You are correct, apologies for confusion, it is the synthetic and substituted cathinones which were made class B. Thanks

Thanks very much for your comment.

I thought the report was very thorough and well researched. I have seen khat use in some countries compared to alcohol use in Western countries. Some people abuse and suffer effects from it but a great many use it without a negative effect on their life.

The media have made much of a possible clash between the ACMD and the Home Secretary. It would be sad to see politics again taking precedence over a well written and well though out recommendation.

I have just had a read of your blog and there are some very good articles on there, thanks.

Sadly, others, some in the mainstream media, are still trying to keep myths alive.

There are those who persist in suggesting that khat is increasingly used by young people completely ignoring the much easier to use synthetics.

Then there are others who cling to the khat=terrorism link and are trying to say that the ACMD’s failure to find a link shows how poor the ACMD’s work is.

And, of course, some people still believe that the way to deal with family problems resulting from excessive use is to criminalise the user and completely break up the family.