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Health fears over khat use

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There are fears that the stimulant khat is contributing to mental health problems in the UK's east African communities.

The drug is banned in North America and most of Europe but is legal in the UK, and plays a large part in the social lives of both men and women.

Dil Neiyyar reports.

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