Editing Khat (section)

====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>