One can chew the leaves and buds fresh or dried. Other names for khat are qat, kat, chat, and qaad. Khat is sometimes mistakenly confused with ketamine – a dissociative drug used in South Africa.

A man irrigates muguka (khat) crop using water from a pan in Gachuriri ... is spreading like a weed and addicted broke youth are chewing into miraa’s traditional markets at the Coast, Nairobi ...

One can chew the leaves and buds fresh or dried. Other names for khat are qat, kat, chat, and qaad. Khat is sometimes mistakenly confused with ketamine – a dissociative drug used in South Africa.