Editing Khat (section)

===Asia===
====Bangladesh====
Khat is illegal in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/2018/09/24/who-runs-the-khat-smuggling-ring-in-bangladesh|title=Who runs the khat smuggling ring in Bangladesh? |website= Dhaka Tribune|date=16 July 2019}}</ref>

====China====
Khat is illegal in [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://in.chineseembassy.org/eng/gdxw/t1152267.htm|title=Visitors Please Do Not Carry Khat into China|date=4 May 2014}}</ref>

====Hong Kong====
Khat is regarded as a dangerous drug in [[Hong Kong]]. Traffickers can face a penalty up to HK$5 million as well as life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201711/30/P2017113000517.htm|title=Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected ketamine and khat leaves (with photo)|website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref>

====Taiwan====
In Taiwan, khat is illegal. It is classified as a narcotic drug.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dph.tycg.gov.tw/nodrugs/home.jsp?id=28&parentpath=0,26&mcustomize=onemessages_view.jsp&dataserno=201903060001&aplistdn=ou=data,ou=Ondrugs,ou=nodrugs,ou=topicwebsite,ou=ap_root,o=tycg,c=tw&toolsflag=Y | title=桃園市政府毒品危害防制中心 | date=25 July 2016 | access-date=24 August 2022 | archive-date=24 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824234823/https://dph.tycg.gov.tw/nodrugs/home.jsp?id=28&parentpath=0,26&mcustomize=onemessages_view.jsp&dataserno=201903060001&aplistdn=ou=data,ou=Ondrugs,ou=nodrugs,ou=topicwebsite,ou=ap_root,o=tycg,c=tw&toolsflag=Y | url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Israel====
Khat, called "Gat" in Israel, is consumed mainly by [[Yemenite Jews]] and [[Beta Israel]]. The activity of chewing its leaves is called "lekhazen" ({{langx|he|לכזן}}). The process of chewing the Gat can take up to several hours. Some chew the Gat in a gathering which is called "takhazina" ({{langx|he|תכזינה}}). The Gat is grown traditionally in private gardens, but it may be found in some markets.

Gat is legal in Israel as long as it is consumed in its natural form, but the distillation of its components is illegal. Some use the plant as a hedge since it is an evergreen.

In 2003, Hagigat, a pill based on extracted [[cathinone]], began to be sold in kiosks in Israel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Urquhart |first=Conal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/04/israel |title=Drugs and dance as Israelis blot out intifada |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 September 2004}}</ref> Following several cases of hospitalisation, the [[Israeli Ministry of Health]] classified cathinone as a dangerous drug, and ''Hagigat'' was outlawed.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bentur | first1 = Y. | last2 = Bloom-Krasik | first2 = A. | last3 = Raikhlin-Eisenkraft | first3 = B. | title = Illicit cathinone ("Hagigat") poisoning | journal = Clinical Toxicology | volume = 46 | issue = 3 | pages = 206–10 | year = 2008 | pmid = 17852166 | doi = 10.1080/15563650701517574 | s2cid = 23603259 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Doward |first1=Jamie |last2=Shah |first2=Oliver |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/apr/26/drugs-legal-substances-highs |title=There are many drugs that help people get out of their minds yet stay within the law – they're called 'legal highs' |work=The Guardian |publisher=The Observer |date=26 April 2009}}</ref> The plant itself is allowed to be chewed and sold in its natural state, as no harm was found in normal quantities.

As of June 2012, the Israeli anti-drug authority announced that beverages containing Khat are considered illegal as per the dangerous drug ordinance of the state of Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/391/570.html |title=חדשות - בארץ NRG - הסוף למיץ גת: המשקה הפופולרי לא חוקי |access-date=2015-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920062946/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/391/570.html |archive-date=20 September 2015 }} nrg</ref>

====Indonesia====
Khat is illegal in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bnn.go.id/_multimedia/document/20171017/uu352009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115194856/http://bnn.go.id/_multimedia/document/20171017/uu352009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 November 2017 |website=BNN Indonesia |title=Undang-undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 Tentang Narkotika (Laws of the Republic Indonesia Number 35 Year 2009 About Narcotics) |language=id |date=27 October 2009 }}</ref>

