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| Khat's your lot: Yemen authorities limit sales of stimulant to weekends Khat's your lot: Yemen authorities limit sales of stimulant to weekends | |
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| Authorities in south Yemen have banned the sale of khat on working days and said it will be only allowed into Aden on weekends. | Authorities in south Yemen have banned the sale of khat on working days and said it will be only allowed into Aden on weekends. |
| Checkpoints have been set up to prevent shipments of the stimulant drug from entering the southern port city, while patrols roamed markets to enforce the ban, witnesses said on Monday. | Checkpoints have been set up to prevent shipments of the stimulant drug from entering the southern port city, while patrols roamed markets to enforce the ban, witnesses said on Monday. |
| A statement signed by Aden’s security buffer command said it had decided to “ban the sale of khat in Aden and its suburbs during the week”. | A statement signed by Aden’s security buffer command said it had decided to “ban the sale of khat in Aden and its suburbs during the week”. |
| The ban was prompted, the statement said, by complaints from citizens and “security, social and health” concerns. | The ban was prompted, the statement said, by complaints from citizens and “security, social and health” concerns. |
| Aden has served as the temporary capital of Yemen since forces loyal to the Yemeni president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, recaptured it and four other southern provinces from Houthi rebels in the summer. | Aden has served as the temporary capital of Yemen since forces loyal to the Yemeni president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, recaptured it and four other southern provinces from Houthi rebels in the summer. |
| The militias that fought alongside Hadi’s loyalists have been mostly assimilated into the security forces. | The militias that fought alongside Hadi’s loyalists have been mostly assimilated into the security forces. |
| Chewing khat, a green plant, has a stimulant effect similar to drinking several cups of coffee and is part of the social fabric of Yemen. It became a class C drug in the UK in 2014. | Chewing khat, a green plant, has a stimulant effect similar to drinking several cups of coffee and is part of the social fabric of Yemen. It became a class C drug in the UK in 2014. |
| The restriction on khat consumption was applied in South Yemen before it united with the Yemen Arab Republic in the 1990s. | The restriction on khat consumption was applied in South Yemen before it united with the Yemen Arab Republic in the 1990s. |