Qhat

During the qhat ceremony of the afternoon I noticed that a few of the younger men did not touch the weed.

[…] the bogeyman knows that the sparks in the hearts of the Liberian militia, fueled by the indigenous drug qhat, are as unpredictable as Saint Elmo's fire: you never know when they will hit again.

Other areas, such as the Yemen or Bolivia, where the chewing of qhat or coke leaves is seen as a cultural norm , require extensive consultation and discussion with the local workforce […]