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@Bill-zp2mt

5 жыл бұрын

Now try LSD and reach ego death, would've loved to hear you analyze that experience ^^

@Myrkanth

5 жыл бұрын

Qat (How I'm told it on its English equivalent spelling) - It's also popular in Yemen. Even saw young boys chewing it. Though I believe it's popularity is mostly centered in Aden. On a side note, on observation, it seemed Yemeni have a fear of Somalis.

@MohamedHassan-ni6un

5 жыл бұрын

No neighbor fears Somalis. Stop spreading fake news! We have many Yemeni refugees here in Somalia and Ethiopian economic migrants. They are welcome here and we are welcome in thier respective countries and Khat is our common pastime.

@Myrkanth

5 жыл бұрын

@@MohamedHassan-ni6un I'm sorry you didn't experience what I saw. No matter any language barrier, distress is clear in anyone's face. But it's my fault for not making it clear enough that not everyone had that reaction.

@Myrkanth

5 жыл бұрын

@@MohamedHassan-ni6un Also, I would not take someones personal experience as "News".

I'll stick to my organic methamphetamine.

@hodonhibo6889

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@thebanditgaming4884

4 жыл бұрын

It is considered organic chemistry right

@stewiepid4385

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebanditgaming4884 LMAO!

@josephsedberry2441

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite! Jk lol

@cerezvincentbaluyot4737

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

People will always find a way to get high

@spinneborstel

5 жыл бұрын

Animals too! (Other animals than mankind)

@waahmed7830

5 жыл бұрын

@Insert Name Here Marijuna too its huge in the subcontinent

@starshot5172

5 жыл бұрын

@@spinneborstel Dolphins :)

@gur262

4 жыл бұрын

I mean. Apparently there are people who Inhale fermented excrements. Doesn't really get lower

@immasi8922

4 жыл бұрын

Ladders or elevators in my case, as I'm a pure child of jesus. 🙏

We aren't that different in the west. Alcohol, coffee, and tobacco are all drugs we've normalized as well

@cameronbuchanan1996

4 жыл бұрын

Alongside tons of pharmaceuticals that are almost identical to there counter parts that are sold on the street illegally.

@oak1739

4 жыл бұрын

except from the fact that you'll be murdered if you go against the teachings of a non-existent sky fairy

@pertsanege2052

4 жыл бұрын

But we are more intelligent

@user-lv6rn9cf8m

4 жыл бұрын

Also, khat is sold in many western countries as a vegetable. Mostly catering to the Somali communities but still.

@thewonderfulwizardoftheweb1053

4 жыл бұрын

METH.

my mom: "why won't you just eat the broccoli!!" me: it rots my teeth, hurts my brain, harms my society, and defies Islam

@samtole

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@Siddiq499

3 жыл бұрын

eating healthy and being healthy is highly liked and endorsed in Islam, a strong believer is better than weak one.

@SeveralGhost

3 жыл бұрын

Broccoli is good for you kid vegetables are lit

@tripplefalic8979

3 жыл бұрын

I use to smoke my mums broccoli hehe

@abdulkadirosman2816

3 жыл бұрын

LOOOOOOOL you made my day @jsteele07189

this was found footage... The host and camera man are still chewing khat .....somewhere in Somalia

@blaque5582

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@karpsiclemerp2639

4 жыл бұрын

What

@demetrionmason5447

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@bobthebuilder1360

4 жыл бұрын

Been captured by the pirates but the pirates r giving them khat

@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207

4 жыл бұрын

This looks like Somaliland.

have a break, have a kit-khat

@opforind

4 жыл бұрын

In Japan they say Kitto-Khatto! ✌️🤪

@ogueyratogeyrat7448

4 жыл бұрын

Hajahahajahahhahahaahahh!!!!

@viperlike2

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect

@aj-oo2

4 жыл бұрын

Finally a good one

@joski9030

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty good 👏

My Ethiopian friend at university in Coventry introduced me to khat (he pronounced its chat). It was fantastic for studying, it really helped with concentration and the ability to memorise everything you are reading. Shame it was made illegal in the UK when cathinones were all banned

@dmtwizard

6 ай бұрын

It’s an keto amphetamine and it’s terribly for your heart and is extremely addictive

@Gashaamo99

6 ай бұрын

@@dmtwizardno is not additive, I chewed khat for yrs when I stopped the next day I was eating and sleeping better than before the only side effect when u quit is nightmares for couple of nights

@AhmedIsmail-op5cz

4 ай бұрын

CV1 loved the library

I have a mate here in Australia who had to remove large Katha edulis (Khat) trees from his propperty that he'd had for years and years because he kept getting raided at night by Kenyans who had found them and kept trespassing to steal from the trees. Some also got planted on a traffic divider decades ago and as soon as the local NE African immigrant population found them they swarmed there and stripped them bare. Both true stories.

@ZakariyeYusuf-qt6nr

6 ай бұрын

Where is this, for science of course?

@bwwm7914

6 ай бұрын

Your friend should have considered some symbiotic relationship.

"Taking a pill removes the positives of the ritual." There you pinned it. It's a lifestyle. What else will an African farmer do with the rest of his day? It's a way to spend time.