====Saudi Arabia====
Khat is illegal in Saudi Arabia.<ref name="Ekce">{{cite web |title=Khat (catha edulis) |url=http://ekhat.org/all-you-want-to-know-about-what-is-khat-plant-qat-catha-edulis |publisher=Ekhat |access-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521013624/http://ekhat.org/all-you-want-to-know-about-what-is-khat-plant-qat-catha-edulis |archive-date=21 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==== Singapore ====
Khat is prohibited in [[Singapore]] by the [[Central Narcotics Bureau]] (CNB).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plants that Contain Controlled Drugs |url=https://www.cnb.gov.sg/drug-information/plants-that-contain-controlled-drugs |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=www.cnb.gov.sg}}</ref>

====United Arab Emirates====
Khat is illegal in the [[United Arab Emirates]] under federal law number 14 of 1995 on the Countermeasures against Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. Schedule No. 4, Part 2(5), provides for the prohibition of the cultivation and possession of khat.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ministry of the Interior|first1=Department of Drug Control|title=Federal Law No. 14 of 1995 on the Countermeasures against Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances|url=https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/are/federal-law-no-14-of-1995_html/UAE-fedlaw_14-95.pdf|website=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime|publisher=The State of the United Arab Emirates|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182309/https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/are/federal-law-no-14-of-1995_html/UAE-fedlaw_14-95.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The possession and selling of khat may lead to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Al Jandaly|first1=Bassma|title=65-year-old Emirati serving life for using qat|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/crime/65-year-old-emirati-serving-life-for-using-qat-1.653906|website=Gulf News|date=14 July 2010 |access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

==== Vietnam ====
Khat is classified as a narcotic drug in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=25 Aug 2022 |title=Nghị định số 57/2022/NĐ-CP của Chính phủ: Quy định các danh mục chất ma túy và tiền chất |trans-title=Government Decree No. 57/2022/NĐ-CP on the Lists of narcotics and precursors |url=https://datafiles.chinhphu.vn/cpp/files/vbpq/2022/08/57-cp.signed.pdf |language=vi}}</ref> The illegal cultivation, possession and distribution of khat are criminally prosecuted.<ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=27 Nov 2015 |title=Luật số 100/2015/QH13 của Quốc hội: Bộ Luật Hình sự |trans-title=National Assembly Statute No. 100/2015/QH13: the Criminal Code |url=https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=183216 |language=vi}}</ref> The use of khat may lead to mandatory rehabilitation.<ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=30 Mar 2021 |title=Luật số 73/2021/QH14 của Quốc hội: Luật Phòng, chống ma túy |trans-title=National Assembly Statute No. 73/2021/QH14: the Law on the prevention of narcotics |url=https://datafiles.chinhphu.vn/cpp/files/vbpq/2022/01/73luat.pdf |language=vi}}</ref>

====Yemen====
{{See also|Culture of Yemen}}
Khat is legal in Yemen.<ref name="Hafmc" /> However, cultivation of the crop and the selling of its leaves are governed by a series of regulations. In 2007, the Yemeni government passed a law that restricted the cultivation of khat in a number of agricultural flatlands and basins with high water stress. The Law Concerning the General Sales Tax in 2005 also set the tax rate on khat at 20% of its [[Suggested retail price|retail price]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gatter |first=Peer |year=2012 |title=Politics of Qat – The Role of a Drug in Ruling Yemen |publisher=Ludwig Reichert Verlag|location=Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-89500-910-5 |pages=260, 335–36}}</ref>

The widespread cultivation of khat in Yemen has exacerbated a [[Water supply and sanitation in Yemen#Water resources|severe water shortage]]. Khat is much more water-intensive to grow than other crops.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heffez |first=Adam |title=How Yemen Chewed Itself Dry |newspaper=Foreign Affairs |date=23 July 2013 |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139596/adam-heffez/how-yemen-chewed-itself-dry |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> It has also played a major role in [[Famine in Yemen (2016-Present)|a famine]] in the country.<ref name="ec" />