1908, 41, 1127
- ↑ Nutt DJ, King LA, Phillips LD (November 2010). "Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis". Lancet. 376 (9752): 1558–1565. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.690.1283
. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61462-6. PMID 21036393. Unknown parameter |s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ http://www.ogina.org/issue5/issue5_culture_of_khat_ezekiel.html