@markusdead96

4 жыл бұрын

Quite sad

@dom1abc1mbc

4 жыл бұрын

i do believe its for people with boring and tedious lifestyles, here in saudi arabia it is strictly illegal except in close border with yemen, i was offered some by a security guard at my hotel in jazan ... but i dont believe anyone with a high social status or wealth would do it

@thazmat

4 жыл бұрын

@@markusdead96 no more sad than chewing tabaco

@AIRSOFTRAIDERS1

4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile we got xanheads

@youngcitybandit

4 жыл бұрын

@@fozzilla123 weird af. Go crawl back in your hole

It's just as popular in Yemen, you literally can find kids using it.

@JustAnotherNamelessGuy

5 жыл бұрын

i mean what else you'd do in yemen

@KeZaRo0o

5 жыл бұрын

@David MacD that is the real danger of khat

@BothHands1

5 жыл бұрын

KeZaRo0 well, it significantly decreases appetite, so it all works out in the end, i guess lol

@Relatablename

5 жыл бұрын

@@BothHands1 Not really. Food is still food, and you'll starve whether you feel it or not.

@BothHands1

5 жыл бұрын

A Single Shade Of Grey lol i know, i was just trying to make a morbid joke. Though luckily there aren't any major famines in the area at the moment, or it would definitely be in too poor taste for me to make.

When he found he couldn't get khat for a few hours he threw himself from a moving vehicle. Yep sounds like typical khat withdrawal. #IKhatdoit

@yacct8067

4 жыл бұрын

@Heyzyen so what flavor of racist are you ironic or non-ironic

@amateoer

4 жыл бұрын

@Heyzyen WOOOOOOOOW take a step back you filthy piece of racism. If you want a reason on why "they are behind us", why don't you blame Imperialism and Capitalism? Blame Europa and the USA you Asshole.

@sofakingwetodddid1685

4 жыл бұрын

@Heyzyen you sound stupid with a comment like that, have you ever been to Africa?

@sofakingwetodddid1685

4 жыл бұрын

@Heyzyen okay haha I'm in the uk on lockdown but I'll do my daily exercise and have a cheeky chew.

@subscribeforgoodluck1806

4 жыл бұрын

Khat has a very mild come down like coffee and vivid weird dreams but it's no where near the opiods, cocaine, heroine,meth or penzodiazepines when it comes to physical withdrawals, it's addiction is purely mental unlike the above drugs. I know people who chewed khat for years everyday and stopped it easily without a slight headache.

What he didn't tell you is: 1 those specific Khat they were chewing are the lowest grade and very cheap, the good ones are way more expensive and dark purple colored at the tip. 2 of course westerners have tried harder drugs like liquor, cocaine, weed, ect. So if you've tried those before then Kath is nothing as your body already tolerated much stronger stimulants. But if you NEVER tried any other drug in your life. The feeling you get (of course if you don't abuse it daily) is memorable. Personally, I won't forget the feeling I had when I've tried for the 1st time.

@tyleruskating9874

4 жыл бұрын

what was the feeling Like?

@harrypottersucks12

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler U skating it was like something he won’t forget you know?

@harrypottersucks12

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Fino bitch u sound lame af

@jhonthecat5061

4 жыл бұрын

@Mario Salinas Idk how to grow it but you could probably find some seeds on the internet, I imagine it cant be much harder to grow than say Cannabis.

@Cyberw4y

4 жыл бұрын

Are you suggesting [all] westerners have a higher drug tolerance?

7:01 - That's why I smoked tobacco - never got anything from the nicotine that I could tell, but the ritual - shaking a smoke out of the pack, or rolling a hand-made, lighting up, smoking with friends - was the real draw. Don't really miss the tobacco - but I miss the ritual...GREAT observation

@TristanMorrow

5 жыл бұрын

And we smoke for the *CO* Works on bees 🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝; works on people.

@eyeamstrongest

5 жыл бұрын

while i did smoke for the nicotine, i cant lie that the ritual is a really big part of it. e-cigs really arent just the same.

@calichef1962

5 жыл бұрын

@Shiranami Rei-- No, e-cigs are not the same, and they aren't meant to be. E-cigs are meant to get people off cigarettes, which ARE more harmful, no matter what the anti-vaping ads all keep screaming. They are NOT meant for children, no matter what flavors they might be. E-cigs are all about _adult harm reduction._ They aren't perfect, nothing is, but I was able to quit a three pack-a-day habit by switching to vaping, and not only is it 1/20th of the price of smoking, I've gone from 1.8 mgs. per ml., down to .03 mgs. per ml. and will step down to .01 in August. By Christmas I should be nicotine-free, but I will still vape because I've smoked, and now vaped, my entire adult life and I know not having a vape pen handy will end up putting me back on cigarettes when some crisis or another befalls me. The only husband I'll ever have died nine days after I quit smoking and started vaping. He may have gone out the way he wanted to, on his Harley, but it was still a shock to the whole family. Without vaping, I'm positive that I would have smoked after he died.

@eyeamstrongest

5 жыл бұрын

@@calichef1962 no for sure, my e-cig has definitely helped me quit, which im sure you can do so as well. im sorry for your loss, thank you for your comment and have a great weekend.

@danielbartleson5746

5 жыл бұрын

I smoke tobacco for the same reason. It’s lovely to go out on my porch, pack a pipe or light up a cigar and just sit there with nothing but me and my flame. I never feel the nicotine.

