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I am replying to this Khat topic because I have recently been asked to write a report regarding the impact on khat in our UK based Somali community.

My short reply is as follows:

Firstly, if the respondents were patient and read all the information you posted they would see that you have actually answered your own question. As you did not highlight any of the benefits associated with the substance.

Secondly, of course khat should be banned not only because it is harmful to health and family cohesion. From my own personal experience/travel around Canada, USA, Sweden, Holland and China I found the Somalis living in areas where khat was banned were more prosperous in terms of business, education, skill development and lets just say the children had real fathers (not just dads).

Furthermore, I don't think Somali man are lazy, useless, laidback, red eyed and smelly. However, those man that eat/chew/sleep with khat I would use all those words to describe them.

So I guess you could call me the Anti-Khat girl but my views are supported by reality.

I am sure in the very near future Khat will be banned in the UK as the anti khat campaigners are increasing - the only problem we have at the moment is that we don't have a single voice too many little unknow/ isolated charities cannot have a great influence - anyway I think I wrote too much.
Thanks to all those that managed to read all my lines - I hope you understood me -- if you didn't reply and I will write it in Somali adios amigos.

I WOULD SAY DONT BANN IT.....AND THAT IS THAT

BUT IF IT GETS BANNED PPL WOULD STILL GET IT ILLIGALY SO MORE
SOMALI CRIMINALS

NOW WE DONT WANT THAT....HUH.....

allow dat green shit it make it illegal like scandnavia and other countries maliz need to stop dis shit

They ban Khat I ban Somalinet

EVEN IF IT GETS BANNED ITS STILL GONNA COME IN..BUT MORE EXPENSIVE DEN NORMAL

THEN I WILL ALSO STARVE OF MONEY


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

no1 reply after moi

and oooh

yes they should

THE CHEWCHEW IS SOME PPL'S LIFE

AND WONT BE ABLE TO GIVE IT UP...

AN I MAKE MONEY OF IT.......

Hmmmmmmm....

Salaam all


If am not wrong and try to list the what kills a nation: in my humble opion is :

1 - Lack of Justice or equality
2 - Tribalism went too far -creating enimity and see (1)
3 - Economic failure
4 - Natural disasters like droughts like TSunami
5 - and Qaat or Jaad Or Qaad

In our case Qaad created greal deal of hardships, once economy is the heart and blood of a nation, Qaad destroys that entity. Tell me how many COOL million dollars Kenya and Ethopia receives from somalia every other day? you kindly tell that please!!!

hence Qaat not only drain the economy of the nation, amplifying Wars and enimity and creating atomsphere of corruption and malnaturition.

It also destroys the family hegmony and kills the affection and love between the Families(men and women) - in other words it create seperations and divorces.

The problem of Qaad is even too much mence to the diaspora rather than home, young men don't enjoy sports and health activity, it kills the appetite for food and nutrition.

It's also have a great mental handicap, most of our young people didn't get benfit of higher education abroad because of Qaad or Jaad.

It makes us poor and un healthy, if not crazy.

THATS A BIT LONG

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Jaad needs to be banned. Its not a matter of whether one will miss it or not. It is destroying our people.