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Khat Power: The Latest War On Drugs
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Khat Power: The Latest War On Drugs

2014 · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]

Khat is a leafy stimulant chewed for centuries across the Horn of Africa and Yemen, and in the UK it became a fixture of Somali and Yemeni community life, sold legally in cafes where men gather for hours to chew and talk. This film follows the debate that erupted when the British government moved to ban it, sending cameras into those cafes and to the users, sellers, and community figures who argue the drug is a mild, largely harmless habit compared to alcohol. Officials and campaigners pushing for prohibition make their case too, citing links to social breakdown and pressure from other European countries that had already banned khat. The film lays out the scientific advisory panels that repeatedly found little evidence of serious harm, and asks why a ban went ahead anyway. What emerges is less a drug story than a story about immigration, policing priorities, and who gets believed when a community says a substance is being misjudged.