"Prohibition works, but only if nobody wants whats being prohibited" word.

@a.j.2362

4 жыл бұрын

People where addicted to stronger drugs back in the 80s in Somalia but a strict prohibition stopped it. In this case I feel like that statement is false.

@ghoulunathics

4 жыл бұрын

Don't know the history of Somalia to say anything to that. Can you link about it?

@Jem_Apple

4 жыл бұрын

A. J. The thing is, the type of prohibition is different. In most places it's just the law whereas in Somalia, it's their religion. The law makers tell people they'll go to hell for doing drugs. It's very different.

If its a stimulant that makes you jittery then why does everyone look so laid back?

@SamMastrangelo

4 жыл бұрын

They’re probably not getting high anymore they’re just getting their fix

@arguy_4420

4 жыл бұрын

It's like a cigarette; wakes you up but also relaxing.

@emaan4227

4 жыл бұрын

T it ain’t that hot in Somalia actually the weather is dope , sunny but cold winds during summers and cold during winters

@jimmy2xtimes606

4 жыл бұрын

lol maybe it’s like having a secret party inside ...calm on the surface but on the inside 🎉 🎈 🎊 🍾

@geletoz

3 жыл бұрын

It does not make you jittery..I have been chewing it for a decade..it makes your body relax, your brain excessively active in thinking, telling a story small stuff..like say, one story, you will take an hour or two to tell and the other chewer will enjoy it every second of it...nothing is boring, everything is cooooooool, music is heaven

“I am the captain now”

@libanidiris6776

4 жыл бұрын

Akata

@wetimusprime3066

4 жыл бұрын

"Look at me"

@CosmosesJones

4 жыл бұрын

"I am the khaptain now" fixed it for you

@crisrobles3425

4 жыл бұрын

Lmaooooo

@jakebennett3829

4 жыл бұрын

dude why :’))))

Caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive stimulant.

@Blindashitmetalasfuck

5 жыл бұрын

Cool story bro...

@falahati

5 жыл бұрын

He has a story on that too as far as I remember.

@thomasbuckley6999

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYiKp5eigLCxfMo.html

@chanceDdog2009

5 жыл бұрын

Have you tried the internet?

@ghostnoodle9721

5 жыл бұрын

No it's sugar

"QAT" is also an easy way to get rid of a "Q' in Scrabble without having a "U".

@renegade5130

4 жыл бұрын

"So, ju got de money?" 😁😁😁

@nicholasr79

4 жыл бұрын

Do you kno de wey?

@pes6628

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the scrabble tip.

@ronfroehlich4697

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Been using that trick for almost two decades

@_knightsbane_3615

4 жыл бұрын

Non english words arent allowed

I chew Khat daily, helps me focus while designing and coding... more like a mild form of Adderall.

@joego9519

4 жыл бұрын

So it's no good after it's been dried though? Any way to preserve and ship it I wonder?

@Wechosworld

4 жыл бұрын

Can it be smoked?

@bamwesty8158

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Ward shoot up another speed ball bud

@samirdayalsingh7721

4 жыл бұрын

How did you get it out of the region ?

@dlasky

4 жыл бұрын

@@samirdayalsingh7721 I live in East Africa

This is a great documentary! Interesting, covers all the really important points, brilliantly articulated! Thank you.

Khat: The LaCroix of Illicit Stimulants.

@eriksatlher1

5 жыл бұрын

What? Could you explain please?

@microdesigns2000

5 жыл бұрын

@Bubba Ho-Tep lol

@fukpoeslaw3613

5 жыл бұрын

@Bubba Ho-TepMirage

@fukpoeslaw3613

5 жыл бұрын

@Bubba Ho-Tep Spirit

@fukpoeslaw3613

5 жыл бұрын

@Bubba Ho-Tep Shadow

A country like somalia has a budget of 800million yet it's people spend 2billion every year on khat alone.

@moneymule8209

4 жыл бұрын

It isnt taxed

@m_liban2984

4 жыл бұрын

Somalia spends more than a million USD per day on a plant that they don't grow there own now that's a sight to behold.

@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207

4 жыл бұрын

1:48 He says Harar, which is located in East Ethiopia

@gage9047

4 жыл бұрын

Corporate slave but how we gonna get high?

@mohamadissa2433

4 жыл бұрын

@Corporate slave we can just stop this by using simple powers like putting high taxes on drugs so no one would import them once taxed high.

I’m gonna have to add something. The active chemicals in khat that cause the stimulating effect are cathinone and cathine. If fresh khat is placed in a deep freeze (like below -10°C) it prevents the decomposition of cathinone which can be extracted from the khat with an acid/base extraction which is relatively simple. After that, the cathinone can be chemically altered to many different other drugs of the substituted cathinone class. Methcathinone is comparatively easier to produce than street methamphetamine which requires many more steps to turn pseudoephedrine into methamph. Not to mention anecdotally people say it’s more pleasant with less comedown and it only lasts 4-6hrs instead of methamph possibly lasting 18hrs which would really put a strain on you.

