Somalia's (Only) Popular Drug

[@RareEarthSeries]

Feed the addiction: www.patreon.com/rareearth

[@Bill-zp2mt]

Now try LSD and reach ego death, would've loved to hear you analyze that experience ^^

[@Myrkanth]

Qat (How I'm told it on its English equivalent spelling) - It's also popular in Yemen. Even saw young boys chewing it. Though I believe it's popularity is mostly centered in Aden. On a side note, on observation, it seemed Yemeni have a fear of Somalis.

[@MohamedHassan-ni6un]

No neighbor fears Somalis. Stop spreading fake news! We have many Yemeni refugees here in Somalia and Ethiopian economic migrants. They are welcome here and we are welcome in thier respective countries and Khat is our common pastime.

[@Myrkanth]

@@MohamedHassan-ni6un I'm sorry you didn't experience what I saw. No matter any language barrier, distress is clear in anyone's face. But it's my fault for not making it clear enough that not everyone had that reaction.

[@Myrkanth]

@@MohamedHassan-ni6un Also, I would not take someones personal experience as "News".

[@Theresalwaysmoneyin]

We aren't that different in the west. Alcohol, coffee, and tobacco are all drugs we've normalized as well

[@cameronbuchanan1996]

Alongside tons of pharmaceuticals that are almost identical to there counter parts that are sold on the street illegally.

[@pertsanege2052]

But we are more intelligent

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

Also, khat is sold in many western countries as a vegetable. Mostly catering to the Somali communities but still.

[@thewonderfulwizardoftheweb1053]

METH.

[@dfsx7934]

fr

[@jakemarchbank]

People will always find a way to get high

[@spinneborstel]

Animals too! (Other animals than mankind)

[@waahmed7830]

@Insert Name Here Marijuna too its huge in the subcontinent

[@starshot5172]

@@spinneborstel Dolphins :)

[@gur262]

I mean. Apparently there are people who Inhale fermented excrements. Doesn't really get lower

[@blzk12]

Ladders or elevators in my case, as I'm a pure child of jesus. 🙏

[@itsjustkevin6652]

this was found footage... The host and camera man are still chewing khat .....somewhere in Somalia

[@blaque5582]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@karpsiclemerp2639]

What

[@demetrionmason5447]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobthebuilder1360]

Been captured by the pirates but the pirates r giving them khat

[@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207]

This looks like Somaliland.

[@stewiepid4385]

I'll stick to my organic methamphetamine.

[@hodonhibo6889]

😂

[@thebanditgaming4884]

It is considered organic chemistry right

[@stewiepid4385]

@@thebanditgaming4884 LMAO!

[@josephsedberry2441]

My favorite! Jk lol

[@cerezvincentbaluyot4737]

hahahaha

[@alhassani626]

"Taking a pill removes the positives of the ritual." There you pinned it. It's a lifestyle. What else will an African farmer do with the rest of his day? It's a way to spend time.

[@Kingmakerrr1337]

Quite sad

[@dom1abc1mbc]

i do believe its for people with boring and tedious lifestyles, here in saudi arabia it is strictly illegal except in close border with yemen, i was offered some by a security guard at my hotel in jazan ... but i dont believe anyone with a high social status or wealth would do it

[@thazmat]

@@Kingmakerrr1337 no more sad than chewing tabaco

[@AIRSOFTRAIDERS1]

Meanwhile we got xanheads

[@youngcitybandit]

@@fozzilla123 weird af. Go crawl back in your hole

[@KeZaRo0o]

It's just as popular in Yemen, you literally can find kids using it.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

i mean what else you'd do in yemen

[@KeZaRo0o]

@ that is the real danger of khat

[@BothHands1]

KeZaRo0 well, it significantly decreases appetite, so it all works out in the end, i guess lol

[@Relatablename]

@@BothHands1 Not really. Food is still food, and you'll starve whether you feel it or not.

[@BothHands1]

A Single Shade Of Grey lol i know, i was just trying to make a morbid joke. Though luckily there aren't any major famines in the area at the moment, or it would definitely be in too poor taste for me to make.

[@jamesmunro8804]

7:01 - That's why I smoked tobacco - never got anything from the nicotine that I could tell, but the ritual - shaking a smoke out of the pack, or rolling a hand-made, lighting up, smoking with friends - was the real draw. Don't really miss the tobacco - but I miss the ritual...GREAT observation

[@TristanMorrow]

And we smoke for the *CO* Works on bees 🐝 🐝🐝 🐝🐝 🐝; works on people.

[@eyeamstrongest]

while i did smoke for the nicotine, i cant lie that the ritual is a really big part of it. e-cigs really arent just the same.

[@calichef1962]

@Shiranami Rei-- No, e-cigs are not the same, and they aren't meant to be. E-cigs are meant to get people off cigarettes, which ARE more harmful, no matter what the anti-vaping ads all keep screaming. They are NOT meant for children, no matter what flavors they might be. E-cigs are all about _adult harm reduction._ They aren't perfect, nothing is, but I was able to quit a three pack-a-day habit by switching to vaping, and not only is it 1/20th of the price of smoking, I've gone from 1.8 mgs. per ml., down to .03 mgs. per ml. and will step down to .01 in August. By Christmas I should be nicotine-free, but I will still vape because I've smoked, and now vaped, my entire adult life and I know not having a vape pen handy will end up putting me back on cigarettes when some crisis or another befalls me. The only husband I'll ever have died nine days after I quit smoking and started vaping. He may have gone out the way he wanted to, on his Harley, but it was still a shock to the whole family. Without vaping, I'm positive that I would have smoked after he died.

[@eyeamstrongest]

@@calichef1962 no for sure, my e-cig has definitely helped me quit, which im sure you can do so as well. im sorry for your loss, thank you for your comment and have a great weekend.

[@danielbartleson5746]

I smoke tobacco for the same reason. It’s lovely to go out on my porch, pack a pipe or light up a cigar and just sit there with nothing but me and my flame. I never feel the nicotine.

