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Alcohol Use Among Khat (Catha) Chewers in Kenya
Author(s) -
OMOLO O. E.,
DHADPHALE MANOHAR
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1987.tb01442.x
Subject(s) - khat , medicine , addiction , traditional medicine , environmental health , geography , psychiatry
Summary Among one hundred randomly selected outpatients at the Meru District Hospital in Kenya, 29 (28 men and 1 woman) were Khat chewers. Six of these were ‘heavy’ and 23 ‘moderate’ users. Twenty out of 29 Khat chewers also used alcohol heavily. Consequences of this joint misuse of two potentially addictive drugs are discussed.