@idubbzimfake5276

3 жыл бұрын

Is this really Todd Howard? The fuck

@samsungtelevision695

3 жыл бұрын

Idubbz I’m fake don’t know who Todd Howard is but at least he knows his shit

@toxicmasculine77

3 жыл бұрын

It's too much work if you ask me. People chew for 12+ hours straight so it might as well be methamphetamine

@jasmineali5699

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the business idea loool

@jimmiyjams8567

2 жыл бұрын

Do you happen to go by as the name hiesenberg?

Thanks for the video!! :)

I've tried this before. It really is not fun you feel wired but in a really unfocused way. The chewed up leaves got stuck behind my teeth and i felt slightly like i was going mad towards the end. I'd say its like drinking too much coffee and then doing a line of low quality coke. Except that it lasts for an entire day. Wouldn't recommend.

@omfug7148

5 жыл бұрын

ugh....sounds awful I think that I will stick to my morning kratom.

@metalheadblues

5 жыл бұрын

I'd stick to herb

@nodnarB14

5 жыл бұрын

I'll stick to my 4 gram a day cocaine habit

@Jesse__H

5 жыл бұрын

@@omfug7148 right? For me it's a bedtime ritual but yeah, kratom (or Sludge as I like to call it) is the best mild drug.

@OB.x

5 жыл бұрын

sounds exactly like cocaine but more messy

Legit some of this B Roll Footage Looks Like Video Game Benchmark Scenes

@ebyssal

4 жыл бұрын

i can’t unsee it now

@plebestrian9323

4 жыл бұрын

it really does, especially with the seemingly oversaturated colours of the red soil and deep green plants

@minecrafteramedney

4 жыл бұрын

Arma 3 much?

@gemizu4874

4 жыл бұрын

RTX on FPS off

@SlainByTheWire

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like they need an upgrade. FPS is terrible.

6:13 even the goat is addicted to kat

Cheers for a brilliant coverage.

2:00 "Like cows in a field, most of them are happy to spend 4-6 hours everyday chewing their cud" Hahaha Samething came to my mind, when I saw them chewing leaves.

@bladeofveng

5 жыл бұрын

Cud my friend en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cud

@atomictraveller

5 жыл бұрын

so its like people here and televison

@saugod

5 жыл бұрын

@@bladeofveng Thanks yo. Damn autocorrect didn't even notice it.

@Shanask487

5 жыл бұрын

So does that mean these qat-chewers are *halal* to butcher and eat by islam?

@Moadeeb_

4 жыл бұрын

They could all be using that time to better themselves and their country,.. but fuck it,.. buy a bag and chew for a few hours.

Lol I enjoy smoking some pot but I sure as shit wouldn't jump out of a feckin moving vehicle because I couldn't for a few hours haha

@nerfninja661

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly why pot should be legal im in upstate ny the government is still retarted here

@OrganicGreens

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on how fast were talking.

@youngcitybandit

4 жыл бұрын

It was most likely just really slow moving like in heavy traffic or some shit

@knightfallbeats2659

4 жыл бұрын

"Few hours"? What about a few days??

@hellcrow539

4 жыл бұрын

Pot is 100% legal all over the country here. 🇨🇦 But even as heavy of a user as I am, even when offered while on vacation in Cuba, I say no. Didn't feel like seeing what a cuban jail looked like 😂😂😂

You are one the god ones! Thank you very much for this no-bullshit video! No angle, just as much facts as possible. Very nice.

There is a whole group of research chemicals based off this drug called cathinones. Mostly all bath salts we're cathinones

@NicolasMarinos

4 жыл бұрын

Synthetic cannabis is also molecularly similar to cannabis and binds to the same receptors in the brain. That doesn't mean that the neurotoxicity and/or euphoric effects are the same.

@orphicoracle9022

4 жыл бұрын

I used to snort a lot of methcathinone as a substitute for coke since it was much cheaper. It's super addictive and my girlfriend at the time got hooked on it as well. It's not something you wanna mess around with honestly. It's very similar to actual methamphetamine.

@seider780

4 жыл бұрын

Orphic Oracle is it as good as coke tho?

@nickadz5490

4 жыл бұрын

@@seider780 there's a handful of cathinones that's just as good as coke

It started two weeks ago with coffee. Now, it's khat. At this rate, I expect to see Evan snorting lines of cocaine between line readings in another two weeks.

@jasonbelstone3427

5 жыл бұрын

Next title: Where White Powder Runs Like Water.

@besenyeim

5 жыл бұрын

And, disappointingly, it's about a grain mill.

@squirlmy

4 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries give them a little bit of a break, the reporters get sent to the middle of nowhere, Columbia to cover Pablo's old hangout. I've also heard that hippos are the most dangerous animal in the world, killing more people than lions or alligators, etc. I think mainly from bad encounters with boats full of people. And a little sympathy for those of us who are suckers for hippo stories!

@DCM88

4 жыл бұрын

lol he's going to a mexican cartel meth lab to taste the product just out of the oven.

@justas423

4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbelstone3427 my nostrils

Stronger than coffee but not as strong as cocaine? I'm in

@lred1383

4 жыл бұрын

The active ingredient is related to bath salts. Are you still up for it?

@user-rn3bb3dj4p

4 жыл бұрын

Amphetamines

@sapointi

4 жыл бұрын

@@lred1383 so what it's natural

@vooveks

4 жыл бұрын

@Wischmopps Natural: Earthquakes, tornadoes, tidal waves, plagues of locusts, uranium, malaria, muesli Man-made: Hospitals, all drug treatments in those hospitals, radio communications, the internet, oh fuck it, I can't be bothered. Yeah, idiot, basically. 'Natural' - the best marketing job ever by fucking health food shops.