[@jsteele07189]

my mom: "why won't you just eat the broccoli!!" me: it rots my teeth, hurts my brain, harms my society, and defies Islam

[@samtole]

Hahahaha

[@Siddiq499]

eating healthy and being healthy is highly liked and endorsed in Islam, a strong believer is better than weak one.

[@SeveralGhost]

Broccoli is good for you kid vegetables are lit

[@tripplefalic8979]

I use to smoke my mums broccoli hehe

[@abdulkadirosman2816]

LOOOOOOOL you made my day @jsteele07189

[@ghoulunathics]

"Prohibition works, but only if nobody wants whats being prohibited" word.

[@a.j.2362]

People where addicted to stronger drugs back in the 80s in Somalia but a strict prohibition stopped it. In this case I feel like that statement is false.

[@ghoulunathics]

Don't know the history of Somalia to say anything to that. Can you link about it?

[@Jem_Apple]

A. J. The thing is, the type of prohibition is different. In most places it's just the law whereas in Somalia, it's their religion. The law makers tell people they'll go to hell for doing drugs. It's very different.

[@Ренато.де.Луна]

"QAT" is also an easy way to get rid of a "Q' in Scrabble without having a "U".

[@renegade5130]

"So, ju got de money?" 😁😁😁

[@nicholasr79]

Do you kno de wey?

[@pes6628]

Thanks for the scrabble tip.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

Haha! Been using that trick for almost two decades

[@_knightsbane_3615]

Non english words arent allowed

[@thestrangegod3173]

have a break, have a kit-khat

[@opforind]

In Japan they say Kitto-Khatto! ✌️🤪

[@ogueyratogeyrat7448]

Hajahahajahahhahahaahahh!!!!

[@viperlike2]

Perfect

[@aj-oo2]

Finally a good one

[@joski9030]

Pretty good 👏

[@waynemackie3113]

My Ethiopian friend at university in Coventry introduced me to khat (he pronounced its chat). It was fantastic for studying, it really helped with concentration and the ability to memorise everything you are reading. Shame it was made illegal in the UK when cathinones were all banned

[@dmtwizard]

It’s an keto amphetamine and it’s terribly for your heart and is extremely addictive

[@Gashaamo99]

@@dmtwizardno is not additive, I chewed khat for yrs when I stopped the next day I was eating and sleeping better than before the only side effect when u quit is nightmares for couple of nights

[@AhmedIsmail-op5cz]

CV1 loved the library

[@StephenLynx8492]

Khat: The LaCroix of Illicit Stimulants.

[@eriksatlher1]

What? Could you explain please?

[@microdesigns2000]

@Bubba Ho-Tep lol

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

@Bubba Ho-TepMirage

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

@Bubba Ho-Tep Spirit

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

@Bubba Ho-Tep Shadow

[@mohamadissa2433]

A country like somalia has a budget of 800million yet it's people spend 2billion every year on khat alone.

[@moneymule8209]

It isnt taxed

[@m_liban2984]

Somalia spends more than a million USD per day on a plant that they don't grow there own now that's a sight to behold.

[@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207]

1:48 He says Harar, which is located in East Ethiopia

[@gage9047]

Corporate slave but how we gonna get high?

[@mohamadissa2433]

@Corporate slave we can just stop this by using simple powers like putting high taxes on drugs so no one would import them once taxed high.

[@boldCactuslad]

Caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive stimulant.

[@Blindashitmetalasfuck]

Cool story bro...

[@falahati]

He has a story on that too as far as I remember.

[@thomasbuckley6999]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYW5dmifhbJ-gsk

[@chanceDdog2009]

Have you tried the internet?

[@ghostnoodle9721]

No it's sugar

[@MrPunisher1983]

When he found he couldn't get khat for a few hours he threw himself from a moving vehicle. Yep sounds like typical khat withdrawal. #IKhatdoit

[@yacct8067]

@Heyzyen so what flavor of racist are you ironic or non-ironic

[@amateoer]

@Heyzyen WOOOOOOOOW take a step back you filthy piece of racism. If you want a reason on why "they are behind us", why don't you blame Imperialism and Capitalism? Blame Europa and the USA you Asshole.

[@sofakingwetodddid1685]

@Heyzyen you sound stupid with a comment like that, have you ever been to Africa?

[@sofakingwetodddid1685]

@Heyzyen okay haha I'm in the uk on lockdown but I'll do my daily exercise and have a cheeky chew.

[@subscribeforgoodluck1806]

Khat has a very mild come down like coffee and vivid weird dreams but it's no where near the opiods, cocaine, heroine,meth or penzodiazepines when it comes to physical withdrawals, it's addiction is purely mental unlike the above drugs. I know people who chewed khat for years everyday and stopped it easily without a slight headache.

[@metametodo]

Well, if I'm watching every new video of yours that comes out, I might as well ring the bell. You definitely hooked me Evan. Addictive.

[@FuqUYouTube]

Sorry! I wasnt paying attention to where I was casting... I'll go fish over here...😮

[@metametodo]

@@FuqUKZbin lol that was a great one, I actually giggled.

[@cameronw4666]

Legit some of this B Roll Footage Looks Like Video Game Benchmark Scenes

[@ebyssal]

i can’t unsee it now

[@plebestrian9323]

it really does, especially with the seemingly oversaturated colours of the red soil and deep green plants

[@minecrafteramedney]

Arma 3 much?

[@gemizu4874]

RTX on FPS off

[@SlainByTheWire]

Looks like they need an upgrade. FPS is terrible.

[@chrisbrent7487]

I have a mate here in Australia who had to remove large Katha edulis (Khat) trees from his propperty that he'd had for years and years because he kept getting raided at night by Kenyans who had found them and kept trespassing to steal from the trees. Some also got planted on a traffic divider decades ago and as soon as the local NE African immigrant population found them they swarmed there and stripped them bare. Both true stories.

