They are changing America by changing the people
This is one of those diversity is strength reports from Europe. Since we know Europe is ahead of us in its reverence for multiculturalism, take heed. From AFP news: UITHOORN, Netherlands — A small Dutch city less than 20 kilometres from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has become the hub of Europe’s sales of khat, a plant … Continue reading Dutch called “intolerant” for new ban on Somali drug khat
Conclusion: Users of the drug in the same class as heroin mostly Somalis and Ethiopians. From News Channel 5: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An investigation into an illegal substance has resulted in convictions for people dealing in a drug that’s well known in the rest of the world, but relatively brand new in the mid-state. A … Continue reading Tennessee Khat investigation wraps up
Here is a BBC story from Slough (yes, I had to look it up here , btw 13% of the population is Muslim) about how the favorite drug of some Africans and Middle Easterners, including Somalis in the UK is khat. Somali families are worried about its effect on young people. A drug which is sold … Continue reading UK Somali youths hooked on khat
This is one more in the continuing story of how beautiful diversity can be when it arrives in small town America, this time (again!) Garden City, KS. This is the third story in two days that demonstrates the axiom ‘diversity is strength’ in Garden City. The previous two posts are here and here. Don’t you wonder … Continue reading Khat in Kansas
The drug beloved of Somalis and other immigrant groups rated an article in the L.A. Times over the weekend, Khat — is it more coffee or cocaine? The message: For centuries the “flower of paradise” has been used legally in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as a stimulant and social tonic. But in the United … Continue reading Khat: our next drug problem?