@alexthomson6430

4 жыл бұрын

@Wischmopps venemous snakes

Oh wow, I'm glad I watched the credits. Evan Hadfield, I didn't recognise you. We met almost ten years ago on the internet. I hope that you are well and it's cool that you are doing something and staying busy. Looks like a good use of time.

In Nairobi Kenya 🇰🇪 we chew khat every single day Aluta

@cyprianoish

4 жыл бұрын

@@khalidabdi3952 akhi what's the matter?

@kiritugeorge4684

4 жыл бұрын

@Agent Orange Hamite?

@dennismaina4922

4 жыл бұрын

Jabaration is a must 😂

@nextup19

4 жыл бұрын

Zinashika daily bana 😂😂

@missunknownunknown

4 жыл бұрын

Donn 1k ?? Do you Swallow the leaf 🍃??

He keeps mentioning Somaliland and Somalia but is showing clips of Harar Ethiopia.

@mustafaa4614

4 жыл бұрын

facts lol

@abbe4174

4 жыл бұрын

He’s another KZread clown begging views with his “catchy” captions 🧐

@KS-lv4br

4 жыл бұрын

@@mustafaa4614 de waa runtii

@mustafaa4614

4 жыл бұрын

@@KS-lv4br They are a sovereign entity with their own military, currency, and have control over their borders and ports. U can recognize deez nutz

@KS-lv4br

4 жыл бұрын

@@mustafaa4614 its still not a damn country bro

Well, if I'm watching every new video of yours that comes out, I might as well ring the bell. You definitely hooked me Evan. Addictive.

@FuqUYouTube

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry! I wasnt paying attention to where I was casting... I'll go fish over here...😮

@metametodo

4 жыл бұрын

@@FuqUKZread lol that was a great one, I actually giggled.

Reminder that caffeine is a drug that many people in the west use and are addicted to. Nicotine isn't as popular but it used to be more common, as well. Energy drinks like Monster and Red Bull are also common, so it's not really *too* culturally dissimilar or "weird" for the Somalis to have khat be so popular.

@bobhope4949

11 күн бұрын

Yeah I use to do cocaine and quit that easy…… cuz I was broke and not about to suck a dick……… but cigarettes and caffeine, I still love

Good video nice work from you and ya team

Khat doesn't just contain chemicals that are like amphetamines, it contains chemicals that almost are amphetamines. One in particular is about as close to being amphetamine as something can be without actually being amphetamine. Some of them are equally potent or more potent stimulants to some amphetamines. Stimulation and euphoria aren't synonymous though, and amphetamine is probably more euphoric than the chemical I'm referring to (cathinone.) The chemical responsible for most of the stimulant effects is probably the cathinone Khat produces. Cathinone is the base molecule for what most people know as "bath salts," or more accurately "substituted cathinones." Cathinone can be thought of as an amphetamine molecule with one extra oxygen molecule double-bonded to it (at the β position of the carbon chain, for the chemists,) of the amphetamine backbone molecule. This oxygen molecule is called a keto functional group ("KEE-toe") and this reason, cathinone can also be called "beta-keto amphetamine." (Google "amphetamine vs cathinone" and look at the image results for a clear understanding of how similar their structures are.) Khat also contains cathine (not to be confused with caffeine,) which is also called Dextro-norpseudoephedrine, which is closely related to pseudoephedrine, i.e. "Sudafed", which itself is closely related, structurally, to ephedrine and amphetamine but neither cathine or pseudoephedrine have the dopaminergic euphoric-stimulant or CNS simulating effects of amphetamine. Khat also contains norephedrine, aka noradrenaline. Cathinone is only found in decent amounts in the shoots and leaves of young khat plants, as during the maturation process the plant converts the Cathinone into the less desirable cathine (D-norpseudoephedrine.) The plant contains numerous other alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, sterols, glycosides, tannins, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, but these are probably the most interesting, as far as I know, in terms of the plant's psychoactive properties. It's an absolutely fascinating branch of chemistry.

@williamsherman2374

4 жыл бұрын

Nick I had to chew on some khat to read your whole explanation of what khat really is.

@fairyprincess911

2 жыл бұрын

😳

@davevlogs5374

2 жыл бұрын

Well put together, am actually chewing right now in Kenya

@univera1111

Жыл бұрын

@@williamsherman2374 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@tsediendeshaw5227

Жыл бұрын

hey nick can I talk to you

I don't think i'd want to try that, would be too worried about getting... khat xD

@yunglifty3523

4 жыл бұрын

delete this

@aj-oo2

4 жыл бұрын

Pls

@Idfkleavemealone420

4 жыл бұрын

🥁 duh duh chehhh

@johnnyvarsity6563

4 жыл бұрын

L

@imfloridano5448

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍 ok it was orginal

Great info doc beautiful camera work

Really informative video, i liked watching it, thank you

2:28, you mean how hasn't it KHAT on elsewhere? *bu dum tss*

@OkWieso

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aK6MptFtlK-dg7g.html

@Dante-uk8pr

4 жыл бұрын

Very underrated

@michaelheidy2506

4 жыл бұрын

Ha

@Soul_Alpha

4 жыл бұрын

*Seinfeld theme plays*

@sonamtshering7937

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it found in Yemen??

