The Green Leaf: Khat

The leaves of the plant khat (Catha edulis) are commonly chewed in Arabian Peninsula and certain countries of the East Africa. The leaves of which are chewed for largely cultural and stimulant reasons. In this paper, a review of the scientific literatures on the relationship between khat use and psychosis and potentiality of dependence. To understand khat use, it is needed to discuss khat phenomenon through khat sitting to give a more real impression of the khat sitting at the level of the place, participants and social activity. Scientific papers quoted in this paper were identified by Pub Med, cross referencing missing references from the bibliographies of relevant papers.