al-Hasani
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you're right, in Britain it's also legal, all countries in europe consider it illegal. I think maybe they found a hard version of it in Netherlands, because even some cannabis have a high dose of THC.
Heroin, crack, Ice/crystal meth, the horrible crocodile of Russia, and some other of these kind of chemical and concentrated drugs are really dangerous. Governments should allow soft drugs to be used (qat brach with low cathine and cathinone, cannabis/hash with low THC), to make them compete with hard drugs. If there is no legal drugs, and some stupid person who wants to "try something new" and he meets a street dealer, big chance that he will buy hard drugs.
Khat has a history that date back to 10.000 years. If it was a hard drug that made people die like flies it would not be practiced at all.
I have tried it once and I did not feel anything. You chew some green plants. Rather harmless. That is the only thing I have tried aside from smoking.
If you asked me or any other sane person whether he wanted to try qat or heroin I bet that 99,9% would say qat without even thinking twice.
In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified it as a drug of abuse that can produce mild to moderate psychological dependence (less than tobacco or alcohol),[3] although the WHO does not consider khat to be seriously addictive.[2]
The reason why it is not banned in Yemen, Horn of Africa and many other countries is that it is a cultural thing that has existed for a long time in certain areas of Yemen. As a social custom or gathering. It is mostly done in Northern Yemen.
Khat (Catha edulis; "edible kat"[1]) is a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Among communities from these areas, khat chewing has a long history as a social custom dating back thousands of years.[2]
But I would put restriction on it since some people are obviously not able to control it and chew it for hours every single day.
The hard drugs you mentioned such as heroin and that crocodile thing in Russia that I once saw a documentary about in VICE is something completely different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsUH8llvTZo
I can't stand needles so I was barely able to watch that documentary.