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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<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==

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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==External links==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat Khat (Wikipedia)]

* [https://erowid.org/plants/khat/khat.shtml Khat (Erowid Vault)]

[~~[Category~~:~~Controversial entheogens]~~]

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+{{decree|type=style|message=This article should be named 'Catha edulis (botany)' and is within the domain of [[User:White]], please consult.}}
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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<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==
 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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 ==External links==
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat Khat (Wikipedia)]
+* [https://erowid.org/plants/khat/khat.shtml Khat (Erowid Vault)]
-[[Category:Controversial entheogens]]