They were all khat in the act of using it.

@fish7436

4 жыл бұрын

no

@kadavercade3597

4 жыл бұрын

bruh

@aj-oo2

4 жыл бұрын

Come on...

@Sedonawhite

4 жыл бұрын

Mark lol good one

@MortemRex

4 жыл бұрын

Lame

This is awesome documentary. 👌 loved it

Nice tex,high quality content

That was cool to watch. I liked how informative it was and how you didnt insult anyone for doing it. Provided details and pretty much left it up to us to decide :) great video man

You go to yemen, bring a shit ton of khat. Its basically a currency there

It's amped up coffee. People there would be hooked on Starbucks if they had it...

@RoyalCaymanian

4 жыл бұрын

Money Mark LoL Somali Starbucks: Sip it, don’t chew it.

@harrypottersucks12

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh just stfu

@sethc758

4 жыл бұрын

They'd get hooked on spending more on on food items that say gluten free bc it makes them feel like they're eating like celebrities too.

@bigiron7547

4 жыл бұрын

People there would be hooked on food too Guess it’s all relative

@srmonkeyflingonpoo2457

4 жыл бұрын

Don't give them the idea. Remember what happened with Coca-Cola.

for me it calms my mind,helps me do chores.. upside :helped me pass my engineering paper (structural analysis).

@myes344

4 жыл бұрын

No one asked

@myes344

4 жыл бұрын

Jk. Good job

@joego9519

4 жыл бұрын

@@myes344 go do something productive weird ass fool 🤣

@samirdayalsingh7721

4 жыл бұрын

Which country are you from ?

"In practice, religion is predicated on the back of human behaviour, not vice versa." Hmm, I have to remember that line. Food for thought. Which of course makes Rare Earth worth watching, again.

@jessstuart7495

5 жыл бұрын

Man created God (the Gods), not the other way around.

@ronfroehlich4697

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, cause chastity and forgiveness and generosity are so abundant in human behavior

@faalonikdovah982

4 жыл бұрын

Are we not going to address the elephant in the room. Sharia law is the antithesis to this statement. Coincidentally it is the reason why coffee and khat is all they can get their hands on. More accurately, I think, "Ideally, religion is predicated on the back of human behavior, not the other way around." Unfortunately this is not the case in countries controlled by tyrannical theocracies.

@dumbass3843

4 жыл бұрын

@Cant_Touch_This its still the same They are prohibited because they are what lies within the darkest desires of human Which leads to bad behaviour and addiction So yeah religion is built upon human behavior And many society chanllenge some values in their religion Because they do it as a whole and its acceptable

Appreciate the "straight up" approach

Love your content!

Best random find I've found on KZread in awhile! This channel is super underrated

Chewed it all day traveling Yemen back in 98.its hardly a drug in comparison to the white stuff ,bit more like a medium grade stimulant. Most men have a bag of it with them.

@arintheseatsesh6242

4 жыл бұрын

WoOOaHHHhh don't forget the . to make sure everyone knows you're hard AND serious

@coolkidsonlii650

4 жыл бұрын

ARintheseatSESH you must be fun at parties

@itsanit123

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my friend chewed it, said it was more like a few cups of strong coffee

@0hwao

4 жыл бұрын

ARintheseatSESH Are you really giving him shit for punctuating his sentence..?

@idkulilbro6487

4 жыл бұрын

ARintheseatSESH virgin

This. Good docu. Good job.

Thank you so much for this video. It inspired me to write an entire case study on khat and its relation to Islam for my religious studies class.

@iminuku3743

2 жыл бұрын

how did ur case study go lol i know its been a year

@BurnerAccount69

2 жыл бұрын

@@iminuku3743 it went pretty well. Got me a good grade so I can’t complain.

Imagine if the video was about juuls and everyone was just a 7th grader.

@moth.monster

5 жыл бұрын

IDK where y'all all but in my high school experience I don't see people vaping.

@m.streicher8286

5 жыл бұрын

@@moth.monster 40% at least of kids juul around here, including me lol, as far as I can tell your place is the exception. If you believe the news hype at least.

@moth.monster

5 жыл бұрын

@@m.streicher8286 believing the news hype lmao. apparently there was one kid who vaped on the bus at my sister's school, but by what i can tell they're just as common as cigarettes, alcohol, weed, etc. (not that common)

@JC-om7nr

5 жыл бұрын

Goofy

@profightcompilations4764

4 жыл бұрын

@@moth.monster It's not news hype, it's how it is in high school. 40 percent or so of the school has a juul and uses it at school.

My cousin was in the army, deployed to Somalia, and he told us a story about how widespread Kaht was in the country. His team was raiding a house for some reason, I don't remember what it was, and they found more Kaht in the building than foodstuff. I can't imagine what would happen if these people had ready access to more popular drugs.

great insight i truly enjoyed what you showed ,and it seemed you were welcomed Bravo 🇺🇸

Wow! Wonderful video. Thank u sir. I love how to mentioned u r not expert on Islamic teachings yet quoted facts from the Koran. Very humble person!

this channel is real af and really informative. thanks for the video!

