Comments on: Mental health fears over khat use

By: shimelis dejene

shimelis dejene — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:37:02 +0000

i strongly recommend to all that drugs have the potential to alter our level of consciousness.so not try to consume them,unless if at all they prescibed by your medical quides.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:10:02 +0000

It's a choice of enjoyment,some ppl like herbal bush,some ppl ALCHOL(legal toxic),some tobaco(legal bush),some ppl chew herbal chat(in some contries it's illegal in us,canada,some EU countries)…I like herbs,have fun every body!"take it to the LIMIT,…ONE MORE TIME!" by THE EAGLES.

By: Kifle

Kifle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:56:24 +0000

I think elias is chewing khat everyday 10AM to 8PM. Out of that time you can't even see him suggesting any thing because he becomes peaceful.

Yes, Elias anyways forgive me if I exposed you for those who do know you before.

Kifle

By: faraw

faraw — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:38:11 +0000

hey guys let me tell u one thing. if Elias Kifle was chewing chat he wouldn't have committed all these blunders that he is committing today. Ha ha ha ha ha ha…..

By: Sahlu

Sahlu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:35:35 +0000

I think every problem in ethiopia, even khat, is becuase of woyane.The khat during the Derg era was ok. I heard woyannes are putting some kind of chemical on khat farms which makes the chewers crazy. They want to make every ethiopian crazy.

By: Endee

Endee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:51:05 +0000

Let me tell you about the effect of khat, it doesn't make you aggressive or bad man like meles instead it makes you calm, friendly and more respectful person.

Meles is not taking khat he is mixing unnamed drug coming from Albania with khat. That make him very unstabble,lonely sleepless and murderer!

Why this people is against khat? Is it because it is worst than their drug and worst than their alchol and others what we see on the downtown streets of DC, NY, Toronto and London … No I don't think so truly.

I am telling you honestly if you chew khat once in a while for gathering with friends and to study longer hours at university nothing wrong on it but fun and you will be result oriented by socializing as well as working hard.

Remember my point I said if you chew once in a while with limitted amount!!! As we all know everything above the limit is harmful to our body even food!!!

But but don't do it daily it is so much better than going and drinking beer everday(that I call it dangerous compare to chewing khat once in two week), Of course you don't even have time to do it daily I guss.

Finally why the meles administration ban Khat in Tigray Province only, who advised him to do so? If anybody knows the answer for this question, get back to me I will ppreciate that.

Till then get one" Fresh Rebetta" for fun guys!

Dire

By: wondu

wondu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:03:45 +0000

That means Meles who eats ch'at every day is crazy. Only a mental case does what he does.

By: Kibrom

Kibrom — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27:27 +0000

That is the reason for Meles
& Lidetu confusion

By: hope

hope — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:02:15 +0000

Meles has mental problem b/c of the khat.

By: Hagos Araya

Hagos Araya — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:40:53 +0000

By the way I heard that Khat is good for people who want to do constructive work so that they can easily motivate. On the contrary Khat is the worst tool for the weyane gangsters including meles that he organizes his followers for destructive purposes in various plans including harassing and killing innocent civilians, giving land to a neighborhood country and destroying Ethiopia as whole. Of course kaht is also improperly used by the so called EPRP members that have been a cause for many of their trash propaganda based on cult that is only targeting major opposition strong leaders like Dr. Birhnau and others. I have known many Ethiopians tend to do the same thing after they chew Khat. Some people like to drink, some people like to watch TV, some people like to walk and some people who are baseless but want to stay in the Ethiopian politics write a bunch of cult articles after they chew which would be posted on ethiolion . debeteraw and Maheder. Finally, I would say those who gets depressed and stressed and ends up to mental illness are the weyane destructive regime and the confused EPRP members, since we can clearly be able to see their daily objective around our area.

By: Abrham Tafesse

Abrham Tafesse — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:34:22 +0000

As the saying goes,"old traditions die hard."Our old traditions,habits which should have been nipped in the bud long ago, have now crossed over the greatest oceans and created havoc overseas.It is sad indeed to see such negative development.If chewing the poisionous plant has proved to be a cause for mental ilness why dont the concerned countries ban and weedout the plant from the agricultural fields of the sourse countries, namely,Ethiopia, Kenya,Uganda and Yemen?
These countries have food shortages, and hence should focus on food production rather than Chat drug.Let me add a funny story related to Chat chewing.I heared that the unabashed brytal dictator,Meles Zenawi chews chat.He asserted this in one of the interviews he gave to local journalists prior to the celebration of the Millinium.The reason he gave was, it was reported,voracious reading.He is a bad example for young Ethiopians.

By: Zurga

Zurga — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:50:28 +0000

I would appreciate if there is an NGO that educates people about the dangers of khat, a lot many people are suffering at Amanuel hospital. Khat has been responsible for people loosing their job, pyschosis problems, family disintegration etc…
Khat has been much commen with the Woyanne regime, not with Mengsitu's or the emperior and it should be considered as our enemy. You will see a lot of people with mental problem (yebecheche) in Dire Dawa and now adays in Addis too. We need to fight it the way we fight woyane! The human, economic and social cost will be ireversable unless something is done now.
- Former addict of khat and now works signle handly his contribution to educate friends and compatriots in Ethiopia