Editing Khat (section)

====Netherlands====
In the Netherlands, the active ingredients of khat, [[cathine]] and [[cathinone]], are qualified as hard drugs and forbidden. Use is mostly limited to the Somali community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infopolitie.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1331:khat&catid=183:middelen&Itemid=46 |title=khat |publisher=Infopolitie.nl |language=nl |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> In 2008 [[Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands)|health minister]] [[Ab Klink]] decided against qualifying the unprocessed plant as drugs after consultation with experts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/163037/Qat-niet-verboden.html |title=Qat niet verboden |publisher=DePers.nl |language=nl |access-date=2 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719073529/http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/163037/Qat-niet-verboden.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> However, on 9 January 2012 the Dutch government announced a ban on khat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/politiek/2711346/kabinet-verbiedt-qat.html |publisher=Nu.nl |title=Kabinet verbiedt qat |date=10 January 2012 |language=nl |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>