In Kenya they chew it with gum, it's actually really good. And it's called miraa

@Abdi-libaax

4 жыл бұрын

i would of quit if it wasn't for chewing gum lol

@joelshakue

4 жыл бұрын

@jibril yare tv gathi bro

@ninemm222

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf you mean with gum iv only chewed it alone if I'm only drinking water I'll have a little sugar in a bag id lick some every now and then

@Irungujr777

4 жыл бұрын

Kushikisha lem greens😂😂😂

@COA319

4 жыл бұрын

Mogoka*

It's absolutely massive in Yemen, even more so than Somalya. It's grown on a much smaller scale in Israel because of a large Yemenite sector.

I never even knew that existed, great show!

I am suddenly reminded of the part in HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy (or one of the other books in the series) where they crash land on the planet and decide to use leaves as currency

you guys are way better than vice news keep up the good work!

Well that was comprehensive, I subscribed as well.

Speaking of a ritual: when I used to smoke weed on an almost daily basis, I mostly smoked joints that we shared with multiple people. At some point we tried smoking bong, but I went back to smoking joints pretty quickly. Despite the fact that I prefer the slow and steady high from joints over the quick and heavy high of a bong, I mostly disliked that bong smoking kind of takes away the ritual of rolling and sharing a joint. And now that I quit smoking weed, I really just miss the ritual for the most part. The Search for a good spot with a nice view, the work and aesthetic that goes into rolling a good joint and the way you share it. It really is a lifestyle

Aye where my Somalis at 😂? 🇸🇴🇸🇴

@adanibrahim2847

4 жыл бұрын

Ask Google

@uzitv4030

4 жыл бұрын

👀🙌🇾🇪

@ImJotaroKujo

4 жыл бұрын

Uzi TV lived in Cairo for 7 years ❤️😂

@uzitv4030

4 жыл бұрын

@@ImJotaroKujo I'm not Egyptian lol I'm yemeni

@mikejoness2041

4 жыл бұрын

MAAN that flag doesn’t represent every Somali

Thank you Rare Earth! I had never heard of Khat before! Guess what? Now I do!👏👏👏

@rush1er

5 жыл бұрын

Bath salts... Flakka... Khat is where it comes from

@calichef1962

5 жыл бұрын

@rush1er-- I can tell that you don't watch Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. "Bath salts" change the formulation constantly. No two brands, or even batches, are the same. Flaka is it's own thing, and has nothing to do with khat. I don't think you paid attention, if you even watched the video.

@kairon156

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for placing your claps at the end and not between the words.

@rush1er

5 жыл бұрын

calichef1962 I know more about alpha-pvp and other synthetic cathinones than a person should. Up until 2016 I lived in South Florida and watched the drug with the bad rap basically replace crack on the street. I had a "friend" help another "friend" talk to a company in China and-..... I'll stop there. I think Rare Earth is great, but if this Canadian twerp is your only source on the topic, then YOU are the one not listening. You are talking to someone who WAS 9 toes deep in the game.

@rush1er

5 жыл бұрын

calichef1962 Let me ask you something...if flowk( it's called flock on the street) doesn't come from Khat, then what do you think is the base stimulant in the drug?

Spent a year in Djibouti. Every other day a cargo plane would fly in from Ethiopia with huge bags of Khat. Then the taxis would can out like race cars all over the city delivering it. Within 90 minutes everyone in town is chewing away. But here’s the thing. Djibouti is like hell on Earth with regular daytime highs from April through September above 120 degrees F(50 C). The only way to live there and not go heat crazy is to be high all the time.

@darrylnelson2581

4 жыл бұрын

REDDING, NO. CALIFORNIA,115, JULY~OCT, 2 DEGREES, COOLER, THEN PALM SPRINGS~ WTF ? 600 MILES, SOUTH, ~ SO, REALLY RXTREME, REG. TEMPS, WAS , MAYBE,~105 + NEVER,115+

@thecellulontriptometer4166

4 жыл бұрын

@@darrylnelson2581 Not sure why all caps but... It is the only place in 32 years in the Army that they told me do not try to acclimate to this place. 60% humidity(right on the gulf of Tadjora) and yes 120 degrees plus all summer long. Like I said, hell on Earth.

@darrylnelson2581

4 жыл бұрын

NOT A FED OFFENSE, JUST WORKED MANY YEARS, PLANS, SPECS.CONSTR, AND MY HANDS, EYES,, PAINFUL,TO BE A LADYFINGER TYPIST~ NOT V OICE DICTATED~@@thecellulontriptometer4166

cool more real some excellent points made .thank you well done

wow this is what I want from a documentary. Compact and concise. I don't wanna sit through 45 minute long documentaries that the TV puts on.

This host has the whole package great speaking voice capturing personality great story telling just incredible I will watch more of you sir amazing job. 😃

@jamarrich1

2 жыл бұрын

Ur right

You share valuable perspective

It’s also part of Yemeni’s day to day activities. They consume it rather copiously!

@eliasziad7864

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it's getting better in Yemen not much people chew it that much in 2021 Yemen, except for soldiers.

I khat understand why people would chew bitter leaves for six hours.

@Mrbrainiac

4 жыл бұрын

Why people would drink bitter drinks ?

@robpolaris5002

4 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine having to carry around a 40 gal trash bag full of leaves and stuffing every millimeter of your mouth so full it tears the corners of your mouth just to prevent withdrawls and it makes you itchy, paranoid and stupid. So much fun!

