title: Prevalence of khat chewers among primary health clinic attenders in Kenya.
abstract: In a rural district hospital in Kenya, the authors screened 100 randomly selected outpatients for khat (miraa) chewing. A surprisingly high number of them admitted chewing khat leaves. The implications of this finding and the controversy about whether or not khat is a harmful drug are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D029754:Catha; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008409:Mastication; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts