Editing Khat (section)

====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>