@cravingjdawg

4 жыл бұрын

R Rockwell could you imagine having to wake up in the morning and take a painkiller to feel normal? imagine walking around with a vial full of painkillers all day so you don’t go into withdraw at your job.

@dom1abc1mbc

4 жыл бұрын

smoking weed every hour or so for three days killed my lungs and i wouldnt do that anytime soon i cant see why you would stuff your mouth all day with this shit for the rest of your life

@robpolaris5002

4 жыл бұрын

@@cravingjdawg I don't have sympathy for people who choose to do it recreationally. Its a different thing when someone was injured and became addicted. However, I do think services should be provided to get people off who want to stop.

Another great picture with great narration and the reason why Khat (or Miraa as we call it here in Meru Kenya (the origin)) is because it is basically banned elsewhere and the cultural barriers stand strong. It was legal in Britain until recently where we exported for decades but it is classified in USA because it contains Cathinone and cathine which are classfied there. But when you get the gist of it you will find out it's just like tea or coffee as you said it is a mild stimulant that does not drive psychotic or violent. It is also not or mildly addictive most people chew it out of habit or probably prestige.

In Israel, Yemenite Jews chew it, and there is a niche of juices made with it that are briefly successful and then banned every once in a while. Israel has western drugs, yet this one still remains popular among Yemenite Jews decades after arrival in Israel. My wife comes from a city where this is common, so I have heard some stories about this drug, from her

Dope research

Why is this channel so damn good?

5:20 Damn, Somalia looks so beautiful. Hopefully one day in my lifetime, it will be safe enough for tourism to flourish.

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

Just for clarity, that shot was from the (Somali) Ogaden region of Ethiopia.

@OutOfNamesToChoose

5 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries No worries! It's a beautiful shot and also a place I'd want to visit (I'm a coffee addict)

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

​@HB No it isn't. It is Somali Ethiopia. Ethiopia is an empire, and this is one of their conquests. Just because Somali people live there doesn't by definition make it Somalia. Otherwise Minnesota is Somalia, too. I don't think it is wise or right of Ethiopia to have taken the land, but pretending it is Somalia doesn't really change reality.

@dudeandD

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mohammedabshir6331

5 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries @HB is talking in general that Somalia is beautiful like the forest mountain in sanaag state in Somalia. Somalia pre-war was beautiful. @HB is not talking about Somali Ogaden region

Man each time I watch a rare earth video I get lost after 20 secs and get giddy at the end when he says this is Rare Earth.

Very good video and a valid argument as to why Khat is a prevalent drug in that part of the world even with a religious taboo in place.

Here in Kenya it's quite popular too it was a major foreign exchange earner until the UK banned it ! I chew it with friends once in a while , It makes you super alert and you can be up for 2 days straight it's great for long distance driving , only down side is a sore tongue the next few days plus and a lack of appetite

“Prohibition works but only if literally no one want to use it” lol true

@squirlmy

4 жыл бұрын

except that prohibition actually encourages some people to use such drugs, just because it's forbidden fruit. So... prohibition never really works

You should document this in Djibouti as well. Khat is the central heart of the country. Citizens often joke that if Khat was gone from Djibouti the people will revolt against the government is 2 days.

Excellent exposé

I was chewing and saw this video😱 The feeling u get from khat is called “markan”🤒I’m markan asf 😁✌🏼🇸🇴

@manlikezakaado6135

4 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@somalitrending9195

4 жыл бұрын

😱😝😝😝😝😁✌🏼

@uzitv4030

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@ogolow570

4 жыл бұрын

You all seem high af

@abdifatah-Yare

4 жыл бұрын

mirqaan wacan. 😂

4:41 both Saudi Arabia AND Mecca 🤣 Just for the record, Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia y’all.

@Shixigami

4 жыл бұрын

no one cares

@benjenkins3220

4 жыл бұрын

I cared :)

@reall121

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shixigami ha your dumb.

@mechtron2544

4 жыл бұрын

I care too. I dont understand how someone can make such a mistake?

@pin1771

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shixigami you care enough to leave a comment here:v

Stronger than coffee but not as strong as cocaine? Sounds like the perfect drug to me. If only I could get that stimulation without behaving like a cow.

@Bryophytan

4 жыл бұрын

Just take half your normal cup of coffee and fill the rest up with cocaine

@leser1music

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bryophytan that's... GENIUS!

@bobhope4949

11 күн бұрын

They’re just moving so fast ya can’t see it

Very balanced and educational topic .. well done .. the way you narrated is balanced , and objective , while western countries enjoy beer , east african Society enjoy chewing Khat ..

"Most popular drug on Earth" that is damn bold statement sir

At 4:24 that dude looked mad cause the camera was on him, LMFAO🤣😂

@a.j.2362

4 жыл бұрын

Shit my wife is going to see I'm a secret khat dealer

Ive been wanting to try khat for 10'years, i need to link with them somali boiz

@asheru9254

4 жыл бұрын

I can ship fresh from Kenya hit my IG same name as KZread

@geletoz

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@toxicmasculine77

3 жыл бұрын

Lol you'll be disappointed

20 jears ago I planted 2 small Khat shrubs on Tenerife. They still grow there an even flower.