NEWS Edna Aden reports that khat has increased poor mental health in Somaliland

[repo]

Continuous impoverishment of the already scarce resources, harsh droughts, widespread use of the amphetamine-based leaf khat and unemployment have further weakened the country and contributed to the increase in poor mental health.

The main mental health diagnoses reported were schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, mania and generalised psychosis (acute and chronic). Substance misuse was often an additional comorbidity in men (khat and/or hashish)

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A7522141E3EC79E2ACBCC6DD43843813/S205647401900014Xa.pdf/mental-health-in-somaliland-a-critical-situation.pdf

 

[Sloane Ranger]

Wasn't this already known ?

 

[Abu Hesi]

FDK research

 

[repo]

Wasn't this already known ?

Not really. It's wrongly compared in many circles to recreational drugs like weed which dismisses its harm but according to this new Cambridge University report, there's been an explosion of mental health issues in Somaliland. 1 in 2 families have a mental patient.

 

[Sloane Ranger]

Not really. It's wrongly compared in many circles to recreational drugs like weed which dismisses its harm but according to this new Cambridge University report, there's been an explosion of mental health issues in Somaliland. 1 in 2 families have a mental patient.

Prior to the khat ban in Europe their would be former users describing how the drug affected them psychologically in the media to raise awareness on the dangers of it. Its good to have this more widely reported on in general to discourage people from consuming it wherever they are.

 

[Karim]

That's why the region keep producing brainless swamp dwellers like @TabK

That nigga has rigid brain. He's the definition of a retarded soul.

Edna Aden exposed her folk this bad.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

I cannot believe some Muslims try to argue that consuming the Khat drug is permissible.

• intoxicant that changes people's moods and behaviour.
• It is said to cause erectile dysfunction
• Rotting/damaged teeth
• Psychosis
• Waste of money
• Waste of time on idle talk instead of working.

Remember the reports on "crack babies".. well, they need to research "khat babies" and see how they differ in appearance, IQ and overall health, smh.

This is why Abukar Awale "Qaaddiid" needs to be applauded for his efforts that resulted in a ban in the UK.

OFFICIAL - Abukar Awale -- AMA

Abukar Awale, also known as Qaad Diid, is a renowned anti-khat campaigner. After struggling with addiction, a near-death experience in 2004 was the wake-up call he needed to quit using the drug for good. "It took a knife to knock some sense into my head" Abukar Awale Abukar Awale's road to...

www.somalispot.com

 

[Amazonian]

If that was the case why Is Somaliland the most develop region in the country?

 

[Revolutionary]

The source you pulled out mentioned khat only a few times and only briefly, whereas they were going more in depth with other reasons such as "post war trauma" and went more un depth on that

That's why the region keep producing brainless swamp dwellers like @TabK

That nigga has rigid brain. He's the definition of a retarded soul.

Edna Aden exposed her folk this bad.

There was nothing exposed, all these researchers did was explain the lack of mental health facilities in the region, explained social stigmas around mental health in the community, and explained why it is an issue, and the reason why was less about khat than your buddy @sincity would like you to know (khat is still a problem) none of these challenges are unique to Somaliland, this is a problem among all Somalis

 

[repo]

The source you pulled out mentioned khat only a few times and only briefly, whereas they were going more in depth with other reasons such as "post war trauma" and went more un depth on that


There was nothing exposed, all these researchers did was explain the lack of mental health facilities in the region, explained social stigmas around mental health in the community, and explained why it is an issue, and the reason why was less about khat than your buddy @sincity would like you to know (khat is still a problem) none of these challenges are unique to Somaliland, this is a problem among all Somalis

It is unique cause 90% of the males chew it. That's the highest consumption rate in the world with Yemen being a close 2nd. Khat is even marketed using Islam.

For example, the main importer brands his khat under the name of 571, which refers to the year the prophet Mohammed was born (cf. Anderson et al., 2007:59).

Similarly, another khat brand, now out-competed during a price war with the 571 brand, was marketed under the name of B611, which refers to the year when the prophet Mohammed received his first revelation.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

http://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/handle/123456789/10252/JEP_5999.pdf?sequence=1

 

[Karim]

It is unique cause 90% of the males chew it. That's the highest consumption rate in the world with Yemen being a close 2nd. Khat is even marketed using Islam.

"For example, the main importer brands his khat under the name of 571, which refers to the year the prophet Mohammed was born (cf. Anderson et al., 2007:59).

Similarly, another khat brand, now out-competed during a price war with the 571 brand, was marketed under the name of B611, which refers to the year when the prophet Mohammed received his first revelation.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology"

 

[repo]

I'm going on a short hiatus.

 

[Manafesto]

This is also a great study and blog detailing the mental health problems Khat causes in Somaliland, a region where the consumption is staggering.

Almost 90% or more men in Somaliland chew Khat despite its psychological, economic, and societal destruction. Khat is an addictive substance that causes psychological dependence. However, Khat chewers will dispute this claim without considering the many dangers to their mind and body, and the devastations it causes to the economy. "Indeed, such behavior strongly suggests the development of psychic dependence and is reflected in the excessive consumption of Khat." (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 1980/01/01).

https://blogsomalilandmentalhealth.org/f/khat-addiction-and-abuse

 

[Distant1]

They would’ve been very developed if not for the khat

 

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

Perhaps they shouldn't have arrested Abukar Awaale

 

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

If that was the case why Is Somaliland the most develop region in the country?

I bet you see a lot of niggas with teeth like this when you visit relatives in Jamhuriyada iskeed kudhawaqday

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[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

sincity said:

It is unique cause 90% of the males chew it. That's the highest consumption rate in the world with Yemen being a close 2nd. Khat is even marketed using Islam.

"For example, the main importer brands his khat under the name of 571, which refers to the year the prophet Mohammed was born (cf. Anderson et al., 2007:59).

Similarly, another khat brand, now out-competed during a price war with the 571 brand, was marketed under the name of B611, which refers to the year when the prophet Mohammed received his first revelation.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology"

What did I just read?

These khat pushers are naming their drug after the Prophet SAW's birthdays?

The End Days are upon us.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

They would’ve been very developed if not for the khat

Shocking amounts of money is spent on Khat addiction habits. Shocking.
I bet a good amount of Somalia's millionaires became wealthy from Khat drug dealing.

 

[Distant1]

Shocking amounts of money is spent on Khat addiction habits. Shocking.
I bet a good amount of Somalia's millionaires became wealthy from Khat drug dealing.

Yeah i think Somalia is the only country where a harmful drug is so prevalent

 

[Quruxley]

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