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THE CHANGING USE AND MISUSE OF CATHA EDULIS (KHAT) IN A CHANGING WORLD: TRADITION, TRADE AND TRAGEDY

Presentations, Papers and Posters

NameAffiliationPresentation, Poster or Paper
Wario Roba ADANOMax-Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Germany

Ecology, economics of production and trade in mirraa around Marsabit Mountain in Northern Kenya (PDF - 2.7 MB)

Mohammed
AL-MAMARY

Sana'a University, Yemen
Nitrosamine formation from different Catha edulis leaves extracts under simulated gastric conditions (PDF - 46 KB)
Ahmed AL-MOTARREB
Sana’a University, Yemen
Khat and physical health (PDF - 9 MB)
Adel AL-ZUBAIRI   
University of Sana'a, Yemen

Assessment of the anti-oxidant and Genotoxicity of Catha edulis (khat) Crude Extract Sub-Chronic Administration in rats (PDF - 340 KB)

Mulugeta ASSEFA
CIFOR-Ethiopia Office & Haramaya University, Ethiopia

What is known and what is not known about the khat culture in Ethiopia: Perspectives of farmers and communities (PDF - 13 KB)

Paper (PDF - 100 KB)
Poster (PDF - 80 KB)

Susan BECKERLEG
Warwick University, UK

Khat and Sex (PDF - 2.2 MB)

Kam BHUI
Queen Mary University of London, UK

Khat use and mental health (PDF - 676 KB)

John CORKERY
St. George’s University of London, UK

The assessment of khat-related deaths in the UK (PDF - 158 KB)
Paper (PDF - 116 KB)

Ray CROUCHER
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Oral Health and Khat Chewing: Reviewing and Addressing the Gaps (PDF - 748 KB)

Paper (PDF - 14 KB)
Gessesse DESSIE
Wondo Genet College of Forestry & Natural Resources, Ethiopia

Khat production and Forest Decline in Ethiopia (PDF - 3.3 MB)

Peer GATTERGerman Development Service and University of Tübingen

The political Economy of Khat in Yemen

(PDF - 5 MB)

Paul GRIFFITHS
European Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction, Portugal

Khat from the Perspective of the European Monitoring Center (PDF - 2.1 MB)

Abdirashid GULAID

Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham, UK
Mind in tower Hamlets and Newham khat Project (PDF - 183 KB)
Peter HANSEN
Danish Institute on International Development, Denmark
Khat and cultural ambiguity in Somaliland (PDF - 176 KB)
Peter KALIX
Formerly University of Geneva, Switzerland

From the laboratory to the clinic: the pharmacological evaluation of Khat (PDF - 7.1 MB)

Samuel KIMANI
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Khat (Catha edulis) extract causes impairment of spatial acquisition and reversal learning and memory in CBA mice (PDF - 605 KB)
Axel KLEIN
University of Kent, UK
Finding the right regulative framework for the latest (last?) globally consumed psychoactive substance – an opportunity for a new approach (PDF - 228 KB)
Ingeborg KRAGEGAARD,
Lissi Pia JENSEN,
Jens Vilstrup THOMSEN
Municipality of Aarhus, Denmark

Municipality of Aarhus
(PDF - 6.1 MB)

Paper (PDF - 5.3 MB)
Factsheet (PDF - 46 KB)

Ochiba Mohammed LUKANDU
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Kenya

Khat induces premature differentiation and keratinisation in reconstituted oral mucosa models (PDF - 917 KB)

Abebe MUCHE
University of Gondar, Ethiopia
The effect of ethanol and khat (catha edulis forsk) on the cerebellar cortex of early postnatal rats (PDF - 182 KB)
David NDETEI
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Khat - Which way now? (PDF - 90 KB)
Michael ODENWALD
University of Konstanz, Germany
Introduction to the Conference (PDF - 696 KB)

Motivations for Khat use (PDF - 7.5 MB)
Caleb Joseph OTHIENO
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Khat use in East Africa - psycho-social effects (PDF - 186 KB)
Eleni PALAZIDOU
NHS East London, UK
The psychopharmacological effects of khat (PDF - 3.7 MB)
Solomon RATAEMANE
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Khat use - an emerging problem in South Africa (PDF - 223 KB)
Nikki ROGERS
Wright University, USA
The emergent generation gap in attitudes towards khat use in urban Ethiopia (PDF - 66 KB)
Saba SALAM
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
Assessing the validity and reliability of a Severity of Dependency Scale for khat (SDS-khat) (PDF - 198 KB)
Lemma SEBLEWENGEL
Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Ethiopia
Prevalence of Khat Chewing Among Higher Education Students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An Assessment of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases (PDF - 748 KB)
Yohannes SEWIYE
University of Jimma, Ethiopia
Effects of Catha edulis Forsk (Khat) on Electrophysiologic Properties of the Heart and of the Lung Function Indices (PDF - 746 KB)
Judith STOCKEL
University of Konstanz, Germany   
Psychotic patients with khat abuse in Somalia: the burden of their caretakers (PDF - 296 KB)
Fikru Tesfaye TULLU
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Association of smoking and khat use with high blood pressure among adults in Addis Abbeba, Ethiopia (PDF - 5.3 MB)
Julie VILLORA-WILLIAMS
The World Bank, Washington
The alliance and partnership approach to address the khat-related problems in Yemen (PDF - 10.9 MB)
Nasir WARFA
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Reviewing the Evidence (PDF - 28 KB)