AbdiWahab252 wrote:Niya,
Someone snitched. I guess grazing outside diplomatic compounds is hazardous.
I support the legalization of Qad. The status quo drives it underground resulting in:
1. Criminalization - Often causal chewers are arrested for over an all natural vegetable whose shelf life is merely a few days and effect is not much worse than drinking a Starbucks cappuccino.
2. Higher prices - The price of qad is 10 times higher than that in the UK resulting in more money being drawn away from the disposable income of Somali families.
3. Limited Appeal - The risk of it becoming a widespread in the larger society is minimal. It is restricted to Arab, Ethiopian, Kenyan and Somali communities.
4. Cultural bias - What makes qad more dangerous than drinking booze ? The criminalization of qad is nothing more than cultural bias against a minority group by a larger dominant cultural group.
AbdiWahab,
The concept of moderation is missing from our psyche, hence the abuse whether it is khat, alcohol, and soon to be added to the list is shisha. Khat is not like coffee, it is worse, let us at least be honest about it.
In any case, I find it hard that someone snitched on these 2 guys. If some-one spied on them, then maryooley need to keep their business private and not trust any-one period.