[@ZakariyeYusuf-qt6nr]

Where is this, for science of course?

[@bwwm7914]

Your friend should have considered some symbiotic relationship.

[@hamzterix]

What he didn't tell you is: 1 those specific Khat they were chewing are the lowest grade and very cheap, the good ones are way more expensive and dark purple colored at the tip. 2 of course westerners have tried harder drugs like liquor, cocaine, weed, ect. So if you've tried those before then Kath is nothing as your body already tolerated much stronger stimulants. But if you NEVER tried any other drug in your life. The feeling you get (of course if you don't abuse it daily) is memorable. Personally, I won't forget the feeling I had when I've tried for the 1st time.

[@tyleruskating9874]

what was the feeling Like?

[@harrypottersucks12]

Tyler U skating it was like something he won’t forget you know?

[@harrypottersucks12]

Alex Fino bitch u sound lame af

[@jhonthecat5061]

@Mario Salinas Idk how to grow it but you could probably find some seeds on the internet, I imagine it cant be much harder to grow than say Cannabis.

[@Cyberw4y]

Are you suggesting [all] westerners have a higher drug tolerance?

[@kush3538]

He keeps mentioning Somaliland and Somalia but is showing clips of Harar Ethiopia.

[@mustafaa4614]

facts lol

[@abbe4174]

He’s another KZbin clown begging views with his “catchy” captions 🧐

[@KS-lv4br]

@@mustafaa4614 de waa runtii

[@mustafaa4614]

@@KS-lv4br They are a sovereign entity with their own military, currency, and have control over their borders and ports. U can recognize deez nutz

[@KS-lv4br]

@@mustafaa4614 its still not a damn country bro

[@godvibesonly7137]

“I am the captain now”

[@libanidiris6776]

Akata

[@wetimusprime3066]

"Look at me"

[@CosmosesJones]

"I am the khaptain now" fixed it for you

[@crisrobles3425]

Lmaooooo

[@jakebennett3829]

dude why :’))))

[@Teeveepicksures]

If its a stimulant that makes you jittery then why does everyone look so laid back?

[@SamMastrangelo]

They’re probably not getting high anymore they’re just getting their fix

[@arguy_4420]

It's like a cigarette; wakes you up but also relaxing.

[@emaan4227]

T it ain’t that hot in Somalia actually the weather is dope , sunny but cold winds during summers and cold during winters

[@jimmy2xtimes606]

lol maybe it’s like having a secret party inside ...calm on the surface but on the inside 🎉 🎈 🎊 🍾

[@geletoz]

It does not make you jittery..I have been chewing it for a decade..it makes your body relax, your brain excessively active in thinking, telling a story small stuff..like say, one story, you will take an hour or two to tell and the other chewer will enjoy it every second of it...nothing is boring, everything is cooooooool, music is heaven

[@dlasky]

I chew Khat daily, helps me focus while designing and coding... more like a mild form of Adderall.

[@joego9519]

So it's no good after it's been dried though? Any way to preserve and ship it I wonder?

[@Wechosworld]

Can it be smoked?

[@bamwesty8158]

@Chris Ward shoot up another speed ball bud

[@samirdayalsingh0]

How did you get it out of the region ?

[@dlasky]

@@samirdayalsingh0 I live in East Africa

[@Mark-zu6oz]

They were all khat in the act of using it.

[@fish7436]

no

[@kadavercade3597]

bruh

[@aj-oo2]

Come on...

[@Sedonawhite]

Mark lol good one

[@Mrree250]

Lame

[@Jack_Dab]

You go to yemen, bring a shit ton of khat. Its basically a currency there

[@ObeyCamp]

Khat doesn't just contain chemicals that are like amphetamines, it contains chemicals that almost are amphetamines. One in particular is about as close to being amphetamine as something can be without actually being amphetamine. Some of them are equally potent or more potent stimulants to some amphetamines. Stimulation and euphoria aren't synonymous though, and amphetamine is probably more euphoric than the chemical I'm referring to (cathinone.) The chemical responsible for most of the stimulant effects is probably the cathinone Khat produces. Cathinone is the base molecule for what most people know as "bath salts," or more accurately "substituted cathinones." Cathinone can be thought of as an amphetamine molecule with one extra oxygen molecule double-bonded to it (at the β position of the carbon chain, for the chemists,) of the amphetamine backbone molecule. This oxygen molecule is called a keto functional group ("KEE-toe") and this reason, cathinone can also be called "beta-keto amphetamine." (Google "amphetamine vs cathinone" and look at the image results for a clear understanding of how similar their structures are.) Khat also contains cathine (not to be confused with caffeine,) which is also called Dextro-norpseudoephedrine, which is closely related to pseudoephedrine, i.e. "Sudafed", which itself is closely related, structurally, to ephedrine and amphetamine but neither cathine or pseudoephedrine have the dopaminergic euphoric-stimulant or CNS simulating effects of amphetamine. Khat also contains norephedrine, aka noradrenaline. Cathinone is only found in decent amounts in the shoots and leaves of young khat plants, as during the maturation process the plant converts the Cathinone into the less desirable cathine (D-norpseudoephedrine.) The plant contains numerous other alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, sterols, glycosides, tannins, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, but these are probably the most interesting, as far as I know, in terms of the plant's psychoactive properties. It's an absolutely fascinating branch of chemistry.

[@williamsherman2374]

Nick I had to chew on some khat to read your whole explanation of what khat really is.

[@fairyprincess911]

😳

[@davevlogs5374]

Well put together, am actually chewing right now in Kenya

[@univera1111]

@@williamsherman2374 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@tsediendeshaw5227]

hey nick can I talk to you

[@nickadz5490]

There is a whole group of research chemicals based off this drug called cathinones. Mostly all bath salts we're cathinones

[@NicolasMarinos]

Synthetic cannabis is also molecularly similar to cannabis and binds to the same receptors in the brain. That doesn't mean that the neurotoxicity and/or euphoric effects are the same.

[@orphicoracle9022]

I used to snort a lot of methcathinone as a substitute for coke since it was much cheaper. It's super addictive and my girlfriend at the time got hooked on it as well. It's not something you wanna mess around with honestly. It's very similar to actual methamphetamine.

[@seider780]

Orphic Oracle is it as good as coke tho?

[@nickadz5490]

@@seider780 there's a handful of cathinones that's just as good as coke

[@salvadorbahenajr9725]

That was cool to watch. I liked how informative it was and how you didnt insult anyone for doing it. Provided details and pretty much left it up to us to decide :) great video man

[@Nemo-ew2hd]

2:28, you mean how hasn't it KHAT on elsewhere? *bu dum tss*

[@OkWieso]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKu7daJqmbFqibc

[@Dante-uk8pr]

Very underrated

[@michaelheidy2506]

Ha

[@Soul_Alpha]

*Seinfeld theme plays*

[@sonamtshering7937]

Isn't it found in Yemen??

[@westkoastdogg6680]

I don't think i'd want to try that, would be too worried about getting... khat xD

[@yunglifty]

delete this

[@aj-oo2]

Pls

[@Idfkleavemealone420]

🥁 duh duh chehhh

[@johnnyvarsity6563]

L

[@imfloridano5448]

😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍 ok it was orginal

[@innate-videos]

This is a great documentary! Interesting, covers all the really important points, brilliantly articulated! Thank you.

[@LordBathtub]

Lol I enjoy smoking some pot but I sure as shit wouldn't jump out of a feckin moving vehicle because I couldn't for a few hours haha

[@nerfninja661]

Exactly why pot should be legal im in upstate ny the government is still retarted here

[@OrganicGreens]

Depends on how fast were talking.

[@youngcitybandit]

It was most likely just really slow moving like in heavy traffic or some shit

[@knightfallbeats2659]

"Few hours"? What about a few days??

[@hellcrow539]

Pot is 100% legal all over the country here. 🇨🇦 But even as heavy of a user as I am, even when offered while on vacation in Cuba, I say no. Didn't feel like seeing what a cuban jail looked like 😂😂😂

[@RetrowaveUniverse]

2:00 "Like cows in a field, most of them are happy to spend 4-6 hours everyday chewing their cud" Hahaha Samething came to my mind, when I saw them chewing leaves.

[@atomictraveller]

so its like people here and televison

[@RetrowaveUniverse]

@@bladeofveng Thanks yo. Damn autocorrect didn't even notice it.

[@Shanask487]

So does that mean these qat-chewers are *halal* to butcher and eat by islam?

[@Moadeeb_]

They could all be using that time to better themselves and their country,.. but fuck it,.. buy a bag and chew for a few hours.

[@de0509]

Oh god I missed the pun

[@Edwardscissor]

Chewed it all day traveling Yemen back in 98.its hardly a drug in comparison to the white stuff ,bit more like a medium grade stimulant. Most men have a bag of it with them.

[@arintheseatsesh6242]

WoOOaHHHhh don't forget the . to make sure everyone knows you're hard AND serious

[@coolkidsonlii650]

ARintheseatSESH you must be fun at parties

[@itsanit123]

Yeah my friend chewed it, said it was more like a few cups of strong coffee

[@0hwao]

ARintheseatSESH Are you really giving him shit for punctuating his sentence..?

[@idkulilbro6487]

ARintheseatSESH virgin

[@ToddHowar.d]

I’m gonna have to add something. The active chemicals in khat that cause the stimulating effect are cathinone and cathine. If fresh khat is placed in a deep freeze (like below -10°C) it prevents the decomposition of cathinone which can be extracted from the khat with an acid/base extraction which is relatively simple. After that, the cathinone can be chemically altered to many different other drugs of the substituted cathinone class. Methcathinone is comparatively easier to produce than street methamphetamine which requires many more steps to turn pseudoephedrine into methamph. Not to mention anecdotally people say it’s more pleasant with less comedown and it only lasts 4-6hrs instead of methamph possibly lasting 18hrs which would really put a strain on you.

[@idubbzimfake5276]

Is this really Todd Howard? The fuck

[@samsungtelevision695]

Idubbz I’m fake don’t know who Todd Howard is but at least he knows his shit

[@Seattlefan77]

It's too much work if you ask me. People chew for 12+ hours straight so it might as well be methamphetamine

[@jasmineali5699]

Thanks for the business idea loool

[@jimmiyjams8567]

Do you happen to go by as the name hiesenberg?

[@parkercushingable]

Stronger than coffee but not as strong as cocaine? I'm in

[@lred1383]

The active ingredient is related to bath salts. Are you still up for it?

[@user-rn3bb3dj4p]

Amphetamines

[@sapointi]

@@lred1383 so what it's natural

[@vooveks]

@Wischmopps Natural: Earthquakes, tornadoes, tidal waves, plagues of locusts, uranium, malaria, muesli Man-made: Hospitals, all drug treatments in those hospitals, radio communications, the internet, oh fuck it, I can't be bothered. Yeah, idiot, basically. 'Natural' - the best marketing job ever by fucking health food shops.

[@alexthomson6430]

@Wischmopps venemous snakes

[@joelshakue]

In Kenya they chew it with gum, it's actually really good. And it's called miraa

[@Abdi-libaax]

i would of quit if it wasn't for chewing gum lol

[@joelshakue]

@jibril yare tv gathi bro

[@ninemm222]

Wtf you mean with gum iv only chewed it alone if I'm only drinking water I'll have a little sugar in a bag id lick some every now and then

[@Irungujr777]

Kushikisha lem greens😂😂😂

[@COA319]

Mogoka*

[@nlabonte]

It started two weeks ago with coffee. Now, it's khat. At this rate, I expect to see Evan snorting lines of cocaine between line readings in another two weeks.

[@jasonbelstone3427]

Next title: Where White Powder Runs Like Water.

[@besenyeim]

And, disappointingly, it's about a grain mill.

[@squirlmy]

@@RareEarthSeries give them a little bit of a break, the reporters get sent to the middle of nowhere, Columbia to cover Pablo's old hangout. I've also heard that hippos are the most dangerous animal in the world, killing more people than lions or alligators, etc. I think mainly from bad encounters with boats full of people. And a little sympathy for those of us who are suckers for hippo stories!

[@justas423]

@@jasonbelstone3427 my nostrils

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

Reminder that caffeine is a drug that many people in the west use and are addicted to. Nicotine isn't as popular but it used to be more common, as well. Energy drinks like Monster and Red Bull are also common, so it's not really *too* culturally dissimilar or "weird" for the Somalis to have khat be so popular.

[@bobhope4949]

Yeah I use to do cocaine and quit that easy…… cuz I was broke and not about to suck a dick……… but cigarettes and caffeine, I still love

[@justinspringstun5836]

you guys are way better than vice news keep up the good work!

[@Double00P]

Best random find I've found on KZbin in awhile! This channel is super underrated

[@TheMaghorn]

My cousin was in the army, deployed to Somalia, and he told us a story about how widespread Kaht was in the country. His team was raiding a house for some reason, I don't remember what it was, and they found more Kaht in the building than foodstuff. I can't imagine what would happen if these people had ready access to more popular drugs.

[@donn1k568]

In Nairobi Kenya 🇰🇪 we chew khat every single day Aluta

[@cyprianoish]

@@khalidabdi3952 akhi what's the matter?

[@kiritugeorge4684]

@Agent Orange Hamite?

[@dennismaina4922]

Jabaration is a must 😂

[@nextup19]

Zinashika daily bana 😂😂

[@mariza101_]

Donn 1k ?? Do you Swallow the leaf 🍃??

[@fpadams]

"In practice, religion is predicated on the back of human behaviour, not vice versa." Hmm, I have to remember that line. Food for thought. Which of course makes Rare Earth worth watching, again.

[@jessstuart7495]

Man created God (the Gods), not the other way around.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

Yeah, cause chastity and forgiveness and generosity are so abundant in human behavior

[@faalonikdovah982]

Are we not going to address the elephant in the room. Sharia law is the antithesis to this statement. Coincidentally it is the reason why coffee and khat is all they can get their hands on. More accurately, I think, "Ideally, religion is predicated on the back of human behavior, not the other way around." Unfortunately this is not the case in countries controlled by tyrannical theocracies.

[@Limpass610]

@Cant_Touch_This its still the same They are prohibited because they are what lies within the darkest desires of human Which leads to bad behaviour and addiction So yeah religion is built upon human behavior And many society chanllenge some values in their religion Because they do it as a whole and its acceptable

[@Intellectual_Wojak]

Aye where my Somalis at 😂? 🇸🇴🇸🇴

[@adanibrahim2847]

Ask Google

[@uzitv4030]

👀🙌🇾🇪

[@Intellectual_Wojak]

Uzi TV lived in Cairo for 7 years ❤️😂

[@uzitv4030]

@@Intellectual_Wojak I'm not Egyptian lol I'm yemeni

[@mikejoness2041]

MAAN that flag doesn’t represent every Somali

[@m.streicher8286]

Imagine if the video was about juuls and everyone was just a 7th grader.

[@moth.monster]

IDK where y'all all but in my high school experience I don't see people vaping.

[@m.streicher8286]

@@moth.monster 40% at least of kids juul around here, including me lol, as far as I can tell your place is the exception. If you believe the news hype at least.

[@moth.monster]

@@m.streicher8286 believing the news hype lmao. apparently there was one kid who vaped on the bus at my sister's school, but by what i can tell they're just as common as cigarettes, alcohol, weed, etc. (not that common)

[@JC-om7nr]

Goofy

[@profightcompilations4764]

@@moth.monster It's not news hype, it's how it is in high school. 40 percent or so of the school has a juul and uses it at school.

[@godwillodindo6826]

for me it calms my mind,helps me do chores.. upside :helped me pass my engineering paper (structural analysis).

[@myes344]

No one asked

[@myes344]

Jk. Good job

[@joego9519]

@@myes344 go do something productive weird ass fool 🤣

[@samirdayalsingh0]

Which country are you from ?

[@lewismassie]

I am suddenly reminded of the part in HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy (or one of the other books in the series) where they crash land on the planet and decide to use leaves as currency

[@jamesalfredstrong8106]

This host has the whole package great speaking voice capturing personality great story telling just incredible I will watch more of you sir amazing job. 😃

[@jamarrich1]

Ur right

[@Money-talking]

It's amped up coffee. People there would be hooked on Starbucks if they had it...

[@RoyalCaymanian]

Money Mark LoL Somali Starbucks: Sip it, don’t chew it.

[@harrypottersucks12]

Ahh just stfu

[@sethc758]

They'd get hooked on spending more on on food items that say gluten free bc it makes them feel like they're eating like celebrities too.

[@bigiron7547]

People there would be hooked on food too Guess it’s all relative

[@srmonkeyflingonpoo2457]

Don't give them the idea. Remember what happened with Coca-Cola.

[@MohammedamineBen]

It’s also part of Yemeni’s day to day activities. They consume it rather copiously!

[@eliasziad7864]

Yeah but it's getting better in Yemen not much people chew it that much in 2021 Yemen, except for soldiers.

[@malenotyalc]

I khat understand why people would chew bitter leaves for six hours.

[@Mrbrainiac]

Why people would drink bitter drinks ?

[@cravingjdawg]

R Rockwell could you imagine having to wake up in the morning and take a painkiller to feel normal? imagine walking around with a vial full of painkillers all day so you don’t go into withdraw at your job.

[@dom1abc1mbc]

smoking weed every hour or so for three days killed my lungs and i wouldnt do that anytime soon i cant see why you would stuff your mouth all day with this shit for the rest of your life

[@robpolaris7272]

@@cravingjdawg I don't have sympathy for people who choose to do it recreationally. Its a different thing when someone was injured and became addicted. However, I do think services should be provided to get people off who want to stop.

[@robpolaris7272]

@Sam The Sham Which part? Stimulants being addictive or how it is used?

[@somalitrending9195]

I was chewing and saw this video😱 The feeling u get from khat is called “markan”🤒I’m markan asf 😁✌🏼🇸🇴

[@manlikezakaado6135]

😂 😂 😂

[@somalitrending9195]

😱😝😝😝😝😁✌🏼

[@uzitv4030]

😂😂😂😂

[@ogolow570]

You all seem high af

[@abdifatah-Yare]

mirqaan wacan. 😂

[@pariahrose6531]

this channel is real af and really informative. thanks for the video!

[@AnalogOpher]

It's absolutely massive in Yemen, even more so than Somalya. It's grown on a much smaller scale in Israel because of a large Yemenite sector.

[@yourtheweaklink]

"Most popular drug on Earth" that is damn bold statement sir

[@Tigrt6150]

4:41 both Saudi Arabia AND Mecca 🤣 Just for the record, Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia y’all.

[@Shixigami]

no one cares

[@benjenkins3220]

I cared :)

[@reall121]

@@Shixigami ha your dumb.

[@mechtron2544]

I care too. I dont understand how someone can make such a mistake?

[@pin1771]

@@Shixigami you care enough to leave a comment here:v

[@lornab2555]

Thank you Rare Earth! I had never heard of Khat before! Guess what? Now I do!👏👏👏

[@rush1er]

Bath salts... Flakka... Khat is where it comes from

[@calichef1962]

@rush1er-- I can tell that you don't watch Hamilton's Pharmacopeia. "Bath salts" change the formulation constantly. No two brands, or even batches, are the same. Flaka is it's own thing, and has nothing to do with khat. I don't think you paid attention, if you even watched the video.

[@kairon156]

Thanks for placing your claps at the end and not between the words.

[@rush1er]

calichef1962 I know more about alpha-pvp and other synthetic cathinones than a person should. Up until 2016 I lived in South Florida and watched the drug with the bad rap basically replace crack on the street. I had a "friend" help another "friend" talk to a company in China and-..... I'll stop there. I think Rare Earth is great, but if this Canadian twerp is your only source on the topic, then YOU are the one not listening. You are talking to someone who WAS 9 toes deep in the game.

[@rush1er]

calichef1962 Let me ask you something...if flowk( it's called flock on the street) doesn't come from Khat, then what do you think is the base stimulant in the drug?

[@irsiismail1675]

6:13 even the goat is addicted to kat

[@joeyt9259]

All of the ‘bath salts’ from a few years ago were chemicals derived from cathinone and methcathinone which are the two main ingredients in Khat

[@lorddenti958]

Yeah. You never get Khat in europe, but there were some nice Cathinones...

[@joeyt9259]

Joe Ç ... Wikipedia says you are correct lol

[@BothHands1]

Yeah, 4-mmc was awesome

[@bobhope4949]

Yeah well my bathsalts were derived from pcp and that was a bad three days!!!!

[@ilyaasoow]

The strain of the khat you chewed has the least potency, I wouldn't even waste my time chewing it. The strongest strain is called MITIMITI, only grows in Uganda, please if you try this one don't consume too much in short time because it can cause you to have a heart attack. The 2nd in strength is GIZA and only grows in Kenya.

[@Abdi-libaax]

i tried the ethiopian one felt strange when I went sleep.

[@Ori_fr]

@@dawn-blade first world white people will do anything for drugs smh... Oh wait ... Literally all humans will do anything for drugs

[@breelboxing9383]

@@Ori_fr oh you should see how crazy they go for coke lmao men even sell ass for it 😂

[@Brian-ul2mw]

@@dawn-blade Guess you'd need more than two brain cells to realize drugs are used all over the world.

[@FiveofEyes]

@@breelboxing9383 you mean I could have been getting coke all this time...dammit!

[@elirane85]

I remember when my grandfather (who came from Yemen) was still alive, he used to grow Khat in his back yard and chew on them all day long....

[@samirdayalsingh0]

How did he bring it out ? Will they allow it to pass through the airports now ?

[@toheedmalik2238]

@@samirdayalsingh0 Probably not from East Africa but maybe in other countries. You'll have to do research.

[@hannamariewilson]

EXACTLYYYYY! It's the act of doing it. Smoking a bowl is literally a hobby. Picking a bud, smelling it, grinding it, packing it into a bowl. Lighting it on fire, etc. You sit within arm's length of the person you're smoking with and inevitably forced to have a conversation. Good social activities fr

[@OutOfNamesToChoose]

5:20 Damn, Somalia looks so beautiful. Hopefully one day in my lifetime, it will be safe enough for tourism to flourish.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Just for clarity, that shot was from the (Somali) Ogaden region of Ethiopia.

[@OutOfNamesToChoose]

@@RareEarthSeries No worries! It's a beautiful shot and also a place I'd want to visit (I'm a coffee addict)

[@RareEarthSeries]

​@HB No it isn't. It is Somali Ethiopia. Ethiopia is an empire, and this is one of their conquests. Just because Somali people live there doesn't by definition make it Somalia. Otherwise Minnesota is Somalia, too. I don't think it is wise or right of Ethiopia to have taken the land, but pretending it is Somalia doesn't really change reality.

[@dudeandD]

Lol

[@mohammedabshir6331]

@@RareEarthSeries @HB is talking in general that Somalia is beautiful like the forest mountain in sanaag state in Somalia. Somalia pre-war was beautiful. @HB is not talking about Somali Ogaden region

[@doomsday78251]

This is a better video actually giving me information than Vice could ever make.

[@Heretic123456]

cathinones are some of the most powerful stimulants on earth (like mdpv, 4mmc) but the strong ones are completely synthetic.

[@ilanzatonski8826]

Those are methcathinones

[@SuqMadiq]

@@ilanzatonski8826 they're actually substituted cathinones and subsequently substituted amphetamines.

[@ryanbashaw4513]

@@SuqMadiq where can I buy them?

[@SuqMadiq]

@@ryanbashaw4513 Both drugs are schedule 1 in the US, so I couldn't tell you. You likely can't buy them reliably anywhere. Other RCs are all over the internet, but once again, I couldn't tell you any sites. I don't fuck with them, so I don't know. I'm only interested in their chemistry/pharmacology.

[@andrewvernon4664]

@@ryanbashaw4513 Are you seriously asking where to buy illegal synthetic drugs in a KZbin comments section? What are you thinking?

[@thecellulontriptometer4166]

Spent a year in Djibouti. Every other day a cargo plane would fly in from Ethiopia with huge bags of Khat. Then the taxis would can out like race cars all over the city delivering it. Within 90 minutes everyone in town is chewing away. But here’s the thing. Djibouti is like hell on Earth with regular daytime highs from April through September above 120 degrees F(50 C). The only way to live there and not go heat crazy is to be high all the time.

[@darrylnelson2581]

REDDING, NO. CALIFORNIA,115, JULY~OCT, 2 DEGREES, COOLER, THEN PALM SPRINGS~ WTF ? 600 MILES, SOUTH, ~ SO, REALLY RXTREME, REG. TEMPS, WAS , MAYBE,~105 + NEVER,115+

[@thecellulontriptometer4166]

@@darrylnelson2581 Not sure why all caps but... It is the only place in 32 years in the Army that they told me do not try to acclimate to this place. 60% humidity(right on the gulf of Tadjora) and yes 120 degrees plus all summer long. Like I said, hell on Earth.

[@darrylnelson2581]

NOT A FED OFFENSE, JUST WORKED MANY YEARS, PLANS, SPECS.CONSTR, AND MY HANDS, EYES,, PAINFUL,TO BE A LADYFINGER TYPIST~ NOT V OICE DICTATED~@@thecellulontriptometer4166

[@ncc74656m]

"Buzzed Aldrin." I see what you did there.

[@adrianqx]

Here in Kenya it's quite popular too it was a major foreign exchange earner until the UK banned it ! I chew it with friends once in a while , It makes you super alert and you can be up for 2 days straight it's great for long distance driving , only down side is a sore tongue the next few days plus and a lack of appetite

[@malikanuur4298]

Great videos, khat is still by somalis who live outside of Somalia for social life and a way to connect with the people. The young generation in Europe are not addicted to khat rather it is the old generation. It is very hard to stop khat in the somalia community

[@squirlmy]

I'm worried the young generation will just turn to more damaging "European" drugs, including alcohol. Maybe it's better to make khat more socially acceptable in Europe, than to assure people that the young are abandoning it.

[@malikanuur4298]

@@squirlmy unfortunately that has begun to happen over the last couple years, it felts very sad to watch a lot of somalis guy doing this shits,. totally destroying their life

[@puebloblau]

Speaking of a ritual: when I used to smoke weed on an almost daily basis, I mostly smoked joints that we shared with multiple people. At some point we tried smoking bong, but I went back to smoking joints pretty quickly. Despite the fact that I prefer the slow and steady high from joints over the quick and heavy high of a bong, I mostly disliked that bong smoking kind of takes away the ritual of rolling and sharing a joint. And now that I quit smoking weed, I really just miss the ritual for the most part. The Search for a good spot with a nice view, the work and aesthetic that goes into rolling a good joint and the way you share it. It really is a lifestyle

[@jade250]

You should document this in Djibouti as well. Khat is the central heart of the country. Citizens often joke that if Khat was gone from Djibouti the people will revolt against the government is 2 days.

[@soulcleaner3578]

Why is this channel so damn good?

[@jackkraken3888]

(Some Muslims I've seen) Muslim: "Of course chewing KHAT is HARAM!" (Takes out cigarette, puts in mouth and lights it.)

[@tyronbyrd9516]

Oh wow, I'm glad I watched the credits. Evan Hadfield, I didn't recognise you. We met almost ten years ago on the internet. I hope that you are well and it's cool that you are doing something and staying busy. Looks like a good use of time.

[@DeejayGrafixx]

Khat is popular in east Africa and the horn also in yemen..pro tip mix some double mint gum in your khat so get the smooth isolation

[@Mrbrainiac]

Mint gum? Waste of a good khat

[@nicke1903]

Could you juice it? Grind it up and somehow make a Concentrate

[@Mrbrainiac]

@@nicke1903 Unless you don't wanna stay up for days , go ahead buddy...

[@mathewomolo]

@@nicke1903 yes

[@Professor4555]

And here in America there are a lot of people from east Africa and Yemen that were sent to prison for something that's a little bit stronger than coffee, the law even compared it to meth, from personal experience it's not even close, you just waste time and your teeth😳

[@ofirvvv4566]

It's like energy drink but little bit stronger and natural.

[@beasttitan8747]

I was gonna go to work but then I got Khat I was gonna do some chores but then I got Khat My teeth is still messed up an I know why, cuz a got khat, cuz a got cuz.

[@mahadomar7039]

Haha what was The name of The song I forgot

[@harisbashir4982]

Mahad Omar because I got high

[@mahadomar7039]

@@harisbashir4982 thanks bro

[@konnen4518]

Khat actually enhances your focus. It’s like Adderall. People use it to study for long hours.

[@anderswahlgren9308]

You are one the god ones! Thank you very much for this no-bullshit video! No angle, just as much facts as possible. Very nice.

[@djglobal5174]

Honestly people chew khat(Mogoka), just to pass time

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Saw this on Drew Binsky. For the people of Somaliland, it’s used as a social. In Papua New Guinea, their equivalent is the betelnut

[@omfug7148]

true and even worse on the teeth---red teeth I believe?

[@Tsukiko.97]

When I was Addis Ababa khat was used and sold regularly on the street to almost the same degree that marijuana today in say some U.S states has. It's a foul drug, I can only imagine the horror that one goes through when using it. Edit: and I have not heard about the betelnut before, that is some insightful info. Also I enjoy Drew Brinsky, especially his mini biopics.

[@NA-yq4pe]

@@omfug7148 yes, and the betelnut is responsible for the higher rate of throat/mouth cancer in those parts of Asia (very popular in Indian subcontinent)

[@Gribbo9999]

Betel nut needs to be chewed with white lime to change the pH and release the alkaloid. The lime powder is a cause of the oral cancers in many cases. Khat and betel nut are similar in that they cause men (predominantly men) to sit around for hours and hours while women keep the family together if they can. They are both a scourge. But unlike alcohol at least they don't tend to lead to violent tendencies.

[@BothHands1]

Wayy better than betelnut.

[@fbgfresh1756]

Ive been wanting to try khat for 10'years, i need to link with them somali boiz

[@asheru9254]

I can ship fresh from Kenya hit my IG same name as KZbin

[@geletoz]

😂😂

[@Seattlefan77]

Lol you'll be disappointed

[@wlbchitown]

At 4:24 that dude looked mad cause the camera was on him, LMFAO🤣😂

[@a.j.2362]

Shit my wife is going to see I'm a secret khat dealer

[@Voidfear90]

Fun fact. "Bath salts" (or rather substituted cathinones) are derived from Khat. Similar to how cocaine is synthesized from the Coca plant.

[@backsfx]

hm wonder how the fuck that did not make it into the video wow that's 1 fact is actually better knowledge than this WHOLE video wow

[@anndroy5621]

“my whole group tried it, but none of us really enjoyed it” *while keep sending the leaves into his mouse

[@AA-ek5kz]

You are really the only one COVERING SOMALILAND now but millions will follow you soon enough. T

[@fjellyo3261]

Khat (miraa) is also available in Kenya, but for my experience there alcohol is more common^^. Well and for the very poor it's glue.

[@2010nimi]

I actually liked the way you explained with religion. 👌🏼

[@omaral-mekhlafy8683]

Can you add yemen to the description at least The khat case is much worse here :/

[@stephenkangethe9588]

And kenyA

[@greengorilla1518]

This is vary popular in somolia. Super super popular. They used to use it befor battle to amp up and stimulate the warriors and make them fearless

[@aralehkepa6340]

Renekton was fine before he had khat, now look at him.

[@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207]

1:48 He says Harar, which is in Eastern Ethiopia

[@DiegoRamirez-lj2du]

4:17

[@leser1music]

Stronger than coffee but not as strong as cocaine? Sounds like the perfect drug to me. If only I could get that stimulation without behaving like a cow.

[@Bryophytan]

Just take half your normal cup of coffee and fill the rest up with cocaine

[@leser1music]

@@Bryophytan that's... GENIUS!

[@bobhope4949]

They’re just moving so fast ya can’t see it

[@nutritionalyeast7978]

it's also important to note that khat is one of the safest drugs known. being a meth/speed addict in australia/USA would be much more dangerous to your health

[@Johnny-tq9no]

No shit meth is fucking terrible doesn't make it safe it rots your damn teeth and damages your brain. Marijuana is almost certainly a better and safer drug

[@_Rafiki.]

Jumping out of moving vehicles is quite dangerous :)

[@nutritionalyeast7978]

@@_Rafiki. true, no drug is safe full-stop, but statistically khat is much safer than many others

[@nutritionalyeast7978]

@Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo yeah I'm not trying to suggest it causes no harm, but I think it's important to have things in perspective.

[@papapapist]

If silver is poor man’s gold , then khat is poor mans speed

[@polaroidsofpolarbears365]

To each his own. If they enjoy it, let em splurge.

[@Somfox1]

Very balanced and educational topic .. well done .. the way you narrated is balanced , and objective , while western countries enjoy beer , east african Society enjoy chewing Khat ..

[@TheGibberishGlitcher]

Would you consider making a video about Kratom? It sounds like a similar drug in a lot of ways. Both are chewed when in leaf form, both I believe have a bitter taste and both are stimulants. Kratom has users in many western countries as well who get the drug shipped from Southeast Asia. It would be interesting to see what Kratom does to local economies where it is farmed and how it's used culturally.

[@lightt__3950]

Kratom is not a stimulant.

[@TheGibberishGlitcher]

@@lightt__3950 It depends on the dose. It's less stimulating the higher of a dose you have, at small doses it definitely has stimulant affects.

[@seggsyindo2408]

I've been using kratom for a year honestly (Indonesia)

[@MsWacoo]

Almost 90% of the video is taken in Ethiopia. Even Harar that you mentioned as top quality Khat producer is a region in Ethiopia.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Yep, that's why I say at the start "when I was in Somaliland", and then mention I'm in Harar filming. We tried to film in Somaliland but they kept trying to kill me and my cameraman, which made it challenging.

[@youngcitybandit]

@@RareEarthSeries LOL

[@Boyd2342]

@Brian Coley Somalia isn't a failed state. It has been running smoothly ever since 2011. Other than in this instance, most somali towns and villages are very nice to foreigners. The problem is going to bigger cities. If you haven't actually gone there, i suggest you keep quiet

[@MsWacoo]

Although the video is taken in Ethiopia, the story about Somalia and Khat is true. Khat from Harar is the best in Ethiopia, may be even in the whole east Africa. It is Ethiopia's number one export product. Ethiopia and Kenya are the top competing exporters to Somalia.

[@Texas_Cruiser]

Rare Earth man please more Somalia footage or you just narrating your experiences.

[@cadens.308]

Dammit. I thought this video was gonna be about Jenkem.

[@m.streicher8286]

we can only desire

[@BothHands1]

Lol vintage memes there :D

[@kraken-sx2ys]

Thanks